We live in a reasonably small, ruralish town. There are 2 orthodontists in town. I have heard very good things about both practices, about half the kids we know go to each one. I thought I would get treatment plans from both to make sure they were similar and then let DD decide which one she was more comfortable with.
Well, they sure as heck were not similar at all.
Practice 1- wants to do traditional braces for 2 years to straighten, saw some crowding, did not think tooth removal was needed and would use rubber bands to correct a minor over jet.
Practice 2- wants to have 4 teeth pulled, 2 top front pre-molars and 2 bottom back pre-molars. Then do 18mo braces which will straighten, fill in gaps and correct the over jet. Wants 2k more.
How does one make a decision? I don't want to say keep the teeth and then come to regret that b/c as they straighten, they will start to stick her lip out and it will be aesthetically unappealing, and she will be unhappy. I also don't want to pull permanent teeth that you can't get back if I don't need to.
I made an appointment for another orthodontist that is 40 minutes away to see what they say, while it would kill me to have to drive that far for appointments, I would do it if needed. The practice is not open on friday and that is the day I have no classes, the others days I have classes all day till 320, so it is hard to make appointment times. I really want to make the right decision, and just don't know how to do that.