[tri-med] Re: Missing baby tooth

Keren's teeth touch in some places, but her jaw is still a little  
recessed. It would be much worse if she hadn't had a jaw displacement  
when she was five months old. At that point on her little body, they  
had to do an 8 mm distraction! Fortunately for a baby that age the  
bone just grew into the distracted place--pretty amazing.
The dentist and orthods who have seen her are ones at our Children's  
Hospital in Detroit and do a lot of work with special needs kids. We  
do an annual cranio-facial clinic where we see them, and the word so  
far is, "Wait and watch" (not much more we can do at this point!).  
However, they've also said that when she gets older we'll be able to  
pull teeth, move, etc., so they seem to have a pro-active view which  
is fine by me. I can't remember who, but I vaguely (everything seems  
to be vague these days! :) ) remember someone saying that as Keren  
gets older, just the aesthetics of a nice-looking set of teeth will  
make a big difference for her overall appearance. Does that make  
sense? I think it does to me! Of course, the logistics of it all will  
make a difference! Keren has a high pain tolerance, but I'd hate to  
put her through unnecessary aggravation...and if she decides her  
favorite self-stim is picking at her gums till her teeth are loose,  
what then!?

Well, I think I'll take the wait-and-see approach at the moment :) !

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 almost 3-year-old Tigger who amazes me and drives me crazy  
(7/17/05) ), and Evelyn Ruth who's full of cheeky grins... (4/26/07)
Southeast Michigan
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On Jul 25, 2008, at 9:58 AM, Debbie wrote:

> 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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>
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>
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