I took Matthew to see Dr. William Waggoner, a pediatric dentist this morning.
Matthew was a champ as usual ... and no cavities!! His back molars are coming thru.
It was very interesting .... the doctor and I sat facing each other ... our knees were touching.
Matthew had his bum on my lap and his legs around me with his head in the doctors lap.
I held his little arms down.
Matthew didn't even really fight us, he did cry though ... the doctor was able to check all of his teeth and even picked quite a bit of tartar off the front of his bottom teeth. That was probably the best look that I've ever had of Matthew's teeth. So at the dentist office, it's not such a bad thing when they are wailing with their mouth open!!
We will take him again in 6 months.
We were concerned about his teeth because he was premature and was on so many medications that first year of his life. At one point while at Stanford, he was on 19 different drugs.
His front baby tooth came in with a chip and the enamel was rough.
We have also been told that breathing treatments are bad for their teeth. Doctor said to wipe his teeth off after a treatment. He also said it was good that he has gaps between his teeth, that means he'll most likely have room for his permanent teeth and he won't get cavities beween the teeth.
He said that we will keep an eye on the 6 year molars, if the teeth are ever affected by medications it will be those. He said the chip in the front tooth could be because partly b/c he was premature and because he was intubated for 3 months.
Another wonderful doctor visit out of the way! Whew!!
