Well, let's hope this is the last time. Although when we were at Mason's he noticed one of his top teeth has started to turn. I was FURIOUS! That little turd has not been wearing his top retainer! I asked him if her wanted another full set of braces and he said no but he will have to get them if he doesn't get serious about this. Shayne wears hers faithfully every night and her teeth are perfect. I hope and pray that Sophie is wearing hers. Josh needs to be more vigilant about wearing his too. I paid WAAYYYYY to much for them to just go, "oh well."
Anyway, Ben got his bottom braces off on November 28th. This is his 4th set of braces. Ben's mouth was so jacked up when we first started this journey. Let me give you a little history on Ben. When he was young he had about 5 fillings. Horrible, I know. But, when he was about 5 he decided to pick them all out. It was about the time that Shayne had her braces and the orthodontist gave her one of those cool mirrors that you put in your mouth so you can see all your teeth. Well, he used it and thought that all the silver shiny things were dirt. So, out them came. It must have hurt. I don't know how it couldn't. But, when he was done he happily came and showed me what he had done. This was also the time that Mason had just finished dental school and moved back home to open his dentistry. Mason was able to get some good practice on Ben and they became fast friends since they spent so much time together at the office. Ben had an extra baby tooth when he was little that had to be removed when he was about 2. Then when he was 8 we found an extra permanent tooth! Really?! So Mason had to remove it too. Mason is a saint! Here is my blog about it...https://pennybs2cents.blogspot.com/2012/08/braces-kid-3.html and then his first set of braces are here...https://pennybs2cents.blogspot.com/2012/08/so-starts-next-2-years-of-his-life.html That was in August of 2012.
This is his first x-ray and it shows how badly he is in need of braces. Clearly this is not for cosmetic reasons.
Well, since then he has had 2 sets of braces, and Bottoms only. This last adventure was because his permanent retainer on the bottom broke. It seems that his teeth have a memory of where they were and they want to go back to that position. Hench the top tooth starting to move. So they tried to straighten his bottom ones out with a new retainer that he was supposed to wear all the time but it didn't' work. So here we went again with braces. But, luckily he only had them on for about 6 months. They ended up putting a thicker wire on this time in hopes to keep it where it is supposed to be. So his very last x-ray look like this...HUGE difference. Next adventure, getting rid of those ginormous wisdom teeth! 
Anyway, Ben got his bottom braces off on November 28th. This is his 4th set of braces. Ben's mouth was so jacked up when we first started this journey. Let me give you a little history on Ben. When he was young he had about 5 fillings. Horrible, I know. But, when he was about 5 he decided to pick them all out. It was about the time that Shayne had her braces and the orthodontist gave her one of those cool mirrors that you put in your mouth so you can see all your teeth. Well, he used it and thought that all the silver shiny things were dirt. So, out them came. It must have hurt. I don't know how it couldn't. But, when he was done he happily came and showed me what he had done. This was also the time that Mason had just finished dental school and moved back home to open his dentistry. Mason was able to get some good practice on Ben and they became fast friends since they spent so much time together at the office. Ben had an extra baby tooth when he was little that had to be removed when he was about 2. Then when he was 8 we found an extra permanent tooth! Really?! So Mason had to remove it too. Mason is a saint! Here is my blog about it...https://pennybs2cents.blogspot.com/2012/08/braces-kid-3.html and then his first set of braces are here...https://pennybs2cents.blogspot.com/2012/08/so-starts-next-2-years-of-his-life.html That was in August of 2012.
This is his first x-ray and it shows how badly he is in need of braces. Clearly this is not for cosmetic reasons.
As we left the Orthodontist appointment they gave Ben a jar full of
candy that he hasn't been able to eat in years and balloons. They gave
me a copy of all of his before and after picture's. It was interesting
to see not only how he has grown, but the progression of his smile.
Here are the picture's in order. #1 Before braces.
After, they look pretty good. Especially from where he was.
#3 second set after more adult teeth came in and crowded them all up again.
#4 After a year. We thought we were completely done. They were PERFECT!
#5 Broken bottom retainer and shifting teeth. Had to get bottoms back on.
#6 Done! Hopefully forever. You can see that the top tooth just right of his middle tooth has turned a little. That is the exact spot where his extra permanent tooth was and where all this trouble started!!! The most interesting part was to see how much longer his neck was from only 6 months earlier. It's no wonder his church pants were floods.
This is Charissa Thurston. We just love her. She is such a fun person and Ben likes going to the ortho because of it. She and I have kids all the same age. Her daughter Tatum, who went to school with Sophie, is getting married soon. Picture time!
My all-time favorite sign.
Now I have threatened his very life if he doesn't he doesn't wear his retainer. It is about 10:30pm as I write this and I just stopped and went to check on Josh to see if he had put his retainer in before he went to bed. Guess what? HE CAN'T FIND IT!!! What the crap! So, now he is grounded until his room is clean and the retainer is found. What is the deal with these boys!!! I just can't with them right now. Hahaha!
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