Smile Part 2

I took Samantha in to the dentist yesterday morning. The dentist said that she was really lucky! If any more of the tooth had broken off it would have exposed all of the nerves. They took x-rays and it showed that the tooth jammed into the socket. The tooth needs to heal before it can get fixed permanently. For the meantime the dentist used filling material and covered over the sensitive area that broke off. That helps to keep the air from bothering the tooth. It doesn't really look any different unfortunately.

Sam will go back on June 1st to have the tooth permanently fixed. She will get that fabulous laughing gas! The dentist will grind down the tooth a little bit and then use a stronger type of filling material to form a "new" tooth. He said it is great that it broke the way it did because she won't have to lose the tooth.

She went to school today and it sounds like everything went okay. I was worried about her being teased, but it doesn't sound like any of that happened.

She is so tough and I am really proud of her! She really is handling this a lot better than I thought she would.

Until next time,
Jaime