I had my perfectly good wisdom teeth removed around 18 months ago and since then my face has changed dramatically...It was just the two top wisdom teeth, my bottoms never came in. My cheek bones are more noticeable, I have larger bags under eyes, my jaw line is gone, skin is loose and hanging and the area under my eyes has sunken in. Also, my lower jaw is being pushed back a bit do to all the changes. I got them removed thinking I had to for braces to correct an overbite. I didn't think anything of it since so many people have it done. If I had only researched just a little, I would have never had any of this done. Having them removed has been one of the worst mistakes I have ever made by far. My confidence has plummeted, im anxious, and at times just feel as though im losing it. I only wish I could turn back time, I would give anything to go back to the way things were, my overbite wasn't even that noticeable and my teeth are perfectly straight. To top things off, I now have problems with TMJ, luckily the jaw clicking has stopped, but its still really unstable. I never feel as though my jaw is in a comfortable position and the muscles around the joint constantly twitch. I have only been in braces for about 4 months, so not a lot of movements has been done yet luckily. I'm seeing a traditional orthodontist now who swears up and down he knows all about TMJ, but I don't trust him to be honest. What I have learned now, is that my wisdom teeth were acting like pillars holding everything right where it was meant to be and my overbite was actually, functionally, a good thing, it allowed my jaw to function perfectly. This is such a nightmare. I followed through with all of this thinking I would improve my confidence, but it has done the complete opposite. Sorry so long, as you can tell im at loss right now.
I'm wanting to know what can be done for the facial changes from wisdom teeth removal?
Should I see about getting implants where the wisdom teeth were to prevent further bone loss?
Also, what can be done about TMJ?
Do I just find a functional orthodontist?
Unfortunately my teeth have shifted enough over the past four months that im stuck, my bite is off now, I just need some help on how I should proceed.