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What would you like to ask?don't you have to have all adult teeth before you can get braces?

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  1. punkrock101
    Member

    No offence, but wouldn't the dentist know best?

    He'd say if he needed all his adult teeth or not.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. crackfuct2001
    Member

    my son is 8 and a dentist thru school saw him and says he may need braces but he only has 6 adult adult teeth, don't you need all adult teeth to determine something like that?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. Rebeca Gonzales
    Member

    i dont think so..
    ask an orthodontic (:

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. Twerd
    Member

    Yes, also he has to have in his 12 year molars.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. C C
    Member

    If he has the first set of molars, and the dentist can see that something is wrong, getting a 'mini-set' of braces can head off really big problems. These would anchor the molars with the front adult teeth, giving the 'side' adult teeth plenty of room so they don't come in crooked.

    Kids who go through braces this way *may* have to get braces a second time when all of their adult teeth come in, but the second round of treatment will be for a shorter time and the teeth won't have to be moved as far (meaning less time/pain/money.)

    The school dentist is probably looking at the arch or the way his teeth set together. If he has problems with that NOW, then these problems will only get worse as the larger adult teeth come in.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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