[tri-med] Re: Missing baby tooth




> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:58:17 -0400
> From: debbwebb@xxxxxxxxx
> To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tri-med] Re: Missing baby tooth
> 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,
I guess you could say that Morgan's front teeth don't touch either.  He eats 
orally, mashed up food.  At one time we thought he might eat more chunks, but 
honestly, even if he did eat chunks he would not be able to bite a hunk off, 
like say an apple or corn on the cob.  Not because his teeth don't meet, but 
because he just wouldn't be able to do it.  He doesn't show any interest in 
biting pieces off like that.  The chunkier stuff he does eat we put the chunks 
on his molars and he chews them up.  I may be wrong, but I think most of the 
kids that eat even chunkier things still have their food cut into smaller to 
handle pieces that they can just pop into their mouths.  

As far as braces go, Morgan has a very crowded mouth, too.  At first, our 
dentist and I agreed we would not even consider braces, but I have further 
considered it and do have the phone number to the University of Iowa where they 
would do work on a child with special needs.  Our dentist says no one in this 
area is equipped to handle kiddos like Morgan, as far as braces go.  At this 
point in time the bottom teeth are the only ones that are bad, in sideways like 
you said Claire's are.  His top teeth look pretty good.  Our dentist is 
recommending waiting until all his permanent teeth are in and then if the 
crowding is really bad they would just pull some teeth and let the others move 
into their places without doing braces.  This seems like a good option, but we 
are still considering everything.  At Claire's age they can't do much anyway, 
have to wait for permanent teeth to start coming in.  Good luck.


?You have no right to argue with your Creator. You are
merely a clay pot shaped by a potter. 
The clay doesn?t ask, ?Why did
you make me this way??? (Isaiah 45:9 CEV).



Holly ( Des Moines, IA) -- wife of Mike 
mom of Morgan (11 yrs. old) unbalanced translocation resulting in partial t18q 
and partial monosomy 9p 
dx'd with type 1 diabetes 03-17-08, enjoying the honeymoon--injecting levemir 
once daily


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