Teeth Rant

I'm stressed. Really stressed. I have three children, enough said, right? Well, it seems as though the shock of braces for one has begun to wear off. Today, we went to get them tightened, as they do to my wallet. I took along my thirteen year old son for a consult. We had recently been to the routine dentist appointment and his X-ray was funky.

Now, the Orthodontist we have is wonderful. He is what some would call affordable, by comparison, I suppose. He does free consults! Can you believe that? ha ha. When making the appointment, I was utterly terrified by the dentist's report. The kind woman I spoke to on the phone assured me that it often isn't as bad as it first seems. So, consulting we go.

He got his X-rays done and the kind lady (same one that calmed me down previously) comes back and says "I feel so bad for trying to make you feel better on the phone". There is irony in that statement. She said "it's not often we see patients and go 'OH CRAP!' ". Nice.

I am sitting her trying to tell myself that in about 5 years we will have a family picture done and everyone will say "your children have such beautiful smiles". I will hopefully look back on today and say with a sigh, that it was all worth it.