Friday, March 13, 2009

orthodontist visit

last week Ashlie had her first orthodontist visit... they took a bunch of X-rays, photos and other things. last night I went back to talk about the treatment plan for her.
starting after spring break Ashlie will go start to prepare for her appliance to be put in. this will take 3 weeks, one appointment each week.
then she will have to wear it for the next 6 months... after all her adult teeth are in then she will be back to see if she will need braces as well (most likely she will) .

along with the appliance, Ashlie will be getting two teeth pulled out sometime within the next year. if you can see on the X-ray she has two lower teeth (4Th ones in left and right) they appear to be sinking and are lower then the other teeth. not really a big deal... but you don't want to pull them too soon.

today was report card day... Ashlie was sure it would be bad news! but it is a great report card and her teacher had lots of wonderful things to say about Ashlie. as of this school year...Ashlie LOVES math, reading and practicing her handwriting. i am sure she will have great penmanship very soon . we often find her reading the night away in bed because the story is too good to stop reading! and she never stops doing math problems.