Last April (10 months ago) Emma had braces put on her 4 top front teeth . . . this is a picture of her taken a year ago so you can see what her teeth looked like . . .
She LOVED having braces and had fun choosing what colors of elastics she's have each month. Then today came . . . this is what she looked like before we went in for her orthodontist appointment . . .
And this is what she looked like after her appointment!
She is happy to have them off because she was missing her sticky treats, but the cool thing is that at the same times she's happy, she's also looking forward to getting them on again! Yep - we're only on stage one and now we're going to wait for the rest of her baby teeth to fall out and her adult teeth to come in and then we're back to braces (probably in 1.5 yrs). Her adult eye tooth is already starting to come in and the doctor knows that there isn't enough space, but we need to wait and play it by ear. He figured this way at least she could have a break and then we're back to it again.
But - isn't there such a HUGE difference between the before and after pic . . . wow!!! Her doctor did a great job!!!
So now we wait 6 months and go back just to check on how things are looking, and from there figure out when stage 2 will officially be starting! She does have a permanent retainer on the back of her front 4 teeth to keep them in place until everything is complete, but if you weren't told about it you'd never know.
If you see her around now she will definitely be smiling HUGE just to show you her "new" teeth!
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