Re: Enamel hypoplasia, baby teeth removed

From: Dr. Steve (drsteve_at_I.give.up.on.the.spam.com)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 00:51:01 GMT

Judging by your description, you did the right thing and your son was well
treated. Remember that Dr. Joel likes to joke around and get people worked
up. His sense of humor is "different". Give your child lots of love and
support and the child should be fine. Ask your pediodontist as to when to
have your child start seeing an orthodontist for periodic evaluations.
Eventually, you will be able to make a series of removable appliances so
your son can eat and speak better. For now, your child will adapt much
faster than you will. 

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"Rich" <nomore@spam.com> wrote in message
news:e0%Fc.17660$Qj6.14474@fed1read05...
> > We agree. Any treatment must be done before the kid is 18 months old
> > ......... in some cases 12 months is the cut off.
>
> His teeth were not even in at that time, not a one! He was born with
> parathyroid problems, that caused hypocalcemia and enamel hypoplasia. When
> the teeth did come in they were unusually small and brittle. They would
> crack just by chewing a cookie. His teeth were so bad they were decaying
as
> they were coming in...  have I done the wrong thing or what? Should that
> dentist have left his teeth alone? I look at him now and he has only 3
> canines in front, and it is such a sad sight. The poor kid can't eat
> anything like this. I keep thinking that if we had left the teeth in, he
> would be in pain still and those infections could have been bad news. But
> dang it, I wasn't expecting the dentist to extract most of his front
teeth.
> Would you have handled this some other way? Did this dentist do the wrong
> thing?
>
> Richard
>
> >
> >
> > >"Rich" <nomore@spam.com> wrote in message
> > >news:uLqFc.13991$Qj6.7447@fed1read05...
> > >> I checked my 2 year old son into to the hospital today to get crowns
on
> > >all
> > >> his teeth but instead, 2 hours later the dentist comes out into the
> > >waiting
> > >> area and hands me all of his front teeth in a little jar (8 or 9
> total).
> > >He
> > >> said that the teeth were so bad that even after placing a crown he
> could
> > >> wiggle the teeth back and forth with his finger. There was hardly
> anything
> > >> left. I'm really bummed out about this. Although the teeth were
> abscessed
> > >> and the dentist cleaned that up (he has a congenitally deformed heart
> so
> > >I'm
> > >> glad he caught that). At the time I brought him into the dentist (a
> month
> > >> ago) his teeth were salvagable. But within just one month (waiting
for
> the
> > >> hospital to schedule him) his teeth deteriorated rapidly. I'm worried
> > >about
> > >> a speech impediment. My son already has speech delays so much so that
I
> > >> hired a speech pathologist to come to the house once a week even
before
> > >> this. And the dentist said that he can't have a bridge for at least a
> year
> > >> or more, because his jaw is still growing.
> > >>
> > >> I guess I'm just venting because there's nothing that can be done at
> this
> > >> point?
> > >>
> > >> Richard
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
>

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