Xrays of the front teeth

Xray of the lower jaw showing the permament teeth under his gum line .. see how they have dissolved the roots of the teeth next to the incisors ...

Here is the xray of the top jaw ... where is the space for these huge permanent teeth in his little 5 yr old face????? the front teeth should start shaking soon as the roots are almost totally dissolved by the permanent teeth ...

He is over the hump ... said the dentist :)

Our dentist visit today was extremely positive.

The hygenist who cleaned his teeth said that the decay looked black - she said that she could not see brown any more - which is very positive. Black is arrested decay, brown is active decay.

The teeth in which the black decay fell out were ruled as totally arrested by the dentist. No soft spots, enamel hard and no active decay.

The big root canal molar, the one on his lower left had a lot of arrested decay. The dentist said that he could see some decay activity but far more arrested decay than active - he said "keep doing what you are doing and he will sail into his adult teeth with no issues"

He also said that L's adult teeth looked "fabulous". He said that the enamel was shiny and hard and very strong..

He said that there was no need for xrays of the molars as he saw no cause for concern any more! He said that if L had pain, to rush to his office, but he said that he did not think L would have pain now if he  made it this far.

He took xrays of the front teeth, his 2 lower teeth on either side of the incisors are in and have dissolved the roots of his baby teeth making them shake a little - just this morning L told me that his teeth were shaking.

His top permanent teeth have queued up behind the baby teeth and are ready to come down.

The 6 year molars are in on the top as I saw last week and yesterday. Dr S said that once they came in and meshed with the lower teeth, we could easily extract the trouble molars if necessary with no need for place holders. He said that we are almost there .. another few months and we can afford to lose the baby molars, but he did not think we would need that ...

Sigh ....

The visit was a lot more positive than I expected. The only thing that could have made it better was if we took the xrays today and compared it with those of June, but Dr S was so positive, and L has had xrays in March and June, I did not insist.

Onwards we go with bone broth and fish oil ... I have relaxed my no grain rule with him some ... but for the most part, I avoid grain like the plague .. nutritionally we are doing SO much better since having stopped grain  ....

I do have to plan meals ahead of time and can no longer fall back on boiling pasta for dinner ... but I'm happy to do anything to ensure his health ...

Dentist visit today

3 hours to go until we leave for Dr S's office ...

Dec 10 was a year since our diagnosis of 4 root canals. We made it through a year with no pain, no fillings, no drilling ...

I am so nervous about the visit today.

Some of L's decayed teeth have lost the black decay, leaving behind an incomplete tooth, a cute little perfectly white incomplete tooth.

The only tooth that is not totally white is the tooth that the dentists all said was the deepest root canal ... this tooth still has some shadows on it but L never complains of pain and the shadows have remained the same ...

Fingers crossed .. I dont think Dr S will give us a clean bill of health as I dont think the xrays can tell us that all is good with the biggest root canal. He did say that the right side had arrested in June ... so perhaps, maybe, we can get the same diagnosis for the left?

I am nervous ....

We still do grain free meals at home, bone broth daily, fish oil and probiotics, raw milk and a flouride tablet - this is from Norway .. this is what all of L's cousins do in Norway so we started him on it earlier this year ... I dont know what to think about it ..

On another note, L now has SIX .. YES, THATS RIGHT ... S*I*X permanent teeth ... I saw half of the right back molar peeping through his gums yesterday .. I had my eye on the left one which started coming down 2 weeks ago when suddenly I realised .. whoa!!! the other side is further along!!!!

So, once these guys come down, they will lock the lower molars and keep them from sliding in his jaw if we need to extract the tooth with the huge cavity ...

I have my fingers crossed that no action will be required other than watching for pain ...