Julie in CA Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 How old is too old? My dd is supposed to have one put in next week, and I'm worried about it. She's 12 1/2. Is it going to work? Ortho said she's probably at the tail end of the effective time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 As part of our evaluation visit, our Ortho took x-rays of my dd's hands to see how much growth she had left. Did yours use x-rays to determine whether she had enough growth left to make it be effective? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 My nephew is 14 and he had his put in about then. He still has baby teeth in so they are delaying his braces further but it worked for him at that age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gratia271 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 According to our orthodontist, the window of opportunity for most children closes at around 12. I would think there is some variance, but that is what we were told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Our oldest daughter started wearing a palate expander a month before her 11th birthday. She still had two baby teeth to loose, but the x-rays indicated they'd be out shortly and they were. It has worked for dd. Her front teeth were buck teeth. In less than a year the expander & braces have pulled those two teeth down and out so she hasn't had to have any teeth pulled. She's got another 1.5 years in her braces but we're very satisfied with her treatment. He was very worried that she'd break her teeth off if she wasn't put into braces immediately and he wanted to do the expander to avoid having to pull out permanent teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 As part of our evaluation visit, our Ortho took x-rays of my dd's hands to see how much growth she had left. Did yours use x-rays to determine whether she had enough growth left to make it be effective? No, he didn't. Hmm.... Did anyone else here have xrays to evaluate growth before having the palate expander? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyMcGillicuddy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 In my case, I had an expander put in when I was 16 and it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Goldwater Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 12 & 13 here...worked fine....have you considered a 2nd opinion? We were stunned by the variation a friend of ours had in diagnosis, everything from, "this is routine" to "wow...I have to remove all these teeth first." For the same kid...:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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