Future Hockey Star

Our future hockey star with his missing tooth.

So here's the story. A little over a year ago Jaden fell in the driveway and chipped his tooth. He fell many times after that all involving the same tooth. In June of this year he threw his head back while laughing. And I saw the backside of the tooth, where there was a big hole. Jack had a dentist appointment coming up so I called and ask if I could bring Jaden too. They looked at it, poked at it, and took a picture of it. Dr. Doug said he did not want to over traumatize him that day and asked that I bring him back in a week to have it filled. At that time they did an x-ray and saw that the hole runs all the way to the nerve. He said that it would do no good to fill it. Dr. Doug does not do sedation or laughing gas so we were referred to a Pediatric dentist in Charlotte. That is a much longer story dealing with insurance and the fact that you have to see their choice and not your own. But the dentist office in Charlotte was awesome and took wonderful care of my baby. The dentist in Charlotte said that the way the tooth was positioned every time he chewed it was rubbing against his adult tooth. So we will have to wait until the adult tooth comes in before we know the damage. He did so well today, he kept the gauze in and did not whine too much when he could not eat or drink for 3hrs during lunch time. I think watching Thomas helped. That is why in the pictures he is looking in the other direction. He ate yogurt and pudding for lunch and dinner. Jack picked out chocolate chocolate chip muffins for Jaden to eat for breakfast. Such is life with boys.

Uhh Ma, I can't see Thomas.