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[quote=Anonymous]My ADHD kid (11) has not been diagnosed or treated for sensory issues but clearly has them related to food and medical treatments. The latter also gives her a lot of anxiety. So the process of going to the dentist or the orthodontist is tough and causes occasional tears. The palate expander experience was tricky but mainly just in the installation (keeping her mouth open that long, having to tolerate the big thing they use to hold your lips back during the process). She adjusted to it pretty quickly though (within a few days or a week) and the turns weren’t a big deal. The turning ended early on and then it was just in her mouth for months and stopped being a thing she talked about. I can’t imagine having a removable one — that would have been an argument each day to check that she was wearing it and she also surely would have lost it more than once. The braces appointments can be tough because she knows what they are doing will cause her discomfort in the following days, so she’s really grumpy there. My mantra with her is that she does not have to like any of this but she does have to get through it and she can’t be outwardly rude to the staff in the ortho’s office.

But definitely just go with permanent things, not removable ones. It takes out the negotiation. [/quote]

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