A Couple of Metal Mouths!

The time has finally arrived!  The dentist recommended we make a consult with an orthodontist for Brooklyn & Gavin.  I didn't realize either of them had issues so I was surprised!  Brooklyn was moping about the idea of getting braces, but once we visited the office, she was all set and ready to go!  We decided to go with Garn & Mason out here in Queen Creek.  The kids were WOWed by the office!! They have such fun incentive programs for the kids for keeping up on their hygiene and compliance where they can earn tokens to buy things like movie tickets or even an iPod!! They have a no-wait policy for appointments, the staff is all SO friendly and happy and they have a video game area the kids can hang out until they are called back.

Brooklyn has long-since lost all her baby teeth so they suggested going straight into braces for Brooklyn to correct both overbite and overjet.  For Gavin, they recommended a double helix expander to correct a crossbite and widen his mouth to make room for the crowded adult teeth that are still waiting to come in.  This is far different from the palate expander I had to have when I was in 7th grade that I had to crank with a little key!  I still remember the pain and torture of that evil device!

We set up our BIG DAY appointment and got both of them going with treatment.  Brooklyn will have braces for 2 years and Gavin will have the expander for a year and then we'll see where we go from there.  Thankfully our HSA is very healthy and we were able to pay in full up front for both kids' treatments.  I told Matt we should just plan on all our kids needing braces and if they don't, we can be excited about that!