This week Violet has had four of her top teeth come in. Of course, teething is always dreadful, but seeing all four of those teeth has been a HUGE relief to me. Why? Well, Dan never had the teeth on either side of the front two teeth. His whole childhood life he had those teeth missing. He usually smiled with his lips closed. When he was a bit older (Junior High, I think) he got a retainer that had teeth built onto it, so he could lower it down a bit and look like a vampire. Attractive, I know. Good thing I didn't know him then. Just kidding. But, his favorite pastime in High School was scaring little kids.
Before his mission, Dan got implants where he was missing the teeth. Unfortunately, they became infected and had to get removed. Now his fake teeth are the "bridge" kind. I don't really know a lot about it, but that's what I know.
Dan inherited this trait from his mom, and she inherited it from her dad. We probably won't get lucky enough for all of our kids to have all their teeth, but at least our first one has them. If a future child later on is missing teeth, then hopefully we'll be closer to the stage in life where we can afford a dentist to fix them up!
Anyway, I am SUPER glad that Violet isn't 100% Daddy. Looks like she got my teeth.
Hi guys! This is Tyler, Jana's hubby. I hate to rain on the tooth parade but there's still a chance that her permanent teeth will not be there. That's very common by the way and there's a chance it's on the Andelin side because Ammon and Jana both are missing one or both of their lateral incisors. Jana's comes from her mom's side too, so who knows. Anyway, good job on getting into law school guys! Good luck with everything.
ReplyDeleteCan I just say that one of my token Dan memories is having him remove the retainer to show me his missing teeth? Classic Dan. Glad to hear Violet doesn't have to worry about it!
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Whew! You really dodged that bullet. We weren't so lcuky. Jace, unfortunately, inherited the mutation of Trevor's family: a GIANT dark brown spot taking up half of his little bum. Trevor didn't get it, but his dad and grandpa and who knows who else all have it. So sad.
ReplyDeleteAnd what lovely teeth!
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