A 'my baby's growing up!' moment
Apr. 4th, 2006 06:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twilight33Kieran had his first real dentist appointment today.
I say real because he's been there before as a toddler for an initial check (not all the 2 year molars erupted though), but this one involved use of all the noisy and strange instruments to polish teeth and squirt & suck water, a fluoride treatment, then an attempt at X-rays.
The hygienist didn't even want to bother with those, but the dentist apparently has concerns about the way his back molars came in & wants a better look. His 3-year-old mouth simply was too small even for the kid-sized bitewings though so we'll try that again next year. All else looked great with no cavities, much to my relief!
Everyone was impressed at how polite & cooperative he was, we were in & out of there in 30 minutes which included the time it took to schedule molar sealants on the extra preventative side. Pretty much everything is free under our dental plan so I'm all for it.
I went to a pediatric dentist when I was younger that had a lovely view of the old city cemetery out the windows, yet this non-pediatric one was substantially cooler. They let him play with all the instruments first, had special kid-sized dark glasses so the light wouldn't be so bright in his face, then gave him a 'Super Patient Award' token for the toy machine out front when he was done.
I think I'm jealous.
I say real because he's been there before as a toddler for an initial check (not all the 2 year molars erupted though), but this one involved use of all the noisy and strange instruments to polish teeth and squirt & suck water, a fluoride treatment, then an attempt at X-rays.
The hygienist didn't even want to bother with those, but the dentist apparently has concerns about the way his back molars came in & wants a better look. His 3-year-old mouth simply was too small even for the kid-sized bitewings though so we'll try that again next year. All else looked great with no cavities, much to my relief!
Everyone was impressed at how polite & cooperative he was, we were in & out of there in 30 minutes which included the time it took to schedule molar sealants on the extra preventative side. Pretty much everything is free under our dental plan so I'm all for it.
I went to a pediatric dentist when I was younger that had a lovely view of the old city cemetery out the windows, yet this non-pediatric one was substantially cooler. They let him play with all the instruments first, had special kid-sized dark glasses so the light wouldn't be so bright in his face, then gave him a 'Super Patient Award' token for the toy machine out front when he was done.
I think I'm jealous.
