An update on the braces

Alissa and Sarah had a consultation with an orthodontist specialist and he wants to put braces on Sarah now for a year and then again when she has all her permanent teeth, they call it a 2 phase treatment plan. We have 2 options for Alissa...the first is put braces on her right away and hopefully still be able to move her upper jaw forward now, with hopes that she is not done growing and there is still enough 'give ' in her bones to move. She would have braces on for about 2 years with several heavy elastics on both sides of her mouth, if the braces didn't work then she will need the surgery to break her jaw and reposition it when she is 16 or 17 years old. The other option is to wait until she is 16 and put braces on her for a few months then do the surgery and continue to straighten her teeth with braces for about a year. So right now we are leaning towards putting braces on them both right now and getting it over with, with high hopes that the braces do the trick for Alissa and we can avoid surgery down the road and by the time she is 16 she will be done with braces and not just starting with them.

We also have another appointment with a different orthodontist on Monday to get a second opinion, so we will see what he thinks.