Trying Not to FREAK OUT!

Doesn't our boy have the most fabulous smile? He really is a good looking kid.

What? Does he look a little swollen? That's because he is!

He was running to give the statue of Curious George a hug at Strong Museum and tripped and face planted into George instead. He cut his lip in several places and pushed two of his teeth back. Scott brought him home and we called the pediatrician. We were told to take him to the dentist. The problem is that the pediatric dentist at our practice was out of the office for the day. So, we got the distinct privilege of going to the emergency pediatric dentist at the hospital. That's another whole experience.

They took X-rays and basically scarred my son so that he will never willingly go to the dentist. Three different dentists looked at him (traumatizing him each time) only to tell us that they disagree, but that the decision was to not pull the tooth (thank goodness). They told us that, best case, the teeth will resume their original position and heal fine or, worst case, his front tooth will "fail" and eventually discolor and/or fall out. So, is it vain to want to know if there is such a thing as cosmetic dentistry for kids? I can't imagine my child walking around for years without a front tooth. I've seen kids like that...and I totally judged their parents. So, try not to gasp, but this was what Adam looked like before bed:


The dentist warned us that he will probably look worse tomorrow. Oh, and he also said that Adam had "an impressive hematoma" (you can't see that it is dark purple and really swollen on the underside of his upper lip). So, when you see us out and about, don't judge me. My child brushes his teeth, I don't put him to bed with a bottle of juice, we're not white trash. We just look that way.