The Christmas that Jacob turned one he was already walking but often unsteady if he picked up too much speed. Unfortunately he fell on Christmas and knocked his teeth on Great Grandma Moon's glass coffee table. Other than a small chip he seemed fine and there seemed to be no problem. Fast forward two years and he's now three. He had his first dentist visit back in March and received a clean bill of health until they looked at the x-rays. Seems that the fall from years before had actually damaged the roots and one of them was fractured. We were told to keep an eye on the teeth and be careful. We've been doing pretty good until this past Friday when he bit into an apple while at SeaWorld. Hours later he shows us his wiggly tooth that has been wiggling all day! We called the emergency after hours dentist and they wanted to have the tooth x-rayed first thing Monday morning. Turns out that the trauma to the roots caused them to die and both front teeth had no root left at all. Even though only one was loose the dentist thought it would be best to remove them both at the same time. Jacob was amazing, he didn't cry or even act scared or nervous. He wanted to know where he could buy all the dentist tools so he could be a dentist!
In a couple of weeks we will go back and the dentist will be making a pediatric partial to replace his teeth since it will be about 3 years before his adult teeth grow in. This will help keep the teeth aligned for the future and it will help him with his speech. Despite the stress on his parents Jacob is doing great and was very excited to wake up this morning with a letter and money from the Tooth Fairy!
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OMG - Actor in the making (as if you didn't already know! You can always get him a couple of false front teeth (for the next 3 yrs - oh boy!). They call 'em flippers. ;-)
Take a look at that smile! He's such a trooper. And oh so handsome, of course. I love you, Jacob!
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