Ben's New Braces

It was an exciting day for Ben. After wearing an expander across the roof of his mouth for several months, his mouth is spread out to the right position.

Today he got braces on his four front teeth to pull them back to center and straighten them. He chose purple and orange rubber bands. He was surprised that he really couldn't feel anything when they put on the braces. One of his friends asked if they had to put him to sleep to put them on his teeth. He's quite excited and happy to show off his shiny mouth to any interested parties.

Of course we felt a celebration was in order, so we stopped at Baskin-Robbins for some ice cream. Yummy! Now he can practice brushing that ice cream off with his new toothbrush kit at home!