The dental consult went well last week for Josiah. This new dentist feels that the issues with his teeth, being that they are all baby teeth, are not severe enough to warrant the risk of anesthesia (which is what we said 2 1/2 years ago to the previous dentist who made us jump through hoops for so long that Josiah teeth got worse and worse. I wish we had found this dentist back them...).
So....anyway.....she wants to do a series of in-the-chair dental appointments to fill in the holes in his teeth, only a couple of which have actual decay in them. She feels that the vast majority of the work can be done without even needing Novocaine. The worst two teeth are the i-teeth, which are the ones that I have stressed about for the past few years, when they came in with such obvious holes when he was a baby. Those may need some numbing to work on. The others are just surface and just need to be cleaned and filled in order to prevent decay (or further decay in a couple of them). Of course he will actually have to cooperate and LET her work on his teeth, which with Josiah can be hit or miss. If he refuses to cooperate, then we will have to look again at anesthesia, because the holes do need to be filled. Please pray that he will be calm and cooperative through this series of dental appointments, so that his teeth can be fixed without the risk of anesthesia.
Thanks!
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