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Early Treatment: If your child experiences symptoms of crowding, baby teeth that aren’t coming out, pain when adult teeth are erupting into the mouth, front teeth with excessive spacing in between or jutting forward, trouble biting teeth together or a narrow and high palate (roof of mouth) and crooked teeth then your child should have an orthodontic evaluation. This can be done as early as 6 -12 years. The average is 8 years. Early treatment can prevent more aggressive treatment options later such as extractions of adult teeth and problems related to unerupted or crooked adult teeth leading to malocclusion and jaw pain later in life. In their preteen years a child’s hard and soft tissues are usually very responsive to orthodontic or orthopedic forces allowing for the best results.