Before and After Pictures of Brads Teeth

A few weeks ago Brad, Lauren and I were sitting in the car watching Russ and Grandpa Dave do something outside. So I told the restless kids they could get out of their seat belts and play around. So they were running between the seats when I heard Brad fall and start just bawling. So I had him come up and I consoled him. He told me he hurt his mouth, well, me being the great mother that I am didn't pay much attention and just let him continue playing. Well that night he was sitting on the couch eating potato chips when he said, "mom my tooth is broken!" He reached up in his mouth and pulled out half of his front tooth. So he said he felt better. The next day we went to the dentist here and he looked at Brad's teeth and he said to just keep an eye on them and make sure they didn't turn brown or get infection in them. So on we went with our lives with a hill billy looking son with one broken front tooth. Then about a week later he was eating an apple when he said again "mom my tooth is broken and it hurts!" well I got to looking at his teeth and his other front tooth was still attached but it was wiggling about half way down. So I talked to his dentist and he said to take him to a pediatric dentist in Idaho Falls. So I made an appt. on the next day with them and we went down and met with them. They did a consultation with me and him. The Dr. said it was possible that once they got in his mouth and were doing the work they might not be able to save his teeth and they would just pull them. I hoped and prayed they wouldn't have to take them out. But I prepared my self for anything. They told me before they would do any procedures on him they would have to sedate him. And in order to do that he had to be fasting from midnight until 9 am. Well, so then we made another appt. 2 weeks later.
Tuesday June 29th we tried to keep him up until midnight and feed him as much as we could so the next day he wouldn't be so hungry. and so maybe he would sleep until we got to Idaho Falls. My mom went with us and she was an angel. I am so glad I brought her. Anyway, so we got down there and the Dr. came out and played with Brad in the waiting area and made him feel so comfortable. The Dr. asked me if I had thought about if they couldn't save the teeth, if I wanted them to do a bridge for him. I just said, "just try to save them" Then they gave him some medicine and the Dr. told me to watch him for about 5 minutes and make sure he didn't too woosey and fall down. Then the Dr. dropped the real bombshell, he told me that it is best if Brad went back there alone without any parents!!! I didn't know about this part of the arrangement. So I freaked out a little inside, But I understood. About 2 minutes after he took the medicine his depth perception was way off and he was starting to giggle at the weirdest things. Like uncontrollably laughing. I got to take him back to the chair and then I left him and then it was the waiting game. The sedation was only supposed to last about 30 minutes. So about 30 minutes later the Dr. came out and gave me two thumbs up and told me they were able to save his teeth and put caps on them. So they looked great. He took me back to see him, he was just laying there watching a movie, like a little angel. I took him out to the waiting room and that is when all Hell broke loose. He started screaming like crazy because he wanted to stay and play with the trains in the waiting room. So my mom held him and tried to console him but he was unconsolable. So I checked him out and we went to the car with him kicking and screaming. I think it was just because he was just not used to that feeling of coming out of that drug. We got him a jamba juice, My mom sat in the back with him the whole way home and helped him eat it. Then she just held him and let him sleep the whole way home.
His teeth look so great. He can't wait to get more real teeth, he tells me. I just say, oh please don't do that again. Today the day after the procedure he is doing so great, you can't even tell he had that done. He doesn't remember much of it and that is great with me. Here are the before and after pictures.

Before