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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Highly recommend the expander after seeing how great it worked for my son. It actually pretty amazing how it worked.

I had teeth pulled for overcrowding + braces. My son had an expander + braces. He now has a perfect set of straight teeth. Mine are straight too, but he still has all his teeth and that looks better. Plus having teeth pulled sucks. And I still had to live some part of my childhood with janky teeth that had to be forced down. Conversely the expander at a young age made it so all his teeth fit. 
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Also, I want to add that he's in 8th grade and had his braces off earlier this year. Each stage of the process took less time than was forecast and seemed so much easier than how I remember mine going. It's so cool that he's now entering high school with great teeth. He still wears a retainer at night, and has a permanent retainer for his lowers, but even the retainer is so much less intrusive than mine was.

I think it's important NOT to compare our experiences with theirs when making these types of decisions. The tech is so much better now, and having been through it recently, I think it's absolutely nutso not to take advantage of everything they've learned about teeth in the past 30-40 years.

Now it's standard to start younger and use the expanders to make the whole process more seamless.

A second opinion is always a great idea, but so many of my friends were like you, and their kids are now older and just starting braces, and I just feel lucky we listened to our ortho and are done. [/quote]

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