Malachai had another orthodontist appointment this morning. He was a little wary because she tried to get him into the chair (I did not prep him for a chair visit, just more xrays) so we did one x-ray first, and then got him into the chair. He was awesome with the xray! It was a re-take of the one where they put things in your ears and on the bridge of your nose to keep you still and do your whole head. I think he moved in this one too, but he did an awesome job of it regardless.
Then when I got him in the chair, he tried to get out and stepped on the control so it went up. The assistant showed him which button to push to make it go down, so he spent some time going up and down. Our ortho is fucking amazing, she let him do this!
His bottom 6 year molars haven’t come in yet, so she wants to take two individual xrays next time we go in (in 8 weeks) so see why not (the top ones did) – I think it’s because his mouth is so tiny, OTOH, he’s also only lost his bottom two front teeth, the rest are all his baby teeth. He was 7 last August. *shrugs*
I am excited! She said he did a great job. She doesn’t think they have a good enough relationship to really get the work done yet, but she said they are getting there!
Dorian had his brackets looked at because he was in a little bit of pain and was told to brush better because the gums are inflamed around them. He also had his lip bumper adjusted, was told he could keep it out today and rinse with warm salt water to heal up what’s in there. He goes back at the end of the month (his original appt) to check on that tooth that has started coming out (the one that didn’t have room to come out a couple of months ago) and possibly have his braces put on.
I made an appointment for myself for a consult for next Wednesday. Ya’ll might remember last May I had some cavities filled and the dentist fucked up my teeth. I was told it was a “bite problem” (a magically occurring bite problem I might add, one I didn’t have before they drilled my fucking teeth out!) and to see an ortho. So I am. I am hoping it is a quick and inexpensive fix.
