Thursday, August 21, 2014

SMA Awareness Day 21: Dentist for the boys

I try to make the boys' appointments so that they can go at the same time or one after the other.  Definitely like to do that with the dentist because we have to go to North Ave in Burlington, which is kind of out of the way--no good way to get there.  The only time we could get before school for the both of them was 9:00 AM!! 

So, we did it.  Good practice for getting the boys up early.  Of course we were still late getting out of the house...9:38 instead of 9:00 but we were only a couple of minutes late.

They took Casey right away, which was a good thing because there isn't a lot of room in the waiting area.  All looked well, well for Casey's norm.  He has no cavities, no tartar, no calcium build up, great gums, and awesome salivary production, ha ha.  Of course, he also has an open mouth posture, a very high and narrow palate, excessive gum tissue, crowding of his upper teeth, no sign of molars, and staining on his front teeth.  We could probably do some elective things like pull some teeth, expand his palate, remove some gum tissue.  But, much of it wouldn't do anything medically helpful for him and the problem would probably return after a while--meaning, if we removed some of his extra gum tissue, it would most likely grow back over time.   So we just monitor for any problems and check the health of the existing teeth and gums and he's good to go.  Dr. Bookwalter does polish his front teeth but it doesn't help much with the staining because it's not stained from food/drink; it's stained from the air and saliva drying on his teeth because of the way his mouth is.  We're okay with how he is. 

Casey actually likes the dentist and the joke and laugh a little. 

Colin was next.  He was happy and in a good mood but carried on some about his teeth hurting...Showed Dr. Bookwalter where his tooth had just come through--it's a canine tooth on his right side and the left has still to how it's head.  He's not lost any teeth since his last visit.  Still has two baby teeth to come out but they are not loose at all.  Colin's teeth and gums looked spiffy, too.  So glad we've taken the time to do a good job on mouth care twice a day since the boys were babies.  I'll bet there are many kids out there that are the boys ages that don't brush their teeth one time a day, let alone two!

Gene wanted to get back on his computer for work so we didn't make any pit stops on the way home, boo hoo.

Casey is still in his chair watching a movie with Colin who is back in his bed.  Me, I'm going to take a little nap since we have the boys tonight and tomorrow night.  Julia is coming later and we have to work on cleaning the wish room (the end where there beds are) because school is coming up VERY quickly and we'll have no time to do it because Colin will be in there all day for school starting Wednesday!

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