Smiles for Owen

08/11/2025

Just want to check in and say Owen’s still rocking the temporary teeth. He loves them! There’s been a few bumps in the road. We are still working towards the permanents😁

05/22/2025

I have been looking forward to this day so much and I had no idea it was going to be today. I was so excited to show you all what you helped make happen!
I thought they were just going to check the metal piece one more time and then add teeth later, but they redesigned it and so today was a total surprise …

Owen got his teeth today❤️❤️❤️😭😭

and while these are not his permanent teeth…those will come in??however many weeks that takes. This is what they will look like. The permanent teeth will have metal throughout to make it more secure and be cemented in better and the teeth will look a little more real. But starting today he gets to start getting used to the feeling of having front teeth, start learning how to talk with front teeth and eating. He is so excited! It’s definitely a weird feeling for him because he keeps coming and talking to me about his teeth and feeling them with his tongue and you can tell it’s definitely an adjustment but he’s so excited.

05/13/2025

Big News!! we got the call today that his piece is done and he has an appointment for next Wednesday to get it fitted…so very exciting. Now let’s all cross our fingers and say big prayers that it fits.

05/01/2025

I just came on to say that we are still waiting. I did call on Monday and they said we are getting close so I’m expecting a phone call soon to make the appointment for the next fitting. Let’s all cross our fingers that this next one fits and we can move forward. This is the slowest process. I will hopefully update with really good news soon.

02/26/2025

Really frustrated but trying to be patient. This is a PROCESS😳🥺. Today we went in to have to the peice fitted before they add all the teeth. It didn’t fit😫 so he has to have new impressions made and everything will be sent to the lab. Because the design is done I’m told this won’t take so long this time…I really hope that’s true. Next appt: March 10.
I took Owen today but thank you to my mom for helping me get him to all these appts❤️

02/14/2025

Well, I finally have a little update. This is a very slow process, slower than I had anticipated but this is a very specialized piece.Customized and complicated. It would be pretty cool if this could become a model for more kids, then we could all be part of something that makes a difference for more people. I’ll tell you it took a long time for us to have a solution.
So this metal piece is being sent to us now. I should be getting a call today to make an appointment for next week. Once they know that this fits properly and will work, they will send it back and make the final piece. But making this part has the trickiest part of the whole thing so things should move faster after this 🤞🏼🫶🏼

01/08/2025

Hello!! It’s a slow process but we are getting there. I got an email from the Prothodontist this morning with this 3-D rendering of what everything is going to look like. The lab is working on a part now, when that comes in they will install and do another impression. That impression will be sent to the lab to make the final piece. We are still weeks if not a couple months away from the final step😀

11/13/2024

Well, he looks awfully happy here but the procedure got canceled because there was a gas leak in the building so we have to go back on December 3.😫

11/13/2024

Crown prep for 5 top teeth today❤️

10/21/2024

Update.😀
Owen took about a full week to recover from his surgery. It was very successful and they were able to create a lot of space between his upper gum line and upper lip, below his nose. It’s pretty remarkable!

Last Thursday we went back to the Prothodontist He decided that Owen is still needing more healing time so in four weeks we will go back to start the next step.
First they will do crowns on the five molars he has, he will leave with temporaries and go back 2/3 weeks later to get the permanent crowns.
These crowns will have snaps on the bottom of them not his prosthetic mouthpiece will snap into.
He will go back in to get permanent crowns and do impressions and then they will be making the final mouthpiece.
So it looks like we have about a 10-12 week timeframe for Owen to get his new teeth.❤️

10/03/2024

Owen is home! He’s excited to finally eat today. He’s doing really well and surgery went great. They were able to do a skin graft from his right cheek to create about a half an inch of space above his lip. Unfortunately, the temporary teeth were a no go. There wasn’t enough to secure it in the front of his mouth. it’s a lot to articulate over Facebook but the great news is that the most important part was a success and the permanent prosthetic mouthpiece is after this is healed like we always planned

10/03/2024