The Florist Dentist

To start with, another episode of "Quotes from the backseat"
The other day Julie tells me Greg said he was going to "the florist dentist. "
She asks, "where you get flowers?"
Greg "No, the florist dentist does things to your teeth, like braces and other stuff"
Julie, "Oh, the orthodontist"
Greg "Yes, I have to get braces or a retainer or something for my teeth"
(We carpool with Julie and this happened on one of her driving days.

Yesterday Greg did have an appointment with an orthodontist. Besides the permanent teeth growing in front of the baby teeth, and and overbite there is a lot more happening in that mouth of his than I was aware of.

We go back next week for x rays to find out exactly what needs to be done, get molds taken of his mouth and get him fitted for this appliance that I can not remember the name of. It's like a retainer, goes on the top of his mouth and spreads out his jaw a little each day for the next 3 years. This is stage 1 of the braces process. Oh yikes! This appliance gets installed the day after Christmas. Figured it was good timing as Greg will get used to wearing it during a break from school.

By the time I left the office, my head was spinning and pounding and I just could not think straight. So much to take in at one time. At least they sent me home with a nice brochure with all the info we need to know now so I can take my time to read it over before next week.

And a good note is that the very nice orthodontist says that Evelyn's teeth look nice and straight! Phew! Thankfully no braces are needed for her ~ at this time. Now if she (and Greg) would just remember to brush their teeth and this also means using toothpaste and the toothbrush bristles actually touching their teeth.