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* An '''external puller''', a tool which pulls the appliance forward with the force of elastic bands. | * An '''external puller''', a tool which pulls the appliance forward with the force of elastic bands. | ||
Orthodontists | Orthodontists have been using "maxillary protractors" like the facemask for decades to treat medical cases like underbite, which need a maxilla protraction to fix the maxillary deficiency, however theese orthodontic devices are only used on children, because clinical studies have proven that maxillary protraction is extremely slow in adults. | ||
==Facepuller 1.0== | ==Facepuller 1.0== | ||
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==Facepulling technique== | ==Facepulling technique== | ||
The user must make sure he keeps his bite close with upper and lower teeth strongly attached. This way the mandible will follow the maxilla in growing forward | The user must make sure he keeps his bite close with upper and lower teeth strongly attached. This way the mandible will follow the maxilla in growing forward | ||
==Scientifical studies== | |||
In 2013 orthodontists published a [https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crid/2014/270257/ paper] in which they explain how they fixed the maxillary deficiency of an adult woman. After 17 months applying a force of 0.5 kilograms for 12 hours a day, the woman obtained a maxillary growth of 1.7 millimiters. This number is enough to correct the malocclusion, however it's not enought to consider it a satysting looksmaxxing technique, since [[Plastic surgery|Bimaxillary surgery]] can aschieve more than 10 millimiters of forward growth in 2 hours. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||