We have been waiting for a while for a molar to come through Kaleb's tissue so that Dr. R can anchor the 1st appliance to it. We have been waiting since October. In early January we went to the dentist and had an x-ray done to see what the progress was. At that time the dentist thought that Kaleb's tissue was pulled to tight for the tooth to erupt. The treatment for that was to cut into Kaleb's gum tissue and manually expose the tooth.
Kaleb was a trooper trough the process. We started off with some oral medications to relax Kaleb. After about 30 minutes we went back to the dentist chair and they put some topical medicine on the gum tissue to numb it up some. After that took effect they put some Nitrous gas on Kaleb. I stayed with Kaleb the whole time and held his hand. I kept reminding him to breath through his nose so that he would get the full effects of the Nitrous. The dentist then injected the Novocaine into his gum. Kaleb did not feel a thing! It was fantastic! After a few minutes they took the nitrous off him and then the dentist just cut a slit in the gum line. He also used a dental instrument to push the tissue back around the tooth to help it erupt. Kaleb was amazing through the whole thing and did a fantastic job of holding still and listening to the instructions from the dentist and his assistants.
Fast forward to last week. I was still having some concerned about the tooth. I would check it fairly often to see if more of the tooth has erupted. I could see no change. Last Friday Kaleb has a routine dental cleaning and X-rays. The dentist compared the films from 6 mos ago, to 2 mos ago to the current X-ray. The tooth has no moved. It is growing but it is not moving. The roots are growing longer and into the jaw line, but the tooth is not moving up into it's place. The dentist said we need to go back to the Orthodontist Dr. R and let him know what we found. Basically the tooth is going to require some kind of intervention to get it in place. I am sure it will be another appliance of some kind and that probably means more expense as well. Sigh.
I called the Orthodontist today to get an appointment scheduled and they have one available tomorrow March 15th. So keep us in your thoughts as well start the process with the Orthodontist.
