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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP this is two-phase orthodontics - you take on the procedures in those early years in the knowledge you may well have to go through it all again.

It's a pointless exercise in most cases - people do it out of vanity and it's a costly exercise.

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This may be true in some cases, but not all. If your kid has ectopic canines, they may need phase one to avoid losing their permanent front teeth. (If left to their own devices, the canines can drill into neighboring adult teeth and kill the root.)  A palate expander and two sets of braces is a dream compare to what awaits you if you let it go untreated. (Loss of permanent adult teeth, surgical exposure of the canine, use of a metal chain to yank it back into place.) [/quote]

I had this 25 years ago, everything you wrote- surgery, chains, everything. My canines were horizonal in my upper gums, apparently nobody noticed before I was 12 or so. God I wish someone had used a palate expander on me before pulling my teeth, I'm not sure why not because I know classmates who had them. Maybe it was too late for me. Luckily the roots of my lateral incisors were ok, otherwise they were going to pull those and move my canines next to my central incisors. I would have looked like a freak! So that didn't happen and they pulled my premolars instead. I still would have rather a palate expander than pulling any teeth any day and my jaw/mouth area has always looked weak and I attribute that to a narrow palate. [/quote]

This is the situation with my 8 year old. One of her canines coming in was coming in at the root of her front tooth. She has plenty of room but has braces to shift her teeth around so the canine can come in straight. The ortho was very clear to us what would happen if we didn’t do something to prevent the trajectory of the canine.[/quote]

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