Hello Friends & Family--
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| Playing in the waiting area! |
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| Daddy and Cam watching Finding Nemo |
As I've mentioned in the past Cameron has a TON of teeth. Twenty to be exact. Most kids his age aren't close to that, so strange to me the variation by child. Like they always say each kid is different! The suggestion is to have your child's teeth checked by a dentist when they first start getting their teeth. Unfortunately our dentist won't even give a child an exam until they are school age. I scoped out a few pedodentists in the area and got Cam set up for a cleaning and exam. While he's had teeth (many) for awhile, I didn't see any urgency to get him in earlier.
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| Mommy got to sit on the seat too. |
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| Polishing those pearly whites! |
On February 19th Cameron had his first dental exam! He was such a trooper. Dentist visits can be quite intimidating for an adult, imagine a 21 month old! He laid still while they did an oral exam and then polished all of his teeth. It only took 15-20 minutes, but he really surprised us at how tolerant he was. He held his little red hammer the entire time as a little security crutch, super cute!
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He was super good! Hammer and all :)
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While we were there we learned that yes in deed Cam has a lot of teeth, two extra to be exact. Yep, this kid has 2 extra teeth on the top row. It tends to run in families, which in this case we believe runs on both sides. It won't effect him at all (he does have two teeth turning a bit b/c of the lack of room). We will wait and see if his permanent set also carries these extra teeth. If he does then they'll just be pulled and most likely he'll have braces. I guess with the early detection we can start saving for them--I know they are EXPENSIVE!
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| Almost done :) |
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| All Done! |
He will go back in 6 months and just have another check-up. I think this means he's on the twice yearly schedule from here on out. Yay for dental expenses :) It's all worth it for pretty teeth though! Plus he received a cute little monkey for his good behavior.
Love,
Chris, Amber & Cameron
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