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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I was your daughter.

In second grade I started with the spacers and the palatal expander. I have a very small mouth and I had an extreme overbit and narrow palate. I remember the headaches and my mom used to cry every time she cranked the expander. It was uncomfortable and I didn't like it.

Then, in 3rd grade, they started yanking teeth. Over the next few years I had a total of 13 baby teeth pulled. I still remember what it feels like when they are yanking out your molars. I have a very high tolerance to novocaine as a result. Many didn't grow back in for at least 6 months. My parents nicknamed me 'gumby'. I had to wear headgear every night and retainers with lip bumpers during the day, until I was a freshmen in high school (age 14) and all my teeth had finally grown in.

Then I had traditional braces for 9 months. Got them removed in 10th grade, had my wisdom teeth out, and had perfect teeth.

DH had the same issue. He got a palatal expander at age 13 and his parents ENJOYED cranking it :) Then he had braces for a little over a year and was done. Yes he was mocked (as ALL children are) for his buck teeth, but he didn't endure years of orthodontic torture before then.

Make your own decision, but please do whatever is in the best interest of your daughter - and I really don't think that means yanking all her teeth out and starting so early. And oh, after all that, my teeth STILL moved when I stopped wearing my retainer 8 years after my braces came off. (Not to mention, I lost a heck of a lot of retainers in trash cans over the years...)[/quote]

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