My what big teeth you have...

Henley had her first of many appointments with the dentist the other day. I hope it gets better because she was not a fan at all. While we were in the waiting room she had a blast playing and running around. However, the minute we walked to the back, she freaked out. The place is decked out like Santa's workshop with toys everywhere. Maybe that is what alarmed her that something was about to go down that she would not enjoy!

You are not brushing my teeth lady!

The first thing she got to do was pick out her own toothbrush. Henley is not into any television shoes or movies and has no interest in the TV at all. When they asked her, would you like a Dora toothbrush? Well, she started to cry? I know she hates to get her teeth brushed but, this reaction was uncalled for! They sat her up on the table and she was just screaming as if someone was hurting her. With all the screaming it was definitely easier to brush her teeth. I did not anticipate for her to act this crazy but, it could of been worse.

Having the dentist rake a look.

The good news is her teeth looked great. The bad news is she is missing two top teeth? This apparently is very common in children? There are supposed to be four front teeth on top...right? Well, she has only two front teeth and then her incisors. I had thought her teeth looked a little scarce but, never really gave it that much attention. Her top two teeth are so far apart that I honestly, never noticed. I always knew she would need orthodontics, so now it will just be more than I first thought. The dentist told me that there is a 50/50 chance that her permanent teeth could all be present but, they could not get an x-Ray. I could not sit with her either because of being pregnant. They just need to know by age three that her perament teeth are there and which ones may not be. This is something that is inherited but, nobody that we know of on either side of the family ever had this issue. Once we know about the permanent teeth we can move forward. If they are in deed missing, then we just start seeing an orthodontist earlier than most kids to monitor her teeth. When she gets older they just put on braces to shift everything forward. They do not do vaneers, bridges or anything like that. They want it to be natural teeth, so shifting everything forward is the best thing to do. Then they just file the teeth down to look normal across the front and you will never know the difference. The good part about this is, if her wisdom teeth come in she will have plenty of room for them!

Not so bad, picking out a toy!

Hopefully, this might not even be an issue. We just thought it was interesting...you learn something new everyday.