Elaine is a dental hot mess. At the present time she has wicked big top teeth that are hogging the space and a shark tooth in her bottom teeth where four teeth fell out but only three made it back in line. If Mike looks at her mouth too long, all he sees is dollar signs!
Who me? I'm not a hot mess! Also, could her eyes be any browner? I did not edit this photo other than to shrink it.
We had an orthodontic consultation while on Christmas break. Elaine got an around the head xray (digital pan for you dental dorks) which was immediately brought up on the computer for our viewing pleasure. All I could do was giggle about how jacked up her situation is. She has more teeth than her little mouth can handle. They are fighting for the little bit of space, which results in said shark tooth and other hot messes.
How could two other teeth squeeze in by those giant top two? And can you see the shark tooth down below? Wait, I'll zoom in for you.
Also, did you know that your big teeth are just right there under your little teeth? Because they are. And it’s freaky looking. You can see them there waiting for their chance to push the little guys out. And some of them are closer than others, like they are in a race. I’m not sure what I thought happened, but I didn’t know it looked like that.
This is not Elaine's xray, but just a sample from google images for you. Elaine's is much more 'jacked up' as she and I like to say!
Elaine’s teeth are fighting tooth and nail (ha, punny) for available real estate. Unfortunately, she just doesn’t have any vacant lots. Therefore, some of those big teeth lying in wait to push the babies out are bullying others so they can get there first. They are total line cutters, and underhanded contract writers and they are pissing off the other teeth. I imagine the tooth who’s turn it is to come in is all “what the hell, that was my spot, now where should I go? That dude’s a total jerkface so I’ll just stay here and wait it out.”
Orthodontic diagnosis? Much detailed and not a firm plan just yet. But it boils down to this as a starting point - Elaine will have four teeth pulled. Her baby canine teeth. Woof woof. Hopefully this will free up some space for these guys to spread out. And according to the orthodontist – if we know one thing about teeth it’s that they go where the space is. (So now we know that teeth are space invaders.) Shark tooth on the bottom should make his way to the front lines, just by being pushed with her tongue.
Yesterday, Elaine and I had cleaning appointments with our dentist. We discussed the ortho visit and our dentist is unwilling to pull wittle teeth out of wittle girls. It’s not his bag. Which is totally fine. But as an added bonus, he and the hygienist discovered a bad ass cavity on one of her baby molars. Said cavity is on a tooth she will eventually lose, but not for 3ish years. Therefore, it needs a filling and ohmagawd the baby teeth nerves are large and the cavity is near the nerve so we should go to Warren’s dentist for filling and canine teeth removal help.
It should be noted that I think Warren’s dentist and his entire office may be up for sainthood due to Warren’s drama at his recent cleaning over winter break. That son of mine with his anxiety, gag reflex, unwillingness to brush and loathing of dental work is a real peach of a patient as you can imagine. And by peach, I mean pain in the arse. And by pain the arse, I mean someone give that boy a xanax would you? And so the dental saga shall continue. It should be noted that at this point, Elaine is very brave and unconcerned about all of this. She would like a bonus from the tooth fairy and perhaps some ice cream and pudding. Done and done.
Elaine's teeth will get structured properly eventually when all her milk teeth disappear. Anyway, looking at that x-ray photo made me realize how amazing the human body is actually engineered. It's funny that nobody seems to mind the fact that their permanent teeth are just below their milk teeth when they're still young. Well, that's the beauty and complexity of the human body!
Posted by: George Quirk | January 13, 2012 at 08:44 AM