The issue

In preparation for having the braces on, I had two molar teeth taken out a few weeks before the braces were put on several months ago. I can now say the teeth extraction were more of a pain (not literally), more to do with the wound constantly bleeding than anything else and having trouble chewing.

As you can see from the photos i've uploaded my teeth are fairly straight thanks to orthodontic work in my early teens. The problem is that since then my lower jaw has grown too much and my upper jaw too little, creating the class III malocclusion, which can only be correct surgically. In the short time i've had the braces on, although it doesn't really look like it in the photos, I can already feel my teeth changing slowly but surely, with the top front teeth being pulled in and the bottom ones pulled outwards. This is to reverse the camouflage that the front teeth have gone through to try and hide the underbite. I know the gap of the underbite is going to increase so that all the teeth are in the right position after the jaws are repositioned.

Before, with the molar bands on

With braces on

Profile shot

You can see from the photos my teeth before being braced, with the braces on and my profile, which really does show how much of a disparity there is in the length of my jaw, giving me a very concave appearance, with a flat mid face and a very prominent lower jaw.