Dentist mentioned a couple of years ago that ds 13 might need braces to bring down his eye teeth. Then he had an episode of lockjaw at the start of the year, so dentist referred him to orthodontist, saying he'd been thinking of it anyway and his jaw may be misaligned, so worth checking out. Lock jaw hasn't happened again, slight pain some mornings, but exercises have helped it loads.
Had orthodontist this morning and she said yes, he's ready for braces, but that there was a strong chance it could make jaw pain worse, there's no sign of misalignment, sign here - no explanation of why they were needed. So I asked why, that we had been initially referred about his eye teeth and these have now dropped on their own. She said no one needs braces, it's always purely cosmetic, he has a minimal overbite that could be corrected, only one year, no teeth need removed.
But cosmetically they have never been an issue, he has no problem with them and how they look and neither do we. So strongly feeling we should refuse - doesn't need them for eye teeth, could make jaw worse, always v prone to awful mouth ulcers that would v likely get worse. Anyone any advice?? We were there for advice and orthodontist hasn't really given any, just said he qualifies for braces so he's getting braces 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️