Z., who will be 9 the day after tomorrow got her braces this afternoon! She looks so cute in them and so far at least is taking it all in stride. She picked out alternate blue and green ones for her front teeth. This is “pre” orthodontia so they are only on her 4 top and 4 bottom front teeth and on 2 top and 2 bottom back teeth. She still has to get the full set of adolescent braces in a few years. So we’re in this for the long haul! A. and I both had similar orthodontic issues so she was pretty much genetically destined for this. In fact at 3 years old our dentist looked in her mouth and told us to start saving up for college and orthodontia. I don’t know how sore she’ll be on her birthday but at least cake and ice cream are easy to eat!
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Cute smile 🙂 I wish they had offered colors when I had my braces.
A couple of months ago when asked she said she would want clear ones. I think she wasn’t feeling real confident about them showing. But I guess she got over that! The pain has set in though :-(( I gave her some ibuprofen and she managed to suck up a few ravioli and eat every last crumb of her cupcake and popsicle in between moans and ows. Nothing will keep this girl from eating her dessert!
Cute smile with those colorful braces!
At least orthodontia has come a long way since we were kids. Love the colors! We’ve got one down, maybe four to go!
Johnna