Happy New Year to my Palate Expander Friends!
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Well, my friends, my teeth adventure is far from over. The last few months I have been going to the dentist and well not really, but I went a couple of months ago and then I got sick with a bad cough and since I have off from 4th grade this week for holiday vacation I had my appointment this morning and I was not happy. My dentist said that I have a "single tooth crossbite." which means 1 of my teeth is causing a big problem. So he had given me these popsicle sticks last time to push against my tooth but I guess it didn't work because he said today that I dont have an underbite but I have this crossbite with the one tooth. So my dentist is cool because I was getting really, really, nervous. My Mom said later on that my feet were shaking. So my dentist is smart and he said he wouldn't do an impression( thank goodness) but he needed to make up an appliance of some kind right then and there that would push this tooth out. This is my front tooth.
So, he washed the tooth and took this brush thing and brushed it and then squirt some white stuff on it - the same stuff that they use to do fillings and then they attached a wire to my molar and then to my front tooth and this should push the tooth out. My mom told me later that what was happening is that my bottom tooth was wearing down because of the way that I was biting. I have to go back on january 24th. That is 2 days before my birthday party.
The dentist had to take some pictures and they were nice enough to send them so I could put them on the blog. You can see in the picture how that front top tooth is going behind the bottom tooth when I bite down and now you can see the wire they put on.
Happy New Year! Good luck with your palate expanders! I am so proud of you!
Your FriendColin
