In a growing child a small lower jaw can be corrected by means of an orthopedic treatment.  This treatment tries to increase the growth of the lower jaw and sometimes decrease the growth of the upper jaw so that a proportional balance can be achieved between them.

In non growing adolescents and adults the discrepancy between the jaws can be only corrected by means of a surgical treatment where the lower jaw is moved forward.  In some cases an orthodontic only treatment is available to camouflage the problem by means of dental extraction in the upper jaw only so that the front teeth can be moved back to where the small jaw is.

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