What is the earliest age that they will start treatment for sticky out teeth ??

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Dd2 is being teased because her 2 front teeth stick out quite a bit.
I saw the dentist last week who was very non comittal and just said that it was too early to say either way wether she will need a brace. IMO she will need one.

She is 8 in December, I am sure I was about 11 when I had my brace which she isn't happy about, she wants it done now

I have told her to say 'i can get my teeth straightened but you will always be ugly' to the boys teasing her, but she said she can't because she will then get into trouble.

Suppose tripping them up in the playground is out of the question ?

my dentist has said they have to wait until all their adult teeth are through and have settled into where they'd be without intervention. I too had braces at about 11-12 and, as far as I know, it's still the same

Oh dear, she'll have to hang on for a few years yet then.

I could be wrong - but I think so. The thing is I had asked will she need braces; I didn't ask when can she have them, ifswim. and the answer I got was that it's impossible to tell at this stage (dd is 7) as the new teeth coming through keep moving everything around.

one of dd2's friends started some sort of brace treatment for this recently. She'd just turned 9 I believe

I suppose once the adult front teeth are fully through you could start something - not as if you have to wait for all the adult ones.

I'm no dentist though

I got my brace when I was 11, but it was very evident that I'd need it as soon as my two front adult teeth came through around 7-8ish. My dd has definitely inherited my teeth and I know she will need a brace. I havn't asked the dentist about it yet, she's due for checkup in a few months and I think I will ask then. I don't know if theres a set age where they will start treatment? I just kind of assumed dd would have to wait the same way I did.

My dd had her extractions and braces at 12/13. It was obvious from around 7 that she would need them - canine teeth growing forward of the others and overcrowding. The braces presumably need placing and anchoring on adult teeth so these have to be 'in' first.

Depends when the adult teeth come through (no point doing it on baby teeth as they will come out anyway!). Mine were very slow to come through and I ended up having 10 teeth pulled at 9-10 years, waited for adult ones to turn up, finally had brace at 12.

My sis endured years of work on her teeth, braces etc, you name it she had it. Ended up with fantastic set of gnashers.

Went off to uni, first week drunkeness involving shopping trolley, knocked front two out. Good luck!

DS2 started orthodontic treatment fairly early - 9 or 10 I think - but his teeth were a nightmare, the only ones growing in the right place were the front pair (although they didn't stick out)

He had a lot of extractions of both baby and adult teeth, top and bottom, to make space for the rearrangement, and that had to be done over a long period of time; also his palate had to be stretched to make more space.

If DD2's only problem is the protruding teeth and the rest seem to be coming through OK, then treatment can wait (and also, unless the problem is very severe, it's unlikely to be done on the NHS - sorry, nutty )

I am another one who it became apparent with as soon as my adult teeth came through that I would need a brace. I had a 10mm gap between my two front teeth and a 19mm IIRC overbite- so I was a proper goofy girl!! I didn't get my brace til 14 though, and I had fixed top and bottom, head gear, elastics, the lot. I didn't get removed until I was two months off 17, but was all worhwhile. I am crossing my fingers that my two don't inherit my teeth.

V helpful Q&A about orthodontics

To add to my post, I have had 8 teeth removed due to having huge teeth and lots of overcrowding and all my above treatment was done on NHS, but as I said was pretty horrific. Didn't realise that this may not be done on NHS nowadays??

British Orthodontic Society FAQs about NHS treatment

There is a link to the Index of Orthodontic Need (IOTN) which spells out the degrees of need and only the most severe qualify for free treatment now, suwoo - funding was cut back 5-6 years ago.

Upper teeth have to protrude more than 6mm to qualify - that's Grade 4; Grade 3 is protrusion of less than 4mm. It's not clear about protrusions 4-6mm, maybe that's at dentist's discretion.

DS1 has sticky out teeth, and we got a brace for him about 3 months ago. It's a plastic gum sheild type of thing, just to be worn at night, and for an hour or two during the day. He's 9, btw. Unfortuneately, it doesn't seem to be working terribly well, unless it's too early to see the change just yet, but we are seeing the "brace man" this week, and we shall see what he has to say.

And DD appears to be going the same way. You can hear the "ker-ching" of the till from here!!

my ds(14) had a brace at 11, in year 6.

tbh i wish we'd waited a bit longer, he has to be nagged to wear his brace at night and i can see the teeth moving slightly back to the position they were.

though we got in before you had to pay £££ for them