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#101 – Dr. Svitlana Koval – MARPE or FME? Doctor With 800 Cases Gives Her Answer
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- JawHacks
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- Feb 16, 2026
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- 6497
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Summary
Dr. Svitlana Koval is an airway orthodontist with nearly 800 MARPE and FME cases, inventor of a patented 3D guided piezocorticotomy technique, and creator of the MARPE F.A.C.E. protocol. In this episode we cover the real cosmetic effects of MARPE (and when it can hurt facial harmony), FME vs custom MARPE from a provider who does both, her extended palatine bone corticotomy technique, shape memory aligners, expansion differences between males and females, class II vs class III outcomes. Dr. Svitlana Koval's Social Media https://www.youtube.com/@drsvitlanakoval https://www.instagram.com/drsvitlanakoval https://www.facebook.com/svitlana.koval.dmd 1:1 Coaching with Ron (Now Inside The Joint) https://jawhacks.com/coaching JawHacks Newsletter (Substack) https://substack.com/@jawhacks And More on the Website https://jawhacks.com/ Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:36 - 800 expansion cases and the looksmaxxing question 00:06:11 - Does expansion always improve cosmetics, or can it destroy harmony? 00:09:09 - The 3D guided piezocorticotomy - Koval's patented technique 00:12:22 - Cosmetic lessons from 800 cases - expansion sweet spots for males vs females 00:15:40 - What happens AFTER MARPE matters more than the expansion itself 00:17:06 - The MARPEFACE Protocol explained 00:20:18 - "The maxilla is a runway, the mandible is a plane landing" 00:21:53 - Class III patients get the best results. Class II? The highest risk. 00:28:05 - "MARPE is the easy part. Its aftermath - that's the hard part" 00:32:35 - "A masculine profile is about moving the mandible forward, not the top" 00:37:20 - Dr. Koval expanded her own jaw - TMJ clicking resolved 00:40:30 - Asymmetry - what MARPE does and doesn't fix 00:43:55 - Sha…