When Rudy first came home, his front teeth were in really bad shape - brown, rotting. So about 6 months later, he had caps put on them, giving him a beautiful smile. Here is the blog I wrote about that.
Last month we went to the dentist and the dentist was concerned by the x-rays. He said there was an infection behind his capped teeth and they needed to be removed. All of them. He said Rudy would then just have to wait until his adult teeth grew in - until then, he will be toothless. So, today, he had his teeth removed. All 4 top front teeth. They had been getting loose in the past few months - apparently another sign of a problem. Paul was in the room with Rudy and said the removal of the teeth was very simple - the teeth really just popped out. Rudy handle it all very well. He was a little groggy at first, then on the way home started asking if he could play on the computer- a sign of normalcy. When we got home, we discovered the tooth fairy had left him a gift under his pillow - a Spiderman tag book. He was supposed to eat mostly liquids today- although our son seems to feel no pain, so he wasn't bothered at all by the exposed gums and lack of teeth. We id keep him to soft foods - lunch was a Dixie cup of ice cream and a pudding. Dinner was soup and then some pierogies. I think tomorrow he will want to eat his usual food.
Here are some of the after pictures. They really don't do him justice. He looks very cute with all his teeth out - and is very excited because no one else every loses 4 teeth at once! Paul claims he looks like an Irish boxer - I'm still not sure exactly what he means , but maybe we can come up with a good story for why he doesn't have his teeth!
And here is a last look at his old teeth. You can't see very well but the teeth had no roots and are very brown and rotted. Two of the caps came off of the teeth. These are going under his pillow tonight to see if we can trick the tooth fairy into giving him some money this time! :)
