Today Caleb went for his first real Dentist appointment. He was going to get his teeth cleaned and x-rays. He was really scared at and cried at first but ended up doing great. When he was finished they came and got me out of the waiting room so I could go see him. When I got back to see him Dr Barto came in and said he had good news and bad news. First the good news was his teeth looked great and he had no cavities. Now the bad news which I wasn't prepared for and started crying ( it doesn't help that my hormones are so messed up anyways). Caleb's x-rays showed that he has no permanent lower front two teeth so when he loses his baby teeth he will have to have a partial with fake teeth for a while and then have surgery to have teeth implants. I know that it could be worse and if this is the only bad thing that happens to him we are doing good but it still really upset me to think that my child will have to deal with this in about two years. I mean can you imagine your child having a mouth piece at the age of 7 years old. It will be like him having dentures until he has his surgery. We are really hoping that he keeps his baby teeth longer then normal since there is nothing there to push them out. Keep yours fingers crossed for us that he does. I told Jeff that it would be my child that would have this problem since it is so rare. Dr. Barto said he has only seen this about 5 times in his career.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Bless your heart! I'm sorry. It's never easy to hear bad news about your kids, despite how minor it is, I know. I kept telling myself that about Hudson's eyes...that it could be worse. Hang in there and don't let it upset you. He'll be fine, right? :)
Yes but count your blessings, you know a great dentist (DOC TEPPENPAW)! Does this fall into his expertise?
Awe... Tiff sorry about the bad news!!!! You're right though, it could be a lot worse! Just think... he won't need braces to straighten those two teeth :) love you... Hopefully Caleb will be a good sport about the whole thing and no one will ever know eventually!
Hey, I wanted to let you know my mom never had her two eye(?) (whatever the pointy ones are called) teeth up top and she has had a partial ever since she was very young. You would never notice! I know that was upsetting!
Hey.. I also just thought of how much he would love popping out a partial and groosing everyone out! ;)
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