May felt like National Teeth Month in the Zyriek house. Caroline pulled 4 of her own teeth and Anna got braces. Once a tooth in loose in Caroline's mouth it only takes a few days and that sucker is out and under the pillow waiting for the tooth fairy!! Caroline did have trouble with the 4th tooth and it was literally dangling in her mouth for a few days much to the dismay of her teachers and her parents!! Luckily she finally got it out and we could stop the madness of her crazy smile.
Anna started the process of her braces mid-month by having molds and impressions taken of her mouth and teeth. She had plenty of before pictures done. The next step a week later was to have spacer put in to get her mouth ready for the full thing. Then, finally she got her braces. She was excited and did rather well in Dr. Freeman's office. She was a little sore for a few days but by the weekend she was good to go to sleepaway camp in Arkansas. She should have braces for about 18 months and could eventually have to have them put on again if her teeth to do not stay in the right place. Hopefully we are going to be successful the first time, but if not and these are "pre-braces", then at least we will be prepared. Our bank account definitely won't like the bill the second time since we used insurance for a large portion this time and it is a one time only use! For the foreseeable future Anna will have monthly checkups to make adjustments, get new wires and get a feel for how her teeth are moving. Only time will tell!!
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| look at that gap!! |
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| anna before her braces |
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| worn out but excited about her braces |
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