I remember being twelve years old and going to the pediatric dentistry office to get my braces. It hurt so badly and when I went back to school the next day, the other kids started to tease me and they did not stop until two years later when the braces came off.

Well, the pediatric dentistry office that I took my eleven year old daughter to last week informed me that she needed to have braces. I wanted to cry, even though I knew it was for the best. I did not want her to have to suffer the same teasing that I did. The dentist told me that they have what is called Invisalign clear braces and that they are nothing like the metal ones that I had to wear.

We set up the appointment for her to have her Invisalign clear braces put on the following month and the dentist figured that she would probably need them on for about fifteen to eighteen months at the most. It seemed like a lifetime to her, but since I had mine for two years, or twenty four months, I knew that it was not that long at all. They would be off before she knew it.