MEGAN: BEFORE & AFTER Phase I Braces

On April 2, 2007, at age 7, Megan & Ryan began their journey in Phase I Orthodontics. Both of the twins had severe issues that simply had to be addressed while their mouths, jaws and palates were still malleable i.e. able to be molded and/or expanded with orthodontic appliances such as palate expanders and head/neck gear, etc.

Megan had an open-bite and over-jet of her front teeth from sucking her thumb, plus in general, her mouth was just too crowded to accomodate the size of her future permanent teeth. These permanent teeth were visible on her panoramic xrays.

So, 25 months later Megan has completed her Phase I journey with absolutely beautiful results. But, before you scroll down to the bottom to see the finished results - please take a look at Megan's before pictures that the orthodontist took!

BEFORE

You can see in the lower 3 pictures (in the above photo) how 'open' her bite was - not only from missing teeth - but from sucking her thumb. You can also observe in the top right photo that her lower jaw had not grown enough and appears almost receded.

Here is Megan a few weeks before her braces were removed. She is so proud of how far she has come!




This is the day her upper braces were removed. Her lower braces were left on 4 weeks longer to aid in straightening the lower 4 front teeth.


Here is Megan following removal of her upper braces. Look at those pearly whites!



Below is Megan wearing her top retainer and with her lower braces. She is waiting on her turn to be called back to have the lower braces removed!

AFTER !!!!!!

And here she is! Miss Megan - with no metal in her mouth at all!!



Doesn't she look so proud of herself?!?