My kid got bonding on his front tooth after a scooter accident, and it’s been a whole thing trying to keep it looking halfway decent. Those whitening ...
My kid’s got the glued-in kind, and it’s like threading a needle in a moving car—total circus act some nights. Gums were cranky at first, but honestly...
Yeah, the instructions are basically “don’t do anything fun or normal, just trust us.” My kid had a tooth pulled last year and I swear, I needed a dec...
My kiddo went the clear aligner route and honestly, I was kind of jealous at first—no “brace face” jokes, no pokey wires. But you nailed it about the ...
My kid’s night guard started smelling like a gym bag left in the sun, and honestly, that was my cue. I tried to convince myself it was “just plastic,”...
Ha, yeah, if anyone’s out there slamming bottles of fluoride rinse like it’s Gatorade, I’d love to see it. I have a kiddo who’s obsessed with the “min...
Totally normal. My kid had one at 11 (and trust me, I was way more nervous than he was). He spent the first day poking his cheek and making weird face...
I get the appeal of water flossers—my kid begged for one after getting braces, and honestly, anything that avoids the “floss string stuck between teet...
I hear you on the “novelty wears off” thing. We tried one of those apps with my daughter—she was obsessed for about a week, then started using it as a...
Greek yogurt was a lifesaver for my kid—seriously, it made the endless pudding/applesauce cycle bearable. Honestly, blended soups were a total fail fo...
Yeah, totally feel you on the “better safe than sorry” angle. My kid started complaining about sore gums during finals week—stress city. At first, I c...
Wish my kid would let me drag him to the dentist more often—he acts like it’s a haunted house. We’re debating between a partial and an implant (wallet...
My kiddo had to get a root canal on a baby molar (don’t even get me started on how wild that is), and I asked about onlays too. Dentist gave me the sa...
When my kid needed a root canal, I swear the dentist had barely finished saying “root canal” before launching into the crown sales pitch. The way they...
Honestly, I thought my kid was auditioning for a vampire movie with how much his gums bled when the braces went on. I freaked out way more than he did...