Orthodontist

So this week we had our consultation with the orthodontist. I paid $120 for the two of them for a 5 min look at the x rays we'd had done and a quick look at their teeth, jaw alignment etc. Now it turns out that Nakita swallows wrong !! Not that I ever knew there was a right way, but most adults put their tongue to their mouth to swallow, unfortunately Nakita still puts her tongue to her teeth to swallow which is what babies do before they have teeth. The downside of this means that she is pushing her teeth out which is doubly bad as she still sucks her thumb too !!

Nakita's teeth are worse than Tallulahs, she is also missing two adult teeth which have never formed but the two that are there are coming down at an angle which is impacting her two adult top middle teeth which, if not corrected, will mean surgery. Gulp.

So we now have another appointment for November - $250 for them both to have moulds and more x rays done and then an apoointment in December for a consultation to agree a forward plan and costs. It's not going to be cheap that's for sure - minimum of 8 extractions and five implants for starters !

Tally of costs paid so far - $170

03:18 - Sat 18 October 2008