Not my teeth, but Jayton's teeth. The two special little teeth that barely are poking through his hard palate...... well those stinkin' teeth are not good, and need to be removed or there could be issues later. It has been well over a year since I discovered the teeth playing peek a boo and brought them to the attention of his plastic surgeon in Portland. He said leave them in unless they start to bother him, because they will eventually fall out.
Needless to say they have not receive the special attention and care that his other teeth receive and have turned sour on us. His orthodontist & dentist want them out of there. But, we had to get in touch with his plastic surgeon and get his take on the issue. We are not scheduled for another team visit until February and taking the teeth out will create a fistula. The issues with clefts are very complex. All the physicians play a role in Jayton's care and have to work together so basically they are not stepping on each other toes and ruining anothers 'plan' they have for treatment stages.
So it is a waiting game. Hope to hear from Jayton's plastic surgeon soon. Living in such a small community is so hard when issues like this arise. We do not have a cleft team like larger cities do so I have to play the role of the middle man and keep my lil ducks in a row & 'in the know' with the plastic surgeon being in Portland, ENT in Pullman & the speech therapist, dentist & orthodontist here in town.
I will keep you all updated about those stinkin' teeth.............. ' smile'!
Friday, September 26, 2008
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so sorry - what a pain for all of you. hope you hear from him soon
i found dorthy to go with my monkey and friends that jayton gave me .. ill be posting pics later!!!............just waiting to get the lollipop munchkin and the wizard!
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