Due to a narrow top pallet I was fitted with a Palatal Expander before I was given fixed braces.

This was so that the sides of my bite as well and the front teeth fitted together neatly when I bit down.

The expander was glued to two teeth by metal rings, taken out every few months and put back in after

being made wider to encourage my pallet to widen. I wore this for about a year before my top pallet

was wide enough.