Re: Went for a Orthodontic evaluation today - Lorraine

September 27, 2004

Hi Lorraine

What other problems have you been having with your daughter? I'm just curious

as I worry daily about what my daughter will encounter as she grows and has to

deal with any remaining asymmetry from her tort and plagio. She is currently in

her second DOC Band.

This may be a really stupid question but what is a crossbite and what kind of

asymmetry have you been dealing with?

Also, did your daughter ever have a band? If so, what was her correction like?

Do you have any pictures posted?

Sorry for so many questions but I want to do everything for my daughter that I

can and I guess I just don't know when everything needs to be done. Your

experience will help me a lot.

Thanks

Dawn - 1st DOC Band 3/04, 2nd DOC Band 7/04 tort resolved

Went for a Orthodontic evaluation today

> Hi I'm a very old timer in this group and still a lurker. My

> daughter Mackenzie who is now 5 and a Doc grad still has problems

> from her torticollis and Plagio and I was recommended by the

> peadtrician to see a Orthodotic specialist. I went today and I'm

> realy glad I did because hes going to fix her crossbite and

> asemetry

> very easily with a palette exspander. The only problem is a 5 year

> old understands alot more and can cry and complain more...lol..

> but

> she'll be getting it done and when she a teenager with beautiful

> teeth she'll be thankful.

> I was to encourage all moms who's kids teeth are not right to

> seek early treatment because the way to fix it is quick and the

> second teeth are squashed and crowded and if you dont do the

> palette

> thing early you may not have good second teeth (the teeth touth

> each

> other in the gums and can come in discolored or at the back of the

> palette)

> Lorraine.

> Boca Raton Florida.. (who just went through 2 hurricaines).

>

September 27, 2004

A Cross bite is when the bite is not symetrical or missaligned

from the jaw bone and not the actal teeth. Her teeth are ok its her

jaw bone thats crooked. Its not that bad but bad enough where it

needs to be fixed and I was told by the Cranio Dr to wait till she

was 5.

Once a baby has tort the tort is kinda always there and can go

and come back when the child is tired sick or growing and the muscle

needs to strenghten again.

We are Doc grad who stopped treatment at 18 mths because 4 years

ago they dident recommend it after 18 mths. Looking back I should

have insisted a second band and they left it up to me and because it

was up to me I stopped treatment. Her plagio isant severe its

moderate but her teeth are right on one side of her mouth and the

lower teeth on the bottom are more forward that the top.. only on one

side .. so her bit is half side the wrong way around (teeth should

come over bootom). We got some correction from the band but not much

because I started too late because of family pressure not to do it.

Looking back I should have gone with my insticts when I first felt

them. Now I dont listen to anyone but me beacause I'm the one who

lives with this guilt and they still think nothing is wrong with her.

My husband in the casting couldent see anything wrong with her even

then till I showed him the headsickle.

Lorraine.

> Hi Lorraine

>

> What other problems have you been having with your daughter? I'm

just curious as I worry daily about what my daughter will encounter

as she grows and has to deal with any remaining asymmetry from her

tort and plagio. She is currently in her second DOC Band.

>

> This may be a really stupid question but what is a crossbite and

what kind of asymmetry have you been dealing with?

>

> Also, did your daughter ever have a band? If so, what was her

correction like? Do you have any pictures posted?

>

> Sorry for so many questions but I want to do everything for my

daughter that I can and I guess I just don't know when everything

needs to be done. Your experience will help me a lot.

>

> Thanks

>

> Dawn - 1st DOC Band 3/04, 2nd DOC Band 7/04 tort resolved

>

> Went for a Orthodontic evaluation today

>

> > Hi I'm a very old timer in this group and still a lurker. My

> > daughter Mackenzie who is now 5 and a Doc grad still has problems

> > from her torticollis and Plagio and I was recommended by the

> > peadtrician to see a Orthodotic specialist. I went today and I'm

> > realy glad I did because hes going to fix her crossbite and

> > asemetry

> > very easily with a palette exspander. The only problem is a 5

year

> > old understands alot more and can cry and complain more...lol..

> > but

> > she'll be getting it done and when she a teenager with beautiful

> > teeth she'll be thankful.

> > I was to encourage all moms who's kids teeth are not right to

> > seek early treatment because the way to fix it is quick and the

> > second teeth are squashed and crowded and if you dont do the

> > palette

> > thing early you may not have good second teeth (the teeth touth

> > each

> > other in the gums and can come in discolored or at the back of

the

> > palette)

> > Lorraine.

> > Boca Raton Florida.. (who just went through 2 hurricaines).

> >

September 28, 2004

Lorraine,

I am surprised to hear they said you wouldn't get any more correction from the DOC band after 18 months 4 years ago. My daughter, Tatijana, is 5 years old now as well, and didn't get into her DOC band until she was 19 months old. She graduated at 21 months old and got pretty good correction.

I just had my daughter at the dentist, and was thinking about asking him when he said she had a very deep bite if this could have been caused by the plagio. I just didn't get the question asked. He did say that when her permanent teeth come in she may need braces because of it. Right now her mouth is not over crowded.

Its nice to hear from someone else who has a child that went through the treatment a few years ago.

Johanna, Tatijana, and repo'in lyse

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