He has had his braces for almost 3 years. The doctor wants him to keep them on for at least 3 more appointments which probably means Jan. He is still tweaking things in his mouth. Nathan has been a challenge for him. He has never made an expander as big as he did with Nathan. After he gets his braces off he will be in a retainer for a while.
They took x-rays last time he was in. Doctor Simister says his wisdom teeth are prime to come out. There is no room for them to come down anyway. I guess we will be talking to an oral surgeon soon. They will have to come out for his mission. It is standard practice so they don't have to worry about them while they are gone. Might as well do it now while it is easy.
He also said that the expander and braces have done all they could do. His top jaw is just too small. We were hoping that this would fix it, but it has just made it better. He warned me before we started that with puberty his jawline might change and they would have to do surgery to fix it. Nathan panicked a bit at that. They won't even think about doing it until he is finished growing at 19 or 20. I told him that was a long way off. He will be an adult then and can make his own decision about it.
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