To not insist dd wears her braces tonight?

[Ginmakesitallok]

Dd got twin block braces today. She's struggling a bit with them, but has worn them all day. She says she can't sleep in them tonght- too much saliva. Anyway, I've told her not to worry about tonight,she can try again tomorrow when she's more used to them.
Aibu?

One night won't hurt. Yes it'll extend it by one day. She needs time to get her head round it all: it's probably all a bit overwhelming today. Chat about it tomorrow. Then insist!

Dd got hers on a Friday morning and was to go straight to school.

The orthodontist fitted them and then asked dd a question, she tried to answer but you couldn't understand her and loads of saliva just kind of fell down her chin.
She looked so so sad as it was explained to her that she must wear them every day, every night, unless eating or for pe

As soon as we got in the car, I said to her that she didn't have to wear them that day at school but would have to put them in the minute she got home and just talk all the time. The relief on her face!

We stuck to the that, sent her to bed dosed up and with a glass of water and another dose for if she woke in pain.

After a weekend she could talk (and swallow!) and happily wore them to school on the Monday.

Yanbu, but yes to one night only.

Well, she wore them all night last night without a problem!

Ah well done minigin!

I'm glad it worked out.

My dd wore twin blocks and we did similar, we started the night time wearing on a Friday night so she could get used to them outside of school time. She never managed to eat with them in but still completed that part of the treatment in a good time. She is now at a stage of having top and bottom tracks with various combinations of elastic bands - the diagonal one going form bottom left to top right is proving interesting!

I thought you were sending her out with just her belt !

Glad it worked out...Sometimes you have to trust your own instinct and knowing your own child..This is why sometimes posting on MN is not the best thing in the world.

My DD drives me mad with her braces! She also has the block one's-she can take them out to eat but that is all.However, they are out more than they are in sometimes as she forgets to put them back in.Her treatment is taking longer than it should because of this.
Anyway.....she actually takes them out in her sleep! I've seen her do it! Bizarre!

I remember having braces (had them quite late on) they took a lot of getting used to. YWNBU

She wore them all night last night too with no complaining. She takes them out to eat, which has made me realise just how often she is snacking during the day....

My dd got her twin blocks in Feb, the orthodontist said it was fine if she had to take a brake from them in the first week or so, the first night she didn't wear them to bed but had worn them all day, second day she had a small break after tea then did wear them to bed and since then she has been fine, occasionally she has forget them in the morning after bushing and gone to school without them.

In the first 2 months of wearing them her teeth had moved half way to where they should be, dd had a 12mm overlap on her front teeth after 8 weeks of wearing them they had moved 6mm back which was amazing.

I don't think giving her a brake for the night will hurt

Just an update! Had orthodontic appointment today, overview has gone down from 10mm to 5mm in just 2 months, dd has been great at wearing her braces and they are making a big difference already!

Well done to your daughter,! I have posted on this topic before on another thread.. Twin Blocks are the most hardcore of braces, so hard for the child. My son (13) had his in January this year and we have just come back from the orthodontist and 8 months on he is nearly ready for his train tracks! He will get them fitted in 12 weeks from now as the teeth have to stay where they are now and not move at all. To do this apparently he has to wear his block braces at night only for next 12 weeks, no tightening them, which will make his teeth "set" in the position they are right now, ready for the fixed brace. I am so proud of him, he's not an easy child and is a skateboarder, but he has kept his braces in 100% for 8 months, morning noon and night. So different from the first day when we drove home and he actually cried in the car and said "I can't do this mum". It was heartbreaking and took bribes, cajoling, showing before and after photos etc. There are loads of Youtube vlogs of kids showing their Twin Block journey which helped him a lot I think. Anyway, well done to you and your DD for persevering.

If she takes them off tonight, tomorrow morning will be like this morning and starting all over again. I would put a towel on her pillow and make sure she sleeps on her side. The saliva will ease up tomorrow. My OH didn't wear his at times and his teeth aren't what they should be now

That's fantastic progress gin!

My dd has had twin block braces for over a year now and is a total nightmare with them!
She wears them every night, no problem, but won't wear them any more than that. She's making very slow progress and won't listen to us and our constant nagging to wear them .
I think she's down to 5mm, but just isn't wearing them enough, which is very frustrating!

Just an update! So, the journey is almost over! At this mornings appointment dd was told that her fixed braces will be coming off in 4 weeks! Hurray!!!

I had train tracks top and bottom because I didn’t wear my removable brace as I should. Ended up in head gear at night too as a result.

I’d make her wear it, sorry. I do sympathise though as it is shit, but the results are worth it. She’ll thank you one day.

Great update, well done for her persistence . Ds should finally get his off in February but has to decide on a retainer before the January appointment. Apparently there are various options, any advice?

Mulberry - I assume you didn't read the thread???

We haven't discussed options re retainers? Ortho said that she'll put a permanent one on behind top teeth, and as she's getting a mould done to exactly fit her teeth I'm assuming she'll be getting the plastic removable ones?

Yes those were the options given to ds, either/or or both, or something similar to twin blocks.

My DD went through this. She stuck at it, the worst was yet to come, over 2.5 years of fitted braces with constant ulcers and an operation to reveal two teeth growing in the wrong direction which had to be twisted down. It was horrendous and DD got to the stage she was going to insist fitted braces were taken off. Luckily her orthodontist helped all the way. It wasn't easy for her and we constantly had to encourage (sometimes ignore her pleas to have brace off). She originally had an 11mm overbite, gaps between her protruding teeth and two teeth growing into her gums, now she has no overbite and perfectly straight teeth - she's now 16, gone to a different school and is getting interesting in boys, so hopefully now all the trauma will pay off for her with her confidence. It is hard, but try but for any parent reading this try and get them to stick with it.

Twin blocks look much less painful than the springs and expanders that my dd had which were wired into her teeth and six months seems very quick (dd had her hardwear in for two years). All braces are pretty horrible though. My dd was very glad to be able to move to retainers only.

Make sure they wear the retainers every night for at least a year. Several girls in DD year haven't bothered and their teeth have moved back quite noticeably from when the braces were removed. DD was one of the last to have hers removed and the effects on others of not wearing the retainers has meant I've not had to nag at all!