About a week ago, Austin got his phase 1 orthodontic appliance in, along with 4 braces. The appliance is an expander, just like his mom had when she was a kid. Everyday we turn it and it expands the roof of his mouth by 1/4 mm. In the end they want 6-7 mm of expansion. He will probably be wearing these braces and the expander until Fall. I hope you do notice, that the braces are going on teeth that are already straight. Apparently the whole exercise is to resolve a bite issue. On a side note, it may solve an even more important issue--getting a 10 year old boy to buy into dental hygiene. Since getting the braces, and in keeping with their very strict instructions, he has been brushing 4x/day for 2 minutes at a time with an electric toothbrush which they gave him, and also flossing. Maybe I'll ask if he can keep the braces on longer.....
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still love him even with his metal mouth.
I also had an expander. Austin, you're lucky to have yours when you're 10 instead of during your senior year of college. It was a bad few months.
Cool dude!
cool
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