We recently embarked on an adventure to the Orthodontist. I have known for quite some time that this day would come. I knew that our sweet little Nick had a small mouth(by what comes out of it....who would of known!!:) but didn't realize how messed up it really is. Needless to say, there isn't any room for his permanent teeth to come in. These cool pictures can give you a glimpse at what the next 16 months of orthodontics will consist of for Nick.
The above picture allows you to see the crowding of the teeth and the lack of space for his eye teeth to come in. This poor kid has a double cross bite and an under bite. He will have an expander placed in the upper and lower sections of his mouth and he will be wearing headgear at night and while at home to pull his upper jaw forward to correct his under bite. You can imagine how fun that is gonna be for me trying to get him to wear it to bed. The conversation I had with Adam went a little like this, (Aimee) "Nick's mouth is messed up...he has to have an expander on the top and the bottom and he has to wear head gear!..giggle...(Adam)Does he have to wear it to school?" (Aimee) Oh no way!(you think I would allow that to happen?) "Only at night and while at home"(Adam) How much is it going to cost?" (Aimee) $$$$$$$$!!:)
The nice thing about the orthodontics is that Nick has a major sweet tooth so he no longer will be found at any given moment raiding the pantry eating sticky candy. His body is going to go through withdrawals for the first couple of days but our dental bill should improve. Lucky for us Matthews teeth look good so we can hold off on him for the meantime
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YIKES!! So sorry that you have to drop major ca$h on Nick's mouth. Feel even worse for Nick having to wear the "aparatus"....dang. But the xray's were super cool! I think we are about to enter the drop the bucks time frame on a few of our kids orthodontist visits too! Good luck and post a pic of him in the head gear....if you can sneak one!
Dang...
You watch - We are all gonna be shocked (or at least ya'll). somehow Nick will manage to make it "cool" to have head gear and insist on wearing it everywhere and then BAM - the whole school will be wanting one! Hide and watch...just hide and watch. Wouldn't that be totally Nicky? teehee
Nick, This is gonna be so worth it. I will tell you what I told your dad one day. Someday Heavenly Father is going to need you to be strong. This will make you strong.......and really HOT. Watch out cute Texas girls!!
have fun with that!! $$$$$$$ :):)
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