#1 Orthodontist....Dr. Vinson (even though we got lost)

Off on Tuesday, August 26th we headed to the 2nd 'consultation' orthodontist appointment. We went to Dental Works in Cary mid-July and was very dissatisfied with the plan of care. I had to take Allison to Dr. Riccobene ( her dentist) to see if she was missing any teeth. Luckily, she isn't but they referred us to Dr. Vinson. Wow, what a difference in consultation appointments. We followed the directions to his office off of I-40 but when it says 'approximately' 4 miles and I went 4.5 miles, so I turned around and went the 4.5 miles backto I-40 and then went 4-5 miles west on 42 and then called the office because I was afraid we were going to be late. So the original way I went was correct, I should have gone another 0.5 miles. So back we went, got there just in time and filled out one other sheet of paper only to find out I couldn't find my dental insurance card. So I called Will at work and got him to read me the numbers so they could verify coverage.

A lovely lady name Karen brought us back and talked to us about orthodontics and how their office worked and what they liked to focus on. One of the radiology techs came and took Allison for a series of pictures.

They brought her back and Karen went over things that Dr. Vinson looks at in terms of orthodontics and explains position of teeth. Dr. Vinson was running behind because the lovely patient in front of us was an hour and 10 minutes late for her appointment and demanded to be seen. HELLO.. the world doesn't revolve around you lady! But finally, he came in and was very personable and joked around with Allison. He did measurements and range of motion. WAIT...range of motion? In your mouth? Do mouths have ROM? Wow! I actually learned something today... anyways.. then we got to go through the pictures that were taken earlier and Dr. Vinson explained her arches and bites, and teeth etc. He said her bottom teeth may not need anything until the very end probably just to refine, that they, for the most part, look good. The work is going to be on her upper teeth. Allison has 2 teeth on the top that are on their way out and her cuspid on the left that needs to be pulled. I have to call to make an appointment at the dentist in order for that to happen and then a planned follow up in Feb back to Dr. Vinson to start braces... fun fun!

I did break out the camera (of course) and took some pics toward the end. Dr. Vinson even took the camera to take a picture of me! I laughed because this is one of the very few that Allison actually has a SMILE! I think just because Dr. Vinson was trying to tickle her! Either way, its great to see her smile and not make faces at me every time I try to take a picture of her!