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8 Year Old Needing Orthodontics
I dont know who your kids ortho is but I have a 21 year old that now has perfect teeth and one that just turned 11 I used to live over that side of the ...
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- My 15 year old started the same thing around age 8 or so. Never had to have braces but did wear a head gear at night only for some time. Her teeth are gorgeous now! ...
- Hi J., I don't know who your kids ortho is, but I have a 21 year old that now has perfect teeth and one that just turned 11. I used to live over that side of the v...
- My daughter was 11 when she got her braces. She also had a crossbite and needed an expander. The orthodontist we originally started with told me I should have brough...
Worried About My Daughter's Weight
... her schedule. her doctor said she is not malnurished or she wouldn't be growing in height or have 4 perfect teeth ect. she's just not gaining weight the ...
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- Hi, my youngest had the same issues, in fact it got worse before it got better. She dropped completely off the weight chart at about 15 months (height was 50%, head wa...
- My little sister was a tiny baby (around 5 lbs and full term) and as she was growing, it seemed that the number of months she was, was the same number of pounds she wa...
- Don't panic. Get all of the tests done to be sure, but then just get her to eat as much as she wants. My daughter was fine at birth and then dropped to the 2nd perce...
Abnormal (Fused?) Baby Teeth
At the time, her doctor said that it wouldn't affect her adult teeth. Her adult teeth have since come in and they're perfect. Helpful? ...
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- My son had 2 baby teeth that we fused on his bottom jaw. They were not jagged and did not bother him at all. Our dentist told us it was somewhat rare. So, in turn, ...
- My son had 2 fused teeth. They were the same size and came in exactly together. It was never a problem - they held the space for permanent teeth and they just came o...
- Hello H. Z, I am a Dental Hygienist-living in the Manchester area. I have 16 years of experience in the field. I can tell you that fused teeth are not that uncom...
Are Braces Really Needed?
I didn't want to get her braces right now, her teeth aren't 'orthodontic perfect ' but I think they're pretty...and we were planning on having her evaluated ...
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- Well the reason for having the braces is so that there is room to maneuver the teeth that have not come down without damaging the other teeth. While 12 years old is y...
- My daughter has the exact same issue. She's 12 also. Last week, she started phase 2 of her braces (she got them BACK on). Alot of what you are saying makes perfect ...
- I would get a second opinion. My son has braces now on 6 of his teeth on top because he had a cross bite and his braces are costing us $50 a month with our insurance ...
Advice on Anesthesia for Daughter's Tooth Extraction
He's now 16, had perfect teeth for a time but can't remember to use his retainers. Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share ...
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- I was 12 when I had to have a root canal. What you need to do is determine your daughter's tolerance for pain. If she has a decent tolerance, novocaine will work. If s...
- I have two daughters, ages 14 and 9. About a year ago, they both had to have 4 teeth pulled as recommended by their orthodontist also. Their extractions were done in...
- General Anestheia is when they put her to sleep and she doesn't remember anything. I had this done when I was 10 or 11 and they did General Anestheia and this is the o...
7 Year Old Still Sucks Thumb to Go to Sleep!!
I have a slightly larger overbite than people with perfect teeth, but the dentist is really the only one who can tell, otherwise I have beautiful teeth. ...
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- You have the perfect in. I mean really, she has a splint on her sucking thumb hand and she went to sleep without sucking it. Praise her like crazy, tell her how grow...
- I don't know how extreme you are willing to go but, my friend had the same problem with her 8 yr old and she did it ALL DAY everyday. I am not sure if the dentist men...
- Hi-- I feel for you. I have a 9 year old son that was a thumb sucker as well. He would only do it at home and mainly just at bedtime. He had a regular dental appoin...
Learning to Drink from a Sippy Cup
(btw - all six kids of my cousins have PERFECT teeth - no cavities - no braces!! ) Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share ...
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- We started putting formula/milk in the sippy cup and the bottle, then putting both on the tray at mealtimes. At age 1, we just stopped putting the bottle out and it w...
- I started to give my son a sippy cup at 4 month. I gave him one that had the soft top and it was resimilar to a bottle and as he got a little older it had different to...
- There is a sippy cup called Nuby at Target. It's kind of between a bottle and a sippy. It helped my son transition. We threw out our bottles at 1 year per the pedia...
Seeking Advice: My Daughter Has an Underbite and Needs to Wear a Chin Cup
... is because she is still young enough and her jawteeth are still growing and ... underbite but now I have almost perfect teeth I never had to have braces ...
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- Hi! Although I haven't had experience with my son I do work in the dental field and they really like to treat them younger because it really is less traumatic when the...
- I have no experience with a chin cup, but my sister-in-law had an underbite, and wore braces for years trying to correct it. Last year, at age 18, she had to have cor...
- Hi Gabrielle I don't have any experience with the chin cup but I do have a friend who is currently in braces for a severe under bite. I think if she had had this opti...
3 Year Old Having Tonsils, Adnoids Removed and Ear Tubes
... my son still snored, and slept w/ his mouth open after the operation, although he's never had another sore throat in his life, and he has perfect teeth. ...
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- Hi, I have not experienced this but my sister just did with my nephew last month. He just turned 3 in April and had terrible issue with all three. The doctor said he ...
- HI my son had the same procedure at 5 years old. your daughter will be at the hospital from 6am? untill 3-4 pm depending on how fast she eats/drinks for the nurse. (...
- HI M., My youngest had surgery (ear tubes) and in hind sight I wish we had done what you are doing. He has had 2 other subsequent surgeries. The coming out of anesthe...
8 Month Old with No Teeth
Read all 7 responses: "Hi I have an 8 month old boy who has no teeth. ... veggies get really soft in the crock pot. perfect for little gums withhout teeth . ...
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- hi! My older son Xavier didn't have any teeth until he was ten months old. I still gave him big people food. He was able to use his gums to mash the food up. All kids ...
- hi, my daughter is turning 1 yr old in two weeks, and she has no teeth either. she also likes adult food, so we just make sure to give her what we eat but cook it a li...
- You would be surprised what they can eat before they have teeth. Remember, some babies do not get them until after a year old and manage to eat table food. Chee...
