A Day of Appointments

Today was a very full day of appointments. Rachel and I left the house about 7:30 and did not get home until 5:00pm!!

First appointment was with our dentist, Dr. Hoffer, for a crown on a tooth that is transposed in her mouth and was going to impact her new jaw alignment based on molds that had been taken. The crown took just over 2 1/2 hours, but when it was all said and done, Dr Hoffer did an amazing job on the crown and it should work out perfectly.  

SideNote: I absolutely love our dentist!! He's gentle, kind, very knowledgable, and up to date on the latest and greatest dental techniques. His wife is a pediatric dentist whom the girls went to for many years! 

After her crown was down, she switched chairs and had a routine cleaning. After almost 4 hours at the dentist office, it was lunch at Chick Fil A, and a trip into Home Goods and Walmart. 

Next appointment was out in Beaumont, with Dr Carter, Rachel's orthodontist. Thankfully they have a CT Scan machine in office that takes the scans that Dr Martin needs for planning out surgery. So new CT scans, new molds, a new bracket on the crowned tooth, and new wires and rubber bands. 

Everything is stabilized for no additional movement prior to surgery and we won't see the Orthodontist again until the week before surgery. 

A trip through the McDonalds drive thru for a McFlurry and then on the road home. Getting home just before 5:00pm. It was a very long day. Rachel's  mouth is sore. But everything was necessary to keep on track with surgery in a month. 

CT Scans

 I received the results of Rachel's CT Scans she had earlier in the week. It's interesting to see all the measurements and recommendations for the jaw alignment. Even more interesting to see her actual scans. 

Preparing for Surgery

For months, we have been on a very rigid and strict timeline in making sure Rachel's surgery stays on track for Mid June. Lining up orthodontist and plastic surgeon appointments when she's home on break or long weekend has been very challenging. Today was no different, we had two appointments this morning in anticipation of Rachel's surgery next month. 

The morning started out with a maxillofacial CT Scan at Loma Linda. Dr Martin will use these scans to digitally align and plan out her jaw alignment. This was a quick appointment. Rachel was actually in and out before her appointment time! 

Next appointment this morning was with Dr. Garcia, the orthodontist. This appointment kind of knocked the wind out of sails. 

Turns out Rachel needs a crown on a tooth that in a previous mold, would interfere with her new jaw alignment. No one had called and told us that in the last five weeks since her last Ortho visit. 

Dr. Garcia removed the bracket from the tooth in question in hopes we could get an appointment for a crown. Once we get the crown, all new CT scans will need to be taken, as well as new molds. This mornings scans she had are invalid at this point. 

We stopped by our dentist's office on our way home to talk to the scheduler in person about the urgency of getting an appointment for a crown. Our dentist is currently out of town, but we were able to get an appointment for 2 weeks from now. Which works out perfectly for us, as we leave for a week at WDW early tomorrow morning.