Dress Up That Look With A Touch Of Metal
Mood:  silly
Topic: Lauren
As Tony and I sat discussing the condition of our teeth, prompted by his recent visit to the dentist, Lauren played nearby. Tony didn't necessarily agree, but I thought he would not have had to have so much work done over the years had he gone the route of braces and/or if they had pulled a few teeth 25 or so years ago. He doesn't have even the slightest bit of wiggle room in his mouth because he has "a full set" as the dentists like to say when they look in his mouth. Personally, I don't have a lot of room either but I'm 8 short of a full set (pulled 4, braces, then pulled all 4 wisdom teeth), so I do have a bit more than Tony does. The conversation eventually turned toward the genetic factor as it tends to do with all parents. Would Lauren inherit my pretty darn good enamel or Tony's weakened version? Would she luck out with Tony's wider jaw line? What about the actual tooth size - mine or his? She seems to have a wide jaw and she has the space between her baby teeth that the dentist always says is a good thing (Tony doesn't remember the spacing of his baby teeth and I know mine had no space whatsoever), but we cross our fingers anyway and hope she ends up with the best of both worlds. At the end of the conversation I said I hoped she wouldn't have to have braces when she was older at which she perked up from the other side of the room and declared "But I want braces when I'm older. I want them because then I'll look fancy"