I had braces from age 10-13. I am 25 now. Looking at my childhood photos, my face changed almost immediately after getting them. My jaw looks narrower and assymetric. My eyes and cheeks are also drooping. My face look ever worse over time especially after removing my wisdom teeth. Can reviv fix how I look and reverse the damage caused years ago?
Great article, Ken! Regarding 'teeth are where they want to be'... so if they are wonky, it is because they are compensating for other structural problems, which must be addressed via Reviv etc in order for the teeth to then be willing to move to a more aesthetic location. I think your analogy of what goes along for the ride is perfect.
Gosh, I’m bummed I had braces put on my 12 year old son last month. His top canine teeth are coming in up high on his gums, above the baby tooth on one side (which had to manually be extracted recently). They said braces will be a 12 month process. I’m hoping that if he wears a Reviv then it will undo the damage caused by the braces, and he won’t be worse off had he never gotten the braces in the first place.
Thanks Ken, very informative. I found your substack in January 2025, and bought a shock Dr appliance. Right away it was putting lateral pressure on my teeth, which at the time I thought went against the concept, so I cut the parts off that protruded up and surrounded the teeth so that it was only puting space between the molars and not trying to push the teeth in any way.
At some point it developed splits and cracks, and one in particular at the back split off at an angle and was poking my tongue, so out came the knife again. A few weeks after this I started noticing that the first point of contact without the appliance in was the rearmost molar on that side. That seemed very bad and so I bought another one last week.
This time I opted not to modify it and just let it push on my teeth, which has been causing some tooth aches and general pain. And now after reading this article, I'm wondering if having the appliance put lateral pressure on your teeth is the same as doing reviv and braces at the same time as you recommend against above?
So when I cut the previous one and only had the appliance putting opposing pressure on the molars, would you say that wasn't doing as much to stretch the soft tissue? Is having the appliance put lateral pressure on my teeth a necessary part of the process?
I had braces from age 10-13. I am 25 now. Looking at my childhood photos, my face changed almost immediately after getting them. My jaw looks narrower and assymetric. My eyes and cheeks are also drooping. My face look ever worse over time especially after removing my wisdom teeth. Can reviv fix how I look and reverse the damage caused years ago?
in my view yes. But i recommend first joining our community and reading what others are posting about their journey.
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Great article, Ken! Regarding 'teeth are where they want to be'... so if they are wonky, it is because they are compensating for other structural problems, which must be addressed via Reviv etc in order for the teeth to then be willing to move to a more aesthetic location. I think your analogy of what goes along for the ride is perfect.
thank you!
Gosh, I’m bummed I had braces put on my 12 year old son last month. His top canine teeth are coming in up high on his gums, above the baby tooth on one side (which had to manually be extracted recently). They said braces will be a 12 month process. I’m hoping that if he wears a Reviv then it will undo the damage caused by the braces, and he won’t be worse off had he never gotten the braces in the first place.
yes i think if you put the mouthguard on and he uses regularly right after the braces come off then the damage shouldnt be too bad.
But i'd also consider just taking the braces off now
Thanks for all your input, Ken. Really appreciate it.
Do you think those top canine teeth will eventually come down into place, rather than remain high up on the gums… if he wears Reviv?
Thanks Ken, very informative. I found your substack in January 2025, and bought a shock Dr appliance. Right away it was putting lateral pressure on my teeth, which at the time I thought went against the concept, so I cut the parts off that protruded up and surrounded the teeth so that it was only puting space between the molars and not trying to push the teeth in any way.
At some point it developed splits and cracks, and one in particular at the back split off at an angle and was poking my tongue, so out came the knife again. A few weeks after this I started noticing that the first point of contact without the appliance in was the rearmost molar on that side. That seemed very bad and so I bought another one last week.
This time I opted not to modify it and just let it push on my teeth, which has been causing some tooth aches and general pain. And now after reading this article, I'm wondering if having the appliance put lateral pressure on your teeth is the same as doing reviv and braces at the same time as you recommend against above?
no i think the pain you are feeling is more likely the stretching of the soft tissue.
Just take breaks
I think teeth are aligning better and going where the skull wants them to go
So when I cut the previous one and only had the appliance putting opposing pressure on the molars, would you say that wasn't doing as much to stretch the soft tissue? Is having the appliance put lateral pressure on my teeth a necessary part of the process?