We had our treatment consultation yesterday with Sarah’s orthodontist. We got good news, and bad news. The good news is that proportionally, Sarah’s profile and facial structure is great (but then again we already knew that she is a beautiful little girl didn’t we?). Also, her arc structure of her teeth is VERY good. The bad news is that her upper teeth are shifted slightly forward, and is going to need braces to correct the alignment. Not the worst thing in the world. The orthodontist said that he has had children with much worse teeth.
So within the next couple of months we’ll be trying to figure out when to start her on her “treatment”. Te overall total time she’ll have to have braces (braces and retainer) looks like about 4 years (2 years with braces and 2 years with a retainer). The faster we can start her on them, the faster she can be done with them. We were also told that getting started now is the best way to assure that her teeth will be stabilized by the time she is done growing. Sarah is gradually warming up to the idea. A couple of her friends already have them, so that helps too.
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