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[quote=Anonymous]I had this done around 2nd grade in a regular rural dentist's office. I remember it being painful (I think it was the novacaine shots in the roof of my mouth). That was almost 40 yrs ago and I remember it. My son has a low membrane as well. He also has DH's gap... pretty big. I've asked the dentist many times about cutting it and she always says they don't do it routinely anymore. She's a very experienced pediatric dentist -- not an orthodontist -- so I can't say how it will affect braces. PP is right -- it's not "surgery" like real surgery. It's more of a "procedure." If the braces are going to irritate it by rubbing on it, then it probably has to be done. You really don't want the gap longterm. Fix it. FWIW -- whatever gap I had as a kid closed naturally. No braces. Don't know if it was the procedure or just the way my teeth fit together. [/quote]
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