Not to be out done by her younger sister (see previous post), Alexis also has two missing teeth. Ok, the reality of it is that Alexis' teeth came out first and at the hand of the dentist.
Her baby teeth were just not strong and had a lot of decay. The dentist has even marveled at how "wimpy" the baby teeth are compared to the Adult teeth.
She had two teeth pulled on the bottom right hand side and then had a spacer put in. One of the two teeth is already growing in - as seen in the photos below.
Her baby teeth were just not strong and had a lot of decay. The dentist has even marveled at how "wimpy" the baby teeth are compared to the Adult teeth.
She had two teeth pulled on the bottom right hand side and then had a spacer put in. One of the two teeth is already growing in - as seen in the photos below.
We could have saved the teeth if we had acted earlier. Which, to our credit, we started. But I had taken her to a general dentist, who was not kind at all. She started the work, but was rough and called Alexis a baby when she was upset and crying because the work was hurting. The dentist claimed that she was numb enough and "should not be feeling it". Obviously Alexis was and the Dr would do nothing about it. This made me so mad. Then she turned on me and stated it was also my fault because I was in the room with her and I should have been sitting in the lobby - that children act less juvenile when the parents aren't there to comfort them. HELLO???? Are you kidding me????
Needless to say I took her out of the office with the work half completed and went instead to a Pediatric Dentist. A pediatric dentist is considered a specialist on our insurance plan so it was going to cost twice the amount to fix and finish the work that was started - About $1800 - in addition to the almost $500 I had just spent not getting very far. Ya - We just did not have that money a year and a half ago.
We waited out the rest of our plan year and switched to a better coverage with the insurance company, got the financial side in order and back to the dentist we finally went this year. Still to complete the work it is still about $950. But, I will take that over the $1800 any day!! However, at this point, after waiting for a year and a half, the decay was too bad so the teeth had to go.
It took Alexis a couple of days to get used to the spacer, but she loved showing it off to her friends. I think it was all the attention she was getting!!!
We LOVE our Pediatric Dentist. We have to literally drive clear across town to see them, but they are phenomenal!!! I have been so impressed with them. I couldn't imagine that a children's dentist would be anything less than that. Still they are great and the dentist himself even called to our home to check on her after this set of teeth were pulled. And then he called this week, as well, in preparation for another round of teeth pulling and work that is a little more intense. He wanted to give me some suggestions to help her the morning of to make sure she had the best experience possible. HOW COOL IS THAT???
Any way - our two toothless girls are amazing.
Needless to say I took her out of the office with the work half completed and went instead to a Pediatric Dentist. A pediatric dentist is considered a specialist on our insurance plan so it was going to cost twice the amount to fix and finish the work that was started - About $1800 - in addition to the almost $500 I had just spent not getting very far. Ya - We just did not have that money a year and a half ago.
We waited out the rest of our plan year and switched to a better coverage with the insurance company, got the financial side in order and back to the dentist we finally went this year. Still to complete the work it is still about $950. But, I will take that over the $1800 any day!! However, at this point, after waiting for a year and a half, the decay was too bad so the teeth had to go.
It took Alexis a couple of days to get used to the spacer, but she loved showing it off to her friends. I think it was all the attention she was getting!!!
We LOVE our Pediatric Dentist. We have to literally drive clear across town to see them, but they are phenomenal!!! I have been so impressed with them. I couldn't imagine that a children's dentist would be anything less than that. Still they are great and the dentist himself even called to our home to check on her after this set of teeth were pulled. And then he called this week, as well, in preparation for another round of teeth pulling and work that is a little more intense. He wanted to give me some suggestions to help her the morning of to make sure she had the best experience possible. HOW COOL IS THAT???
Any way - our two toothless girls are amazing.
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