Poor Mia and her crazy teeth. Mia has 6 permanent teeth. Two on top, and 4 on bottom. Unfortunately her top teeth are struggling to come in, because there's just no room. You can see that one of her front teeth is overlapping the one next to it. That baby tooth isn't even loose yet!!! So we went to the orthodontist and he recommended an "expander" to widen her top palate, which is in serious cross bite. So poor thing was able to get it installed on the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. Not after school, mind you. BEFORE school. So she was lucky enough to spend her last day struggling to speak, and trying to keep from drooling on herself.
Mia has had it for the past few days and she's finally getting used to it. She still struggles when she eats, but it's getting better. Every night I get to crank it with a key, which pushes her teeth further apart. Good fun! It will still be a while before she gets braces, since she has so many baby teeth. But at least this is a start in prevented some of the issues she could have in the future.
This picture was taken in the waiting room, just before it was installed.
2 comments:
Sounds painful but will be worth it.
Poor little thing!
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