Technically, this wasn’t his first visit to the dentist, because I brought him along once when Patch needed to have her braces adjusted.
But this was the first time he actually sat on the chair and got a flouride treatment.
I am proud to say that my children do not have dental phobia. The two girls love [...]

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imom on November 4th, 2009

Patch got wired during the summer of 2008.
Back then, she had “very few” teeth, because the dentist had to do series extraction. She pulled out the temporary teeth to make room for the permanent ones. The dentist had to resort to series extractions because Patch has small facial bones. Her jaw and mandibles were too [...]

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imom on June 1st, 2008

My dear daughter iPatch got “wired” last week!
When I was growing up, braces were perceived to be just for the R.K.s (rich kids). Hence I did not have them. Nowadays, braces are a necessity. Patch needed to get braces because her mandible and maxillary bones were too small to accommodate all her permanent teeth. [...]

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imom on October 12th, 2007

UPDATES: (Not that anyone would care, but I’ll update anyway )
1. The Dentist (my dentist, not the first one I saw who said I needed surgery) did not have to operate on my third molar, after all. The impaction was not very bad, in fact the tooth is upright. She just had [...]

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