Monday, March 23, 2020

Fun at the Dentist

Today the kids had their check-up and cleaning appointments at the dentist.  I called ahead to make sure they still wanted to see us and they did.
They had a screening in the lobby of the building once we entered.  They asked us if we had been out of the country in the last 30 days or been around anyone who has tested positive for Covid-19.  Luckily we said no to both.  Then they checked all of our temperatures and gave us wrist bands to show we passed their tests.
The kids all did good with their cleanings.  Megan needed some sealants on her new molars and had some little cavities on her back teeth so they said they could do that right after our appointment.  Since they were already doing stuff they pulled her other little front tooth that was taking too long to come out.
Allie did super good with her check up and cleaning.  Since she has teeth coming in behind her bottom front teeth he wanted to just pull the baby teeth to give the new teeth room to grow.  So after Megan had her dental work done it was Allie's turn.  They were both excited to have their teeth pulled and had cute little boxes for their teeth.  They both did really good with their procedures and I was super glad about that.
Tyler and Josh have little cavities starting but they don't want to work on them for a couple months.  He wants Tyler's molars to grow in more before he does the work and figured Josh could wait too.  We asked the dentist about Tyler needing braces and he went next door and asked the orthodontist to come take a look.  The orthodontist said it was perfect timing for Tyler to get braces.  So while we were waiting to have Allie and Megan's dental work done Tony took Tyler next door to make an appointment.  They had an opening right then so they got the process started.  They took his pictures, got some x-rays, and put in some spacers on his back teeth.  They told Tony how much money it was going to be...ouch...a lot of money.  But he will love it when it is all done.  His teeth don't look too bad so I hope that it wont take too long.  We weren't planning on starting braces but I am glad we were able to do it while the girls got their teeth fixed.  Perfect timing.

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