Maya went to the orthodontist today for an evaluation. She has lots of space in between her teeth and that's exactly what he wanted to see. Four more baby teeth will be coming out within the next year and it will push everything together. He said she'll have a great smile and will not need braces! Yea!
Kiera on the other hand is a different story. From the first look at her smile you'd think she was perfect. Well....it's another story with the back molars.
Here's the story:
When she was four, she had a cavity. The dentist said it wasn't a cavity. I told him to take another look. He insisted it wasn't a cavity. I took her back a few months later to have it looked at again. He still said it wasn't a cavity. (this is what happens when you live on a small base overseas and can't get a 2nd opinion.) A few months later, I had a friend who happens to be a dentist take a look at it. He said it was a really bad cavity. We changed her dentist to another base. They picked it and filled it. I asked them why they didn't drill it and they said it was a new thing they do to not scare the kids. (You're the dentist, right?) A couple of months later, it all broke. She got a crown. It became abscessed. They pulled it. They put a spacer on. A year later it broke. They put another spacer on....a new one every year for the next 5 years. Every time she got a new one a different dentist had something different to say (oh the joys of not getting the same dentist every time bc they move or get deployed or whatever). Now...
Now, she was finally seen by a spacer specialist. I didn't know they had one of those and why hasn't she been seen by one all along? Grrrr. None of the spacers from the past 5 years did their job. One tooth is taking up two spots. She's getting a new spacer put in. And in about a year, once she looses some of her baby teeth, she'll be getting braces. All because of this one dentist who didn't do their job right the first time.
