Zachary's First Visit With The Dentist

So for the appointment.......

Just as the pediatrician and Doug and I thought, Zach's mouth is going to be too small for all of his adult teeth. He has delayed development in teeth growth, but is cutting his canines now (delayed but they are coming, so good).

Zach has an extra tooth. The dentist said for now it looks as if he will only have one extra tooth (on the left side) but that Zach may develop another one on the right side as well. What do we do with it, well, for now we do nothing with it - in fact kind of sounds as if it may be a good thing it is there as it is opening up more space for the adult teeth to come into.

He also said Zach's mouth with his baby teeth is going to be "very cramped". He said by the time Zach is 3 they will be able to do an x-ray and see what the story will be with his adult teeth - typically he said you will also have an extra adult tooth or be missing one. For now we keep an eye on it every 6 months.

He also said more then likely Zach with be to an orthodontist by the time he is 8 for some teeth extracting and then by the time he is 10 - 11 he will be having even more work done on him with retainers (yes my son already has a bad overbite) and braces.

I know this is all so far down the line but jeesh can't Zachary ever catch a break?!?!?!

I've saved the best news for last....

Zach did really well with the cleaning - she brushed his teeth with their cleaner, scraped (but nothing came off), flossed, and put his first fluoride treatment on his teeth. He didn't complain once just said "mmmmm" to the taste. He even allowed the dentist in his mouth - well with a couple moments of a tightly clenched mouth but over all he did really well.