The Smelker Seven

They're Paid For!!!

On Monday morning I wrote the last check for Teagan's braces! That check cleared our account yesterday, so I can officially say that Teagan's teeth belong to us again.

Of course this is only stage one in a treatment series that will take several more years, and who knows how much more money. But when I look at the difference that a year makes I am amazed and absolutely sure that every penny we spent on these braces, the monthy visits, the daily battle to keep the headgear on, is worth it. Last April Teagan could not even close her mouth over her top teeth, and in fact the orthodontist was concerned that her top lip was shortening because it could not stretch the way it was meant to. Her teeth were affecting even her breathing patterns as a result. Today she can close her lips over her beautiful straight teeth.

In May or June her braces will be removed for approximately a year while her adult teeth grow in, and then we will move onto stage two.

Of course, just when we think we see the light at the end of the tunnel, we have Garrick following in her footsteps and I am sure we'll be going through the same saga with him!!

Here is a BEFORE Photo:


And here is a DURING Photo:

Labels: braces, Teagan

posted by The Smelker Seven @ 9:16 AM