https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:29:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-had-any-major-dental-procedures-done#post-2451695 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 20:25:00 +0000 hellobeeboston 2451695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: omg, SAME. I had 22 baby teeth extracted. The oral surgeon was like, my best friend. Most I did was 8 at one time. Cray! I had braces, headgear, retainer, etc. my lowers are also all crooked now. And my top ones are setting to shift! Annoying! I'm thinking about Invisalign. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-had-any-major-dental-procedures-done#post-2451690 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 20:19:09 +0000 Alba4 2451690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Braces and wisdom teeth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-had-any-major-dental-procedures-done#post-2451637 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 19:20:41 +0000 teacherbee 2451637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Braces, dental implant, bone grafting, veneer, wisdom teeth removal and gingival grafting and shaping. Ask me anything! Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1140640 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:19:34 +0000 hilsy85 1140640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I was actually thinking of you when I wrote this post, I knew babygloss was a late teether! :) </p> <p>@Beehive: ha true!</p> <p>@hellobeeboston: ugh any time LO is fussy I'm like, YES! more teeth! but nothing so far... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1140559 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 12:52:58 +0000 MsLipGloss 1140559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: My LO sprouted her first tooth at 12.5 months. She's 13 months now, and no signs of any other teeth yet. Fwiw, it's a bottom tooth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138539 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:08:52 +0000 hellobeeboston 1138539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>J is in the same boat!! Just bottom middle 2!! We think some more may be coming though based on his fussiness the last couple days, but who knows! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138455 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:43:39 +0000 Beehive 1138455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I'm kind of happy it's taking this long... teething is the pits, and it's been great for nursing that he doesn't have a full set of teeth he can bite me with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138439 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:41:27 +0000 hilsy85 1138439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: oh I hope so! That would be a positive spin! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138438 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:41:02 +0000 hilsy85 1138438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: not sure on the actual definition, the pedi just said he could now be considered a "late" teether! :) </p> <p>@lamariniere: that is lucky! We definitely had fussiness with his 2 teeth...</p> <p>@Beehive: ah nice! I see no signs of anything in L's mouth :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138436 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:40:00 +0000 immabeetoo 1138436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: we are just sprouting one top tooth now! My DH didn't get any until a year; I guess his pedi said it meant they're be stronger that way? He has only had one cavity! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138425 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:36:07 +0000 Beehive 1138425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: J is so similar - he got his first tooth (bottom) at 10.5 months, and just got his second bottom tooth over the weekend. Still waiting on his top ones, though I can see them, they're very close! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138412 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:27:57 +0000 lamariniere 1138412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First two teeth right before his 1st birthday. The next two teeth around 14 months. The next ones after that around 16 months... He is now almost three and just starting to get his 2-year molars. He has been exceedingly slow. Luckily, we never had to deal with teething issues, the teeth always just seem to appear with no symptoms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138393 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:09:57 +0000 mamimami 1138393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: She managed to open a packet of coffee mate with her gums the other day so I'm not worried about cake hahaha. She has gums of steel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138391 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:09:05 +0000 Beebug 1138391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: We are exactly the same! She cut the two front bottom in/around 9m, and nothing (and no real teething!) since! Will be interesting to see when they pop! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138385 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:04:37 +0000 winniebee 1138385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure what's considered late?</p> <p>T got his first at 8 months and then 1 ever few weeks or so until age 11 months. He had 8 from 11-15 months, then popped one molar, then the other two when he was 16 months. Still waiting on one molar, upper and lower canines, and 2 year molars at almost 17 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138383 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:03:26 +0000 hilsy85 1138383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jmarionsmith: oh wow! That's a big gap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138382 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:03:14 +0000 hilsy85 1138382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: OMG bc they hadn't fallen out????/ EEK! I am so nervous that this will happen to LO now!!</p> <p>@Bao: hm ok so maybe sometime at 13 months we'll see some top teeth. </p> <p>@mamimami: aw! I bet she will manage to enjoy some cake anyway :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138380 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:02:26 +0000 jmarionsmith 1138380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my lo wasn't a late teether, he got his first two teeth just shy of 5 months. but he didn't get any more until he was 12.5 months! now they're slowly coming in, in a very strange order, too.</p> <p>i bet your little guy will sprout some in the next few months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138379 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:01:47 +0000 Bao 1138379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A got her first tooth at 10.5 months and the second quickly followed (bottom) now at over 13 months she JUST got her top right one, no left one yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138378 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:01:35 +0000 MrsRcCar 1138378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>N has cut 4 on the bottom and we are just now seeing a single top tooth maybe... who knows. He got his first two at about 8.5/9 months...... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138377 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:01:07 +0000 mamimami 1138377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter will be 1 year old on Sunday and she has no teeth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138375 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:00:09 +0000 MamaMoose 1138375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: my LO wasn't a late teether but I was! I didn't have ANY teeth at my one year appointment. I ended up having baby teeth pulled when I was FOURTEEN years old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-a-late-teether#post-1138373 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 13:58:57 +0000 hilsy85 1138373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your LO was a late teether, when did he/she actually get teeth? Lo got his first two teeth (bottom middle) at 9 months, and since then, nothing! He's almost 1 and our pedi was surprised he hasn't gotten his top teeth yet. Just wondering when other late teethers sprouted their chompers? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-1st-dental-appointment#post-893739 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:27:09 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 893739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: sounds very similar to my experience. glad it went well - i'm sure future readers will appreciate how you documented that for them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-1st-dental-appointment#post-893680 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:13:48 +0000 Raindrop 893680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Went to the dental appointment today and I thought it would be good to recap for people that search "First Dental Appointment" :)</p> <p>LO is 16 months next week.</p> <p>Our appointment was at 8:30am, we got there at 8:20am.</p> <p>We filled out some paper work. LO was walking around and exploring the tiny waiting room. He did something he normally doesn't do... which is do short screams - He did probably a dozen short screams while we were filling out paper work... maybe he was excited about a new place?</p> <p>We were done with the 2-pages we had a few other things they had to tell us that we had to sign and acknowledge. This is when LO got upset because he likes pens and saw us using one and normally we give him the pen we are using but this pen was attached to the electronic signing thingy and it upset him that he couldn't have that pen. </p> <p>The reception was super quick and gave him some stickers. That actually really calmed him down. He really liked holding on to them and he did so the whole entire time.</p> <p>Then we were brought in by the dentist assistant, he was pretty nice he showed us around the office since it was our first time three. Then we were guided to a chair.</p> <p>The dentist introduced herself and she had LO sit in the dentist seat by himself and gave him a new toothbrush which was a frog body with a toothbrush hidden in his head. She went into to examine his teeth and he had his mouth shut tight! He was getting upset but he wouldn't cry... IE open his mouth at all. She asked if I could sit with him. So I picked him up and sat in the chair with him.</p> <p>He was comfortable enough to let her look at his mouth. She said everything looked great! Then she got her assistant to get a fluoride paste which was watermelon flavor and brushed it on his teeth. This was probably the hardest part because he would have his mouth open long enough only to do 1/4th of his mouth and would shut it tight. We managed to get his mouth open enough times to complete the fluoride treatment. The fluoride treatment took about a total of 5 minutes, but it felt longer!</p> <p>Then we were done and that was it!</p> <p>We then asked a few questions.</p> <p>She said if I'm having too much trouble getting him to open his mouth for a brush that using a wet towel was good enough at this age, and maybe once in a while get a brush to his molars.</p> <p>She said if he still sleeps while drinking a bottle (which LO does...) she said that's okay as long as we could try to wet towel his mouth after finishes drinking it when he is asleep.</p> <p>She said they don't do "real" cleanings till they are little older but she feels I came in the right time. She says she gets people that come in with babies that have only 1 tooth and she gets people that come in with 4 years for the first time, she does feel earlier is better but she feels we came in at the perfect time. Phew! The next visit will probably be similar to what happened in this visit.</p> <p>She was very happy with LO's teeth and says that he has good teeth and there is no signs of cavities and he has really good enamel and that it is probably something we won't have to worry about anytime soon.</p> <p>Some background both me and DH have pretty good teeth, I never needed braces (but DH did) and I did have a few cavities when I was younger and the same goes for DH.</p> <p>Then we were out the door by 8:55am.</p> <p>It was a pretty pleasant experience overall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-1st-dental-appointment#post-883883 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:28:14 +0000 Raindrop 883883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TemperanceBrennan: Thanks for comment. I'm not sure if making it a big deal is going to register with him since he's so young but I will see what I can do. Love the book tips! </p> <p>@Mrs. High Heels: Thanks for describing your first visit with your DD. ^_^ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-1st-dental-appointment#post-883608 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:15:29 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 883608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took DD to the dentist for the 1st time recently, and she did really well! She was 29-months. I was apologizing for not bringing her in sooner, but my dentist brushed it off and said he thinks coming in when they're around 2 years old is perfect, and that any younger than that and there's really not much he can do.</p> <p>The dentist I went to sees a lot of kids, so he had stickers, gave her a brand new toothbrush, had an Aladdin movie on in the chair, and a treasure chest of trinkets for her to choose from at the end of the appointment.</p> <p>Originally, they thought it would be better to bring her back alone, but since she's really shy I went back with her, and they had me sit IN the chair with her. He managed to look in her mouth and show her how to brush her teeth with her brand new toothbrush. Everything checked out well, and he said since she did so well this time he didn't want to scare her off and give her x-rays... so we'll do x-rays at the next appointment.</p> <p>We didn't do anything to prepare her, but we did bring her lovey along for comfort. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-1st-dental-appointment#post-883461 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:42:07 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 883461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe could you make it a big deal? Like it is a special treat to go to the dentist. You could talk about it before hand and try to get him excited for it. Maybe afterwards you could go to the store to get a new toothbrush and toothpaste? I'm not sure if he would be too young to get that. </p> <p>It looks like there are several books about going to the dentist that might be fun to read with him:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dentist-Little-Critter-Golden-Look-Look/dp/0307125831" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Dentist-Little-Critter-Golden-Look-Look/dp/0307125831</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/catalogue.aspx?id=3296" rel="nofollow">http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/catalogue.aspx?id=3296</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-1st-dental-appointment#post-883244 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:58:23 +0000 Raindrop 883244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Haha that sounds like a good tip! ^_^</p> <p>We tried showing him how we brush our teeth... was not interested. We sang him songs about brushing... not helpful. We let him "play" with the brush... he didn't get it.</p> <p>When I tried to put the brush in his mouth, he would shut his mouth sooo tight! He will also swat the brush away with his hands and arms with all his baby might. ^_^</p> <p>So now I have LO's back to my chest and hold down his hands with one arm and quickly brush his teeth with the other hand. He is quite a stubborn baby. </p> <p>I will try showing him a video tonight to see how that goes.</p> <p>I'm glad to hear your DD is a good brusher now. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-1st-dental-appointment#post-883122 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:35:42 +0000 chopsuey 883122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: I had a tough time brushing DD's teeth when she was that age too. We used to let her watch some youtube while we quickly brushed her teeth. :P<br /> She brushes her teeth just fine now! :)<br /> I need to schedule an appt for my DD too so thank for the reminder! </p>