We thought that Miles had chipped his front tooth while jumping off of the couches and we were watching it for changes. Over the past few weeks, it has started to darken, so we decided to take him to the dentist.
Once there, they decided it need treated because it was actually decay. This is common in front teeth, per Dr. Tom. So they decided to wrap him up in a pappoose (as seen clearly in the 2nd picture) to complete this dental work. Once they got started, Dr. Tom realized that it was much more involve and quickly started bleeding. Therefore, Dr. Tom performed pulp therapy also known as a:
pulpotomy /pul·pot·o·my/ (pul-pot´ah-me) excision of the coronal pulp.
In otherwords, Miles recieved a root canal yesterday. They were surprised with how little pain he was in, but luckily we gave him antibiotics prior to the dentist to protect his heart.
The pictures below show how he is NOT HAPPY getting started for the treatment, i.e. eyes closed and red in the face in picture number one. He was even able to kick out of the leg portion of the pappoose, (they had never seen that happen before!)
He was worn out from all the time at the dentist and took a 3 hour nap once we got home. They did a great job with him. I do have to say, I am glad that I am NOT a pediatric dentist.
1 comment:
The poor little guy has gone through quite alot in his short little life! Hope that he is doing well! How did you handle all of that? Were you in there for the entire procedure?
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