[tri-med] Re: Missing baby tooth

My husband and I both have problems with overcrowding - teeth pulled for
braces, as well as our kids.
Claire has such a problem and compounded with the small jaw, that the tooth
that came out was actually in ther sideways, so the space if very small,
almost unnoticeable.
The Question that follows is, will anyone put braces on their kids?  This
has been discussed on the list before... I think Claire's pain tolerance is
quite high (doesn't feel pain like the rest and tolerates it well) and if it
means she can eat well and digest her food (probably not as big an issue for
tube fed kids) well after braces, and her teeth are easily kept clean with
brushing, then I think it is something we will look into in the distant
future.

It also seems that only her back teeth touch, but front don't, making it
impossible if she wanted to bite into a food... my nephew has the same
problem and my sister said they need to break his jaw and realign it... that
is something I am not willing to consider, esp given that she isn't chewing
food... unless she isn't chewing because of her jaw alignment?

Anyone else's child have only the back teeth touching?  Front teeth we can
stick our finger between without worry of losing it(finger).

Debbie, mom to Claire (T18)


On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:48 AM, <SHAMOND73@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Jason who has T17 got his a lot of his baby teeth early, so i would  not be
> surprised if he gets his adult teeth early as well...............i have
>  read
> about overcrowding being a problem with our kids small
>  mouths..........anyone
> who has older kids have this problem??....
>
> sharon mom to Jason 13 months T17p mosaic, and Lauren 3 yrs
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/24/2008 9:58:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> debbwebb@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> Good  story!
> I'm not worried about Claire swallowing her tooth(tho I probably  should
> be)
> as she's proved to me that her gag reflexes are quite  good!.
> She would throw it up before swallowing something she didn't want  to
> swallow.
> So sounds like after the first tooth, she may not lose  another for a
> while... but I know every kid is different.
> My daughter  (Claire's big sis) is insisting on putting the tooth under a
> little pillow  that she gave Claire.
> Claire's grandma asked the same question about the  tooth/pillow and
> wondered
> out loud how Claire would do financially on the  exchange.  I suggested
> that
> Claire would be happier with bananas under  her pillow than with money.
>  :O)
>
> It is strange that the triers  seem to be losing baby teeth early or on
> time... not what I would have  guessed at all.
> And it seems obvious than many on our list are probably at  conference?
>
> Debbie and Claire (T18 and one tooth  lighter)
>
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