[tri-med] Re: Losing teeth

Hi  Loren!  So nice to hear from you!!!
No Caroline doesn't have any adult teeth, that we can see.  She swallowed
her first tooth - we actually had no idea it was loose!  I pulled the second
(it was hanging by a thread) and now she had a third that is really loose.
These teeth were all on the bottom and were very crooked.  I am not sure if
that has something to do with it.  I can't imagine she traumatized her teeth
- except for her grinding and biting on her binky?

We are scheduled to see the dentist in March, but maybe I should call and
see if they want to see her sooner.  It does seem strange.

Thanks!


On Jan 30, 2008 10:55 PM, Loren Warnemuende <lorenwarn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Irene!
> I just caught your note and it's actually not too far back for me to
> respond :) .... I'm in MAJOR lurk mode!!!!
>
> Keren lost her first tooth last March when she was 4 1/2. She does
> see a pediatric dentist, so I called about it and they advised
> bringing her in because she was young for it. Saw the dentist, they
> pulled two surrounding teeth that were on either side and were loose
> (they still had their roots on them; the first tooth that fell out on
> its own didn't). The dentist felt Keren had probably traumatized the
> teeth, but not to worry, and not to expect new teeth soon. They
> didn't bother with x-rays.
>
> Well, wouldn't you know it but exactly one month later Keren's first
> adult tooth came in! She lost another in July or August and exactly a
> month later another tooth came in.... Unfortunately she now has two
> teeth in the place of four, and they take up almost all of that
> room.... We'll be seeing the dentist next week for a regular
> appointment. I didn't rush to see him again, because it seemed pretty
> obvious she's actually losing teeth, not traumatizing them, and there
> isn't much we can do at the moment. I'm hoping we can figure out a
> game plan, though, because I KNOW we're going to have small mouth/big
> teeth issues!
>
> Is Caroline getting new teeth?
>
> Loren (wife to Kraig, mom to Keren Elyse, T18, five and learning new
> things daily...and teaching us even more (9/27/02), Clarissa Joanne,
> our 2-year-old Tigger who amazes me and drives me crazy (7/17/05) ),
> and Evelyn Ruth who's full of cheeky grins...and pretty much walking
> at nine months--Yikes! (4/26/07)
> Southeast Michigan
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> On Jan 29, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Irene Smith wrote:
>
> > Just curious, when did your trier start losing teeth?  Caroline at
> > 4 1/2 has
> > lost 2 and another one is very loose, and a fourth is starting to get
> > loose.  I know that is early for a typical kid, but, Caroline isn't
> > typical.  We actually haven't gone to the dentist yet (we are
> > scheduled to
> > in March, we have to go to the Children's Hospital, no one else
> > will treat
> > her, believe me, we tried).  Her teeth are very crooked on the
> > bottom, I
> > don't know if that has something to do with it. I think she will
> > have more
> > missing teeth than her 6 1/2 yo sister soon!
> > Anyone else?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Irene
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Irene
Christina (6), Caroline (4 with partial trisomy 17p) and Kallie (2)
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/carolinesmith
http://ourpieceoftheworld.blogspot.com


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