length of treatment in starband vs DOC

[Guest guest]

In your experiences or from what you have heard, do you feel that the

lenght of tx with both bands in equal. I ask because I was told at CT

that tx would be 2-3 months and at the Starband place it would be like

4-5 months. When i called CT to ask how this time frame could be

different, they stated that correcton would be 75% after this time

frame. They stated that he may need another helmet...but he may not.

I just don't know what to think. My sons assemetry is 18mm and he is

5 months one week old. One of the reasons that I am going with

Starband is that in the event he needs longer than 16 weeks...we have

the time in the starband. My ins wont even consider cranial tech and

we could end up paying almost $8000 if he needs a second helmet.

Opinions, experiences, advice, suggestions..........

[Guest guest]

It really just depends on each baby, each one is different. A slow

growing baby like my son will be in his DOCBand for 4 months (the

lifespan of the band) or he could have been in a StarBand for 6

months (because they last that long). A fast growing baby could

outgrow the DOCBand a lot sooner, but still have a few weeks left in

the StarBand because the foam is thicker. That doesn't mean that a

second DOCBand would be necessary, I think (but don't know for sure)

it is possible to receive the same amount of correction with one

DOCBand in 3 months as it is one STARBand in 4 months (they are made

by two different companies after all, and aren't exactly alike). It

just depends.

Jake-20m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand 13 weeks)

Jordan-4

>

> In your experiences or from what you have heard, do you feel that

the

> lenght of tx with both bands in equal. I ask because I was told

at CT

> that tx would be 2-3 months and at the Starband place it would be

like

> 4-5 months. When i called CT to ask how this time frame could be

> different, they stated that correcton would be 75% after this time

> frame. They stated that he may need another helmet...but he may

not.

> I just don't know what to think. My sons assemetry is 18mm and

he is

> 5 months one week old. One of the reasons that I am going with

> Starband is that in the event he needs longer than 16 weeks...we

have

> the time in the starband. My ins wont even consider cranial tech

and

> we could end up paying almost $8000 if he needs a second helmet.

>

> Opinions, experiences, advice, suggestions..........

>