Palate expander and braces

Ouch!!! Well, they say with kids, the roof of the mouth has not grown shut yet, so it's not breaking it every day... it's still pliable, so it's just separating it for now. My oldest daughter has the same problem and they told us that she was too old for the expander and she'd have to have surgery to expand hers... she chose not to have it done and I can't blame her!

How old is your daughter? My husband was 13-14 when he had his. I didn't know him back then so I have to go on what he said. His mom even remembers it being a horrible experience and that when she would turn the key she would hear the roof break (it would break and reset almost nightly). All the kids in his family have odd mouths, instead of being flat on the roof they dip down (inherited from his Dads side). All the kids have had braces, he was the only one with the palate expander.

She just turned 14... I can't hear anything break and she says it's uncomfortable, but not unbearable. In fact, once it's done, the pain goes away almost immediately. However, the pressure stays there for a while...

umm, you need to say a bit more buddy if you hope to actually participate in a conversation! lol!

ohhh, okay. Thanks! I didn't mean to sound harsh with my reply. Mylot frowns upon making only one or two word answers. They want us to have conversations with each other. Thanks!

I mean that U R worry about your daughter,but the matter is,if you want to do sth.,u must have some preparation,u must think about what will happen and whether it is good or not. what i think is so! Good luck to your daughter. GOD bless her!

Her teeth aren't crowded, she actually has enough room for all her teeth. It's just that the roof of her mouth is very narrow... instead of her teeth going in a semi circle around her jaw from molar to molar, the back teeth are in a good place, then the next teeth lean in to her mouth from the root down, not just the teeth themselves leaning in (which braces could straighten). Her whole root and all are not in the right place... so this expander kind of pushes them out to where they need to be. You know how you can put your tongue on the roof of your mouth and rest it there? She can't. Her teeth are in the way. Her bottom jaw is in line, so her teeth are actually not even touching at all. The molars match up, and the front two teeth match up, but the others on the top are way in from the bottom teeth. Does that make sense?

Yup, now that you explained how her teeth actually are I can understand now why she needs that expander...how long will she have to have it though...I bet she can't wait to get the darn thing off!