Madi has the beginning of a gap...

Today was the 13th turn of the key in the mouth expander. We've been watching everyday for a space to start between the front teeth. This morning it was not there. Today when I picked her up from school...the tiniest gap had begun. We need that space (it needs to get a little bigger) in order to move on to the braces phase. Here is a pic...

The tooth on the left of the front teeth in the pic is the problem (cross-bite) tooth. See how it touches and crosses the bite path of the lower row of teeth...