Shannon is six and has braces. It is kind of hard for me to believe that she has them already but she does. Her jaw is a little misaligned and leads to a "cross bite". In the past the orthodontist would use a palette expander to shift the bite. I think the palette expander actually just continuously breaks the jaw. I'm not too cool with that idea and, as it turns out, modern orthodontists aren't either. Instead they use braces - sweet. It is odd to see them on her but theoretically if the bite gets straightened out in advance she may not need "actual" braces when she is a little older. That's cool.

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