Teeth?!?

So this next appointment, Mon 12th May, may or may not have had something to do with hearing. Jonica had an appointment with a Paediatric Dental Specialist.

Back in January the kids visited our regular Dentist, and she picked up some hypoplastic enamel on Jonica's 2yr-old molars. We were given a referral to the Dental Specialist but it wasn't urgent so I didn't do much about it. The Dentist asked at the time is her hearing loss what part of a syndrome, but since we haven't found anything else I kind of shrugged my shoulders. Then, once her hearing dropped in April I began to wonder again, so I thought it would be good to look into this just in case it was connected to something.

Thank goodness we weren't late for our 10:30am appt, we were seen promptly at 11am :-\ A fairly standard appt, they were great with Jonica considering her age and having to look in her mouth, confirmed that she has hypoplastic enamel on all four 2yr-old molars and they need stainless steel caps. Under General Anaesthetic. Hmmm...

Having done some more reading since this appt, I don't think it's actually connected to the hearing loss. We don't have to have the caps done right away - although sooner would be better - so I'm going to see if there's any way they can do the teeth and the implant at the same time. Every GA comes with risk, so the fewer the better...

Next appt: Monday 19th May, initial consultation with Implant Surgeon