Tooth Fairy

The Tooth Fairy has been visiting our house a lot lately. And, the dentist has warned us that there will be many more visits before the year is over!

 

 

After much drama, and three days of trying, Faith lost her first tooth on June 6th!

 

 

 

And it wasn't long, at all, before her big girl tooth took over. In fact, you could see the tips of it when we wiggled her baby tooth.

 

 

 

Faith had a dentist appointment recently, and we learned that big girl tooth #2 is even more impatient! Can you see in the xray, her baby tooth has a long root still, but that big girl tooth is getting close to the surface! So she's going to have to have that baby tooth extracted... The sort of good news is the dentist doesn't have to waste the sedation on just one extraction.... Faith has a couple very small cavities, in between her molars... She also has something called hypoplasia on two teeth - they're yellow, rougher and softer, the enamel never formed properly. We've been watching them for over a year now. Our pediatrician said it could be due to a high fever she had as a baby? Dentist said it could be due to a high fever I had when pregnant with her? Neither every happened though... so no one really knows. We do know that one tooth will be fine, it'll fall out before ever causing trouble. But the one molar already is susceptible to cavities. And the dentist said she'll have that tooth for as much as 5 more years. So, while Faith is sedated, that dentist will pull a baby tooth, fix the cavities and seal her hypoplasia molar. Poor girl doesn't have a clue what's coming...

 

Oh, and Faith has one more weird thing with her teeth - poor girl got the short end of the straw as teeth are concerned! Her upper left lateral incisor (between front tooth and canine) is appearing to be cone shaped... It should be flat. It could be a bad angle on the xray. So we're hoping and praying that's it. But if not, it's not a huge deal... she'll just have a cone tooth for a few years until it's in far enough to fix. But it'll be a year or more, most likely, before we even see that tooth come in.

 

 

 

Then there's Nathan! He lost tooth #4 just 3 weeks after Faith (June 23). His first came out October 13, 2013. The boy has no top teeth now, although his one big boy tooth is slowing poking in.

 

 

No front teeth has not stopped Nathan from eating his favorite food though - corn on the cob.

He's determined!

 

 

Even when it means getting the side of his face covered in butter ;)

The dentist said Nathan has 2 loose teeth, too! One should come out within the month, the other may take longer. The dentist also says his molars are almost in far enough to seal, so they'll do that at his next appointment in January.

 

 

And, of course, no one can forget about adorable Miss Ruthie Bear. This was her 2nd trip to the dentist. The first time, she laid on my lap while the dentist just counted teeth. This time, though, she decided she wanted to sit in the big chair! She liked the apple glasses, too!

 

 

No cavities or loose teeth for Ruth (whew!). She's doing great!

Her second set of molars are coming in, too! A little late, but that's ok :)

Soon she'll have a full set of 20 baby teeth. I'm a little worried about how close her teeth are together, the dentist said that just means she'll probably need braces one day.... yay.

 

 

 

 

Mommy & Daddy got A+s from the dentist, too. 4 out of 5 without cavities isn't bad, I guess... poor Faith though! Pray for her, we haven't yet made her appointment for the extraction/filling/sealing. But I probably should get on that before baby comes....