That's how many teeth the tooth fairy will find tonight, under Rebekah's pillow. Yes, that is a lot of teeth. Rebekah believes it will also be a lot of $$. In preparation for her upcoming venture into the orthodontic world, Rebekah had oral surgery today, to remove 6 of her baby teeth. Fortunately, some were already loose, and all of them already had part of the root dissolved. Unfortunately, she still had to have them out. Some of her permanent teeth were trying to come in kind of east-west, since the baby ones were already occupying the north-south position. We are all hoping that this helps get those directions straightened out.
Rebekah did very well with it all, and said the IV wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. The oral surgeon was fabulous, and we'll be keeping his number handy in case we have wisdom teeth in our future. In fact, Rebekah had such a quick recovery, she was sipping a milkshake about an hour after the procedure started! Unfortunately, she is a little sore tonight, and found lunch kind of difficult. Kind of hard to chew food when you are missing so many teeth. We are praying that those permanent teeth come in very quickly.
Next week will be a follow up appointment with the oral surgeon, then the week after, it's time for the braces! We counted on the calendar, and Rebekah has had an appointment with one dentist or another for 4 straight weeks. I won't mention the appointments for others in the family, going to the doctor, eye doctor and dentist. Praise God for good insurance, and low co-payments!!
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