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[quote=Anonymous]My son doesn’t have the sensitivity and anxiety issues you have, but he is classic adhd asd in that his attention to hygiene and executive functioning is terrible. We went down the ortho path despite having seemingly pretty good looking teeth. The herbst part was fine but what I am most annoyed about is that no one told me about the excessive daily hygiene expectations until after the equipment was in. How you need to do ten minutes a day of oral care, and once the braces are removed they have to wear a daily retainer for six months plus a nighttime one forever. I told them during the interview process that he is severely adhd. I have no idea why they thought an 11 year adhd boy was going to spend ten mins a day on hygiene and not lose his retainer in the first week. The ortho was like “then this will just have to be on your list of parent stuff every day” to which I thought, the ortho must not have an adhd or asd kid because my list of parenting stuff is already out the wazoo. I practically have to remind ds to go to the bathroom at least once a day. Had I known the expectations, we would have skipped it. Now I’m sure that when the braces come off, he will have severe permanent staining, and that he’ll stop with the retainer in days - which means everything will move around negating all the work. Anyway just something else to think about to make sure you really need this work done. [/quote]

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