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Yup those wisdoms are doing thier thing. Looks like for my DD its time to think about getting those bad boys removed. I have booked her in for extractions early Jan '19. Seemed harsh to do it this close to Xmas. She'll probs have them all out at once - assuming no hitches. Am nervous for her!!

Well ten years later and she's 18! perfect teeth that look amazing. So proud. But it was a journey to get her this far. She now has bonded retainers on both top and bottom teeth - all that effort I wanted her to be confident forever more. So to update the story of her journey : the headgear 24/7 thi...

Her headgear isn't fixed and she clearly takes it off for eating, PE etc. But the ortho said the more she wears it, the better it will work. So she does. 20 mins to clean her teeth is her being diligent!

I am slowly reading and learning more about all this.

Hi. Much like me, my 8 year old daughter has very crowded/crooked teeth. So crowded that cleaning her teeth is a 20 minute job twice a day. The dentist has extracted 6 baby teeth to try and make room for her adult teeth that are coming through thick and fast. Our orthdontist sees her every couple of...