Anna and Grace have been looking forward to this afternoon for quite a while now. It was time for their dental cleaning appointment! Grace had never been before, and she has been so eagerly anticipating going. I was a little nervous that she would get there and balk, but she was a pro. I left Nathan at home with everyone else, and it was just Anna, Grace and me, so I was able to go back for a little while just to make sure everything was okay. The girls got to go at the same time and sit next to each other, so I'm sure that helped. Grace was most excited about getting to pick out a new toothbrush and small toy, as well as getting coin to put in the bouncy ball machine. She's been carefully examining all her new loot all afternoon.
Afterwards, the dentist came out to talk to me about Anna. Back before Anna was 2, she fell and had a gray tooth, indicating the tooth was damaged. It was also pushed forward some. They've been monitoring it, and this year they noted that her front two teeth are not the same size. The damaged one is shorter than the other one, which is not a good thing. The dentist said they most likely will have to pull the tooth maybe even next year. They will do an x-ray when she comes back in a year to evaluate. The dentist said that damaged teeth often don't fall out on their own, and since they are pushed into awkward positions, they can hamper the correct descent of the permanent tooth. Obviously we don't want that to happen, so I guess we will see what develops! I'm not sure Anna will be quite as excited about a tooth-extraction as she is about getting her teeth cleaned!
It's dental time for the boys Monday afternoon. We're taking care of all these things before Bob officially goes off active duty! He still doesn't have a job, although he has an interview next week. We definitely need something with good dental insurance!
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