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Dr Jessica Yeo Hi! gloworthodontics.com.au

I'm a Australian Board Certified Specialist Orthodontist based in Sydney
Here to demystify braces & aligners
Founder of Glow Orthodontics
Enquiries [email protected]
Get your dream smile with me!

14/10/2026

❌ BAD 🟡 BETTER 🟢 BEST
Orthodontist Edition Part 2 🦷

1. Deep overbite
❌ Removable anterior bite plane
🟡 Bonded anterior bite turbos
🟢 Braces + intrusion arch

2. Open bite
❌ Tongue exercises alone
🟡 Invisalign / clear aligners
🟢 TAD-assisted molar intrusion

3. Protruding teeth
❌ Non-extraction treatment
🟡 Interproximal reduction (IPR)
🟢 Premolar extractions + orthodontics

4. Impacted adult tooth
❌ Do nothing / wait indefinitely
🟡 Extract the baby tooth
🟢 Surgical exposure + orthodontic traction

5. Straightened teeth after orthodontic treatment
❌ No retainers
🟡 Hawley retainer
🟢 Clear removable retainers

Treatment depends on the individual diagnosis and clinical situation. These comparisons illustrate different approaches, not universal treatment rankings.

Behind the highlight reel is years of hard where every moment felt like a sacrifice.What don’t see is lying in hospital ...
13/10/2026

Behind the highlight reel is years of hard where every moment felt like a sacrifice.
What don’t see is lying in hospital with my jaws broken, the insecurities i faced growing up, the starting from zero as a first gen immigrant, and the 10 years of training it took to be a specialist.
If you’re deep in the hard years where it feels impossible to push through,
don’t give up.
It will be worth it. 💜

10/10/2026

it’s spring in sydney! 🇦🇺🌸 which braces colour will you try? let me know 👇

05/10/2026

1. Expansion is not proven to improve breathing in a kid who does not have an airway condition.
2. Your whole face does not widen when you expand your palate.
3. The lower jaw is one bone, and putting in a lower expander does not expand it and is not recommended.
4. Expanding the palate is primarily to treat jaw width problems, not to straighten crowded teeth.
5. Expanders work differently in adults. In kids the palate hasn’t fused yet, so an expander can widen the bone. In adults that joint is fused, so real skeletal expansion usually needs surgery or bone anchors, and a standard expander mostly just tips the teeth outwards.
6. Earlier isn’t always better. Expansion works because the palate hasn’t fused yet, and that stays true for years. Doing it at four or five rarely gains anything over doing it at the right time, and you often end up repeating it later. That’s overtreatment.
7. Expansion is not a cure for sleep apnoea. It can be one part of treatment for some kids, but it’s not a standalone fix, and a child who has symptoms of disordered breathing needs to be assessed by a sleep doctor first.

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References:

Palomo et al, AJO-DO 2026 ·
Calvo-Henriquez et al, Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2020 ·
Ugolini et al, Cochrane 2021

02/10/2026

but I did it anyway.
Most times you got to block out the noise and believe you can. Cause noone else will.

Hi I’m Dr Jess, 34 year old Sydney orthodontist. I became a dentist at 21 and was a board certified orthodontist by 27. Throughout my career I wasn’t taken seriously for looking young and being female.
“Are you old enough?” “Where’s the doctor?”. Now that I have my own practice, patients tell me they chose me because I’m young and female and they believe I’ll do a better job for them.

If you’ve ever felt the same, just know you are more capable than you think. Be bold and keep dreaming big, because it will happen for you too ❤️

30/09/2026

❌ BAD 🟡 BETTER 🟢 BEST
Orthodontist edition

1. Narrow upper jaw
❌ Pushing on your palate
🟡 Removable expander
🟢 Rapid maxillary expander (RME)
2. Gap between front teeth
❌ DIY rubber bands
🟡 Composite bonding
🟢 Braces or clear aligners
3. Lower jaw sits too far back
❌ Myofunctional trainer
🟡 Braces + elastics
🟢 Herbst appliance
4. Underbite
❌ Biting on a popsicle stick
🟡 Braces
🟢 Reverse-pull headgear
5. Badly decayed baby tooth
❌ Home remedies
🟡 Extraction
🟢 Extraction + space maintainer

*Treatment depends on the individual diagnosis and clinical situation.

28/09/2026

breaking down why you might see kids of different ages have braces, cause they’re actually two stages of orthodontic treatments for different purposes!

27/09/2026

Invisalign transformations with me…in 2 years, and 11 months!
Hi I’m Dr Jessica Yeo, specialist orthodontist in Sydney of 7 years. My own life-changing journey of having braces and jaw surgery inspired me to become the doctor behind the smiles. There is nothing quite like helping someone smile with confidence, and I’m so honoured to be able to help women like me transform their insecurity. 💜



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To become her, I had to be her first…The girl who had braces and jaw surgery at 21.10 years of training after high schoo...
25/09/2026

To become her, I had to be her first…
The girl who had braces and jaw surgery at 21.
10 years of training after high school.
Working weekends to pay rent.
Unclogging tooth gunk from the pipes in the basement.

Everyone sees the after. No one sees the years of showing up it took to get here.
But looking back now, I get it. Those hard chapters are what grew me into who I am.
If you’re in the messy middle right now, in a season that feels long and uncomfortable…don’t stop investing in yourself. Even when you can’t see the rewards yet.
Future you will thank you.

Wherever you are in your journey, keep going!!

21/09/2026

I respectfully disagree…
1. “After a few years, you can stop wearing it” — Your teeth always want to move back to where they started, even years later. That’s why retainers are for life. I’ve worn mine every night for 13 years and I’m not stopping.
2. “If you have a fixed retainer, you don’t need a removable one” — A fixed wire only holds your front teeth, and it can come loose without you noticing. A removable retainer is your backup, so I recommend having both.
3. “My gap was closed with braces, so it won’t come back” — Sometimes a gap is caused by a thick piece of skin under your top lip that keeps pulling your front teeth apart. A small procedure called a frenectomy fixes that, so your retainer doesn’t have to fight it every day.
4. “My wisdom teeth made my teeth crooked again” — Wisdom teeth get blamed a lot, but the main reason teeth move is not wearing your retainer. Teeth can move at any age, with or without wisdom teeth.
5. “Wearing it hurts, so I’m going to stop” — If it feels tight, your teeth have already started to move. Stopping makes it worse, and wearing it every night makes it comfortable again. If it really hurts or doesn’t fit, see your orthodontist. I’ve felt that tightness too after missing a few nights, and it goes away once you’re back in the habit.

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