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Braces
I started wearing a headgear at 10, then had braces from 11-14. My teeth moved a little tiny bit on the bottom in the front after I had my bottom permanent retainer removed a few years after getting the braces off; I lost my upper retainer after only a few months and the doc had a wait-and-see attitude toward replacing it.
It does seem like kids are getting braces younger and younger, and for shorter periods of time. Maybe when they're younger, the teeth are easier to move without causing them trauma? One of my front teeth died recently, and our best theory is that it was a delayed reaction to how far it had to move during orthodontia (possibly as much as a quarter-inch--I had super-buck teeth).
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