After what seemed like countless trips to the orthodontist, he informed us that the teeth that where supposed to fill the gaps in his head were only working on one side.
Oh Christ, what does that mean?
He went on to describe a procedure where they slice open the gum and expose the tooth, gag, so that he can attach a bracket. Therefore making it easier to line up the tooth as it should be.
Long story short, 2 weeks ago the boy goes to his dentist, he exposes the tooth, we then go next door to the orthodontist who attaches the bracket and then tells us he wants to see the boy in a week.
Yesterday we go in for the follow up appointment only to be told that the exposure is wrong. It's his jaw bone you can see and the tooth is actually BEHIND his other teeth on the palette!
I think my face must have said, 'You Must Be Joking I'm Going to Kill You Now!' Because he immediately called the dentist and the boy went next door to have this debacle fixed.
Six shots of Novocain later the dentist has removed the bracket, stitched up the boy's gum, and cut open the roof of his mouth so we can return to the orthodontist to have a bracket put on.
Seriously, I felt faint....
He was thoroughly pissed by the time we got home yesterday, not that I blame him. I told him he would thank me eventually.
He shot me a dirty look which I'm pretty sure would've been followed by a string of profanities if his mouth hadn't been full of gauze.
7 comments:
Jimminy Christmas! What a horror story. You're not going to have to pay for this, are you?
Frankly, I think the dentist owes you and the boy an apology.
eeeewwwwwwwiiiiieeeee! I got the willies just scrolling quickly past the photo! Yikes! What a nightmare!
Having had oral surgery to have a titanium implant screwed into my jawbone earlier this year, I'm not going to lie: this tops that.
Excuse me while I just go ahead and get rid of my lunch for today. Not going to be hungry later.
OH MY GOD!! My kid will be getting braces soon. I have been really looking forward to it.
Until now.
*wide-eyed look of horror*
How is he doing now, the poor fella?
My daughter would have been traumatized!! I don't think I'd have been able to ever get her to the dentist again if she had to go through that. Wow.
She did have an expander with her braces, and I thought that was torture at the time. I didn't realize orthodontists had created a procedure this evil!
oh my goodness! and i thought MY experience with braces back when i was a kid was bad ... :(
Oh my! How awful. Your poor son and poor you too. I hope everything is much better now.
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