Someone asked (on the last pages of the last thread regarding this quote) <"Marcia Laro said Celina’s teeth went askew three or four years ago, when friends horsing around accidentally pulled a string that was attached to her front tooth. Celina was set to have braces put on this week, she said."
Does that make sense to anyone else. Because it sounds odd to me. I think it would take more than a pull on a string to move her front teeth askew. ??? >
I'm not a dentist but a former dental assistant. This didn't make sense to me but I'm not saying it's impossible. Improbable though.
Generally, if someone or somthing yanked a tooth that hard to move it to that degree all at once, it would be loose enough to fall out. If it did fall out, it could be immediately (or within a few hours) placed back into the socket and for not a lot of money, sorta braced in there (from behind and not with braces) temporarily held into place/secured until it healed and the ligaments (for lack of a better word) tightened up enough. If the tooth was just loosed but didn't fall out, just pulled forward, the same procedure would be done--just move it back into its original position and temporarily shore it into place. I've seen this done/assisted on this being done. The thing is ... for the tooth to remain in an outword position of that degree after being suddenly YANKED into an outward position ... it would need to be HELD in that position the entire time it healed. A week for it to mostly tighten up and maybe up to a month or more before it was completely secure to bite/tear with well. And I have to mention, any tooth suddenly yanked forcibly forward to that degree, even if not pulled out, would bleed a lot.
Now if it was 4 years ago, Celina would have been 7. Most children lose their BABY teeth starting at 6 or 7. I think it might be that the string thing did happen, and it was her baby tooth. The aunt *believes* that made the adult tooth come in crooked. My professional opinion--the adult tooth was going to come in crooked no matter what. And it made Miss Celina distinctive, unique and adorable so it doesn't matter!
Regarding the rest of the article, I'm said to hear Celina's bio dad is in heart faliure.
I also thought 'hmmm' about the party stable thing as it kind of matches what bio dad was saying. And bio dad has been talking to the 13 year old daughter over the last week so I'd think she might have been telling him all about it .... Moo!