Teeth... Teeth... and more teeth

So when Charity's top front teeth came in they had circles on them that looked like the enamel was missing. I knew she was going to need to see a dentist but it wasn't until the end of April when one of them chipped that I finally got on it. With our dental insurance we don't have any dentists that are covered in our area and had to go into Salt Lake. Well, because pediatric dentists are considered specialist we had to take her to a normal dentist and then get a referral to the pediatric dentist. I ended up picking a dentist (Dennis and I needed to go in as well, it's been years for both of us) that had a pediatric dentist right above them in the same building.

Well, our dentist appointment was in the middle of May and then after getting the referral to the pediatric dentist because a normal one can only do cleanings on small children's teeth I scheduled her an appointment to see the pediatric dentist that was the end of last week. Well, oh for the first dentist she opened her mouth a little but refused to take out her fingers! For the pediatric dentist we actually got her to let him look in her mouth which is great.

Well, the tops of the molars form at the same time as the front teeth and it looks like they have a little bit of the same thing going on as well. I thought it was funny that the dentist was reassuring that this wasn't our fault that it was a developmental issue with her teeth. lol, even though Dennis kept going on about the amount of sugar she eats :) But the pediatric dentist said that the rest of her teeth actually look really good so I'm SO glad to hear that! I already knew it had to do when they were forming (probably due to either me being so sick, being on antibiotics, or a combination of both) because I had researched it when she was younger to try to figure out why her teeth were like that.

But one of her front teeth is to the point that it's starting to affect the nerve and Dennis and I have noticed she's stopped biting into things as much, especially if they're cold though she never complains about any pain. But in order to do any work in small children they put them under which is just scary for me :( But the teeth need to get taken care of. The dentist said we could either just have them pulled or fix them. He thinks she has enough tooth they won't need to do a cap so I guess it'll just be fillings? I don't know how that works with front teeth. But anyway, so her appointment is on Wednesday (yes this wednesday) to have her teeth fixed. So, keep us in your prayers and thoughts that all goes well.