Re: crooked baby teeth question -

[Guest guest]

Hello again !

has a high arched palate on the top, and I don't think it's as wide

as most peoples. He, also, has a very small, narrow jaw on the bottom. One

of his biggest problems with eating seems to be that when he bites on food,

his front bottom teeth scrape the gums behind the top front teeth! This area

frequently gets red and irritated, which I would assume makes chewing a

" not-so-pleasant " experience. Maybe part of the problem with eating " real "

people food???

His bottom teeth are much more compact, and crooked, than his top teeth,

although he doesn't have any spaces between his top teeth either.

His mouth is so still small that he still cannot fit a regular teaspoon in,

and he's over 3 yrs old now! I use an infant spoon for feeding. I thought

the size of his oral cavity might be part of his gagging problem. With it

being so small, it feels full with less food??? He also curls his tongue

into the back of his mouth whenever you spoon in food, so the food actually

ends up under his tongue. Have no idea how this bad habit got started!!

He also cannot fit a normal child's toothbrush comfortably between his

teeth, and the side of his mouth, making any effective brushing impossible.

Take care!!

Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs old, 23.5# (10.7kg), 32.8 " (83.3cm),

G-Tube)

[Guest guest]

Pat,

has the same problem with brushing her teeth.

She uses a toddler toothbrush and even with that when

I try to brush the sides of her teeth (mainly the

right side of her mouth) she complains it hurts and I

have trouble getting the toothbrush on that side.

Initially I thought it was the the angle I was

standing at to her and the hand I was using but it's

not. It's weird that everything on 's right

side is bigger (not longer but bigger/thicker) than

her left. When we saw Dr. H she measured her and

said that her right thigh and calf are a cm thicker

than her left but felt that it was normal because

is right handed. But I was just telling Jodie

Cals that even 's hair is thicker on the right

side and her right foot is a 1/2 size bigger on that

side.

B

5 and Kelli 2 1/2

--- pcpets wrote:

> Hello again !

>

> has a high arched palate on the top, and I

> don't think it's as wide

> as most peoples. He, also, has a very small, narrow

> jaw on the bottom. One

> of his biggest problems with eating seems to be that

> when he bites on food,

> his front bottom teeth scrape the gums behind the

> top front teeth! This area

> frequently gets red and irritated, which I would

> assume makes chewing a

> " not-so-pleasant " experience. Maybe part of the

> problem with eating " real "

> people food???

>

> His bottom teeth are much more compact, and crooked,

> than his top teeth,

> although he doesn't have any spaces between his top

> teeth either.

>

> His mouth is so still small that he still cannot fit

> a regular teaspoon in,

> and he's over 3 yrs old now! I use an infant spoon

> for feeding. I thought

> the size of his oral cavity might be part of his

> gagging problem. With it

> being so small, it feels full with less food??? He

> also curls his tongue

> into the back of his mouth whenever you spoon in

> food, so the food actually

> ends up under his tongue. Have no idea how this bad

> habit got started!!

>

> He also cannot fit a normal child's toothbrush

> comfortably between his

> teeth, and the side of his mouth, making any

> effective brushing impossible.

>

> Take care!!

> Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs old, 23.5#

> (10.7kg), 32.8 " (83.3cm),

> G-Tube)

>

>

>

>

__________________________________

Yahoo! Messenger

Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun.

http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest