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Two phase braces was not a good program for us, though I'm sure everyone is different. Part of the angst ended up being that there was no break between the phases. My daughter got her braces two months after her 8th birthday, and got them off a few months before her 14th. So, she was in braces for a...

Just need some anecdotal advice. I first logged into this site five years ago, when my daughter started P1 at the age of 8. She had no extractions, rather a pendex for a few months, followed by four years of rubber bands. It was not "fun". The dr decided her teeth were as good as they were...

My daughter's expander is turned only once per day, every other day. Not very helpful as I'll assume there's medical reason yours is turned 4x's as much, could be different appliance, could be different age (my daughter is almost 9), could be different approach. I'm a big believer in asking your med...

My daughter had her Pendex palate expander (*) put in about an hour ago. For all the fretting and paranoia I went through for the past three weeks, it is tremendously anti-climactic I will give you an entire play by play (ok, maybe not entire) A [daughter] goes in, hops in the chair. Starts babbling...

Thank you for your reply Shelly. If practical, could you reply back and let me know how long it takes for your daughter to be able to eat? Any other significant "dang, wish Ida know THAT was going to happen!" Much like you, I was googling information about the Herbst appliance and palete e...

Thank you for the "2-3 times" a day. I figured as often as I could get them brushed would be good enough, but I'm glad to know that if she eats and the food sits on her teeth for a few hours, it isn't immediate scarring. I live and work 25 miles from her school so I drive her there and bac...

My "close enough" 9 year old daughter is being fitted with a palete spreader and Herbst appliance in about two weeks as part of six to eight year two phase plan. I've lodged my objections to this first part with both the orthodontist and her father, but it is being done anyway. We are divo...