How does reverse pull headgear work?

Answer 1

Reverse pull headgear uses springs and elastics to get rid of an underbite. I have this and it sucks. My headgear is a big square facemask that my orthodontist wired into my mouth so i couldn't remove it. The four springs are attached permanently to my braces and go out of my mouth and attach to a metal bar that runs above my mouth connecting to both sides of the facemask. These springs and 4 elastics hold it against my face. It is the worst to be a 14 year old boy and to go to school with this attached to my face. I went to the orthodontist expecting to get an expander which i did. I also have top braces, bottom braces, twinblocks (permanent springs in my mouth), elastics in my mouth, and a lip bumper that runs along my lower teeth making my lip stick out. I have been like this for 3 mounths and have at least a year to go. It is very difficult to eat and talk properly and never mind the discomfort of my chin cup and the hooks on my braces attached to the springs that stick out of my mouth enough that i can't fully close it. I feel like such a dork especially with all my freckles when i am in public around my friends about all my braces and headgear. Its so embarrassing to have to were this to school and not be able to take it off.