Our trip to the dentist
I took the kids to the dentist this morning ... Mason went first. He sat in the chair like a big boy and took his cleaning like a champ. This is a kid who begs me to go to the dentist. Weird. His teeth look great and most importantly, no cavities!
This was Payton's first dentist visit. Even though she is only 2 1/2, I wanted to get her in early because kids with Down syndrome can have bad teeth. The dentist put flouride on her teeth and took a look ... we will wait six months for a cleaning ... I suspect it will be brutal. Payton has all of her upper teeth and most of her lower teeth ... her laterals on both lower sides are missing and it is a very real possibility that they are not even there. This can be common in kids with Down syndrome. So essentially she has her bottom two front teeth, but the next two teeth on either side are missing, right before the molars start. We will wait to see if they ever come in since kids with Down syndrome can have delayed teeth eruption, but I'm not getting my hopes up. If they never come in, we can only hope that her adult teeth will sort of fill in that gap there ... time will tell. The dentist said that is a possibility, especially in a child like Payton who has a small mouth {another feature of kids with Down syndrome}.
This was Payton's first dentist visit. Even though she is only 2 1/2, I wanted to get her in early because kids with Down syndrome can have bad teeth. The dentist put flouride on her teeth and took a look ... we will wait six months for a cleaning ... I suspect it will be brutal. Payton has all of her upper teeth and most of her lower teeth ... her laterals on both lower sides are missing and it is a very real possibility that they are not even there. This can be common in kids with Down syndrome. So essentially she has her bottom two front teeth, but the next two teeth on either side are missing, right before the molars start. We will wait to see if they ever come in since kids with Down syndrome can have delayed teeth eruption, but I'm not getting my hopes up. If they never come in, we can only hope that her adult teeth will sort of fill in that gap there ... time will tell. The dentist said that is a possibility, especially in a child like Payton who has a small mouth {another feature of kids with Down syndrome}.