This is me today with the nice dentist helper. I never met her before but she was kind of nice :) I never got her name. Oops.
Hi to All of my B log Friends,
Today I had my appointment! Yey! I was very excited to go. Isn't that strange to hear that a kid is excited about going to the dentist but yes! I was excited to go to the dentist.
I had to go to a new office. My Mom couldn't get an appointment at our regular dentist office so we had to go a long way and take the highway to their other office. It was a half hour ride. I read my Super diaper baby book on the way.
So when we got the dentist I felt like a superstar because some of the ladies who work there came out and were excited to meet the boy with the blog and commented about it. It made me feel like a superstar. I am a superstar.
So here is what happened.
The dental assistant was nice. I don't remember if she checked my teeth but she was nice. Hello to her and the other ladies there who read my blog!
Next, the dentist came. He is pretty nice. (Si me gusta! I like it! - I keep saying that. I learned that in spanish class at school!)
He checked to see how my teeth are biting. He told my mom I am biting different. He said, "Colin is hitting the corner of his incisor tooth because it is loose" and I guess what I am doing is that I am sliding my bite. So he said I needed an "acousal adjustment" to help me bite better.
So he had to smooth my loose tooth down. So he used a drill i think that is what it was. I was a little scared and it kind of gave me like the fuzzy feeling. He told me to count to 5 and then it would be over. Then he did the bottom tooth a little too. He said he saw I had 3 loose teeth on top. Wow, will my space on top be big then because those are the teeth that will fall out.
So the appointment only took 5 minutes and he said I have 2 more appointments. My next appointment is on July 25th for another check up and then in August this will come off. What will I write about then? We named my blog the "never ending" but it will end. What is up with that?
So that was that.
Now, I also asked him to answer some of the quesitons you have sent to me so here they are - the questions and the answers.
WHAT IS THE HYOUNGEST AGE THAT YOU CAN PUT ON A PALATE EXPANDER?
My dentist said the youngest he had ever done was on a kid that was 2 1/2 years old but that they usually recommend them at around 4 1/2 so the child will kind of understand what is going on better. My Mom said she remembers they told her around the time I was 6 but then they said they didn't think i could handle it because I seemed like a nervous kid then. So they decided to wait. i guess so I wouldn't freak out.
HOW LONG DOES A PALATE EXPANDER USUALLY STAY ON?
My dentist says it usually stays on for 6 months. You turn it for a few months and then you leave it on like like a retainer.
HOW DOES IT COME OFF?
My dentist says he has something that squeezes it and then it comes right off. I will let you know the real scoop when that happens because you know my job here is tell you what is really going on with this thing.
IS IT NORMAL FOR ONE'S NOSE TO WIDEN SUBSTANTIALLY WITH AN EXPANDER?
Okay, this part I didn't know. So my dentist said it can widen slightly. What????? Did my nose get bigger? My mom said that it couldn't have because you know I wear glasses and if my nose got bigger my glasses wouldn't not fit. So I guess I am one of the lucky ones.
So that was my appointment.
But you know my mother always tries to make an adventure out of everything. So she brought me and my brother to this place called Wild Bill's. here is a picture of me in front of it.
It was a cool place. My mom said it is a place where she can "re live her youth" because it had all of these old things like old lunchboxes and toys from when she was a little girl. I just thought it was cool and I got a Bugs Bunny poster.
Then I had to go to baseball. My team won! here is me up at bat.
So I hope that I answered your questions and gave you a good update.
Keep writing and I will answer your comments and emails.
have a good day.
Your Friend,
Colin
SUPERSTAR!
p.s. i'M famous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
