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Originally posted by sb07:
seem to me that 8 years old is a little young to be wearing braces. She is in the 2nd or 3rd grade?? Now I am sure there may be circumstances that warrant them this early. Used to it started in the 6th or 7th grade when more of their permanent teeth were there.
FWIW, my daughter used Dr. Koonce(the son) who was with Dr. Griggs at the time. I think now Dr. Griggs has retired and Dr. Koonce and Dr. Twesme are together. She loved Dr. Koonce - she wore her braces for about 13 months and her teeth are beautiful.
Depending on how the permanent teeth are coming in, they will sometimes put braces on to maintain the appropriate gaps. CrustyTeen actually had two rounds of braces just for this reason. Overall, she was in braces for less time than had we waited until later.