Eli5- How does having braces/losing teeth change your jaw shape

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Yeah having braces makes your teeth straighter but sometimes their entire lower jaw structure changes

And when people lose teeth their jaw seems to deteriorate e.g. old people with little to no teeth

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Your teeth are embedded into the bone; braces literally change the shape of your teeth and this, by extension, affects your jaw. When you *lose* teeth, the bone around the tooth’s root slowly disintegrates.

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