Dentist Visit

Waiting Room

Eva had her first dental appointment.  It was initially on July 3rd with our regular dentist but she nor they wanted any part of it.  They had recommended her to see a pediatric dentist.  We made our appointment for July 19th. This very kid friendly dentist office actually had a mini basketball court attached to their waiting room.  There was also drawers full of crayons and probably over 50 different coloring pages.  While we were waiting to be called back, everyone was occupied.  Finally after about 15 minutes (the waiting due to my earliness), Eva and I went to our own room while her sisters continued to play. 
In the room, a nurse joined us and asked question about her history, oral hygiene, and other mouth related health issues.  Then the dental hygienist joined her and asked me to hold Eva in my lap facing me while she was sitting close to us with her knees just about touching mine.  She laid Eva down backwards with Eva's head on her lap, placed her index finger in her mouth to keep it open and then


gently used the metal scrubber pick like tool to clean all the plaque off her teeth.  To their surprise, she had very little on the right side.  Then I explained to them that she normally only uses her left side to chew. That process took a whopping 8 minutes and her teeth were clean.  They used some fluoride with a new princess toothbrush and she was finished in less than 12 minutes.  Eva took everything very well.  Her patience gave in after the first 10 but she was tolerable.  They even gave her a squeaky toy frog to chew on, I guess.

Show your clean teeth!

After her teeth were clean, the dentist came in.  He talked tooth shop for a few minutes then wanted to ask me a question.  He was clearly interested in the Koolen Syndrome packet in her file.  I of course gave him general information and after about 15 minutes, he wanted more but realized that it was still early in the day and had other patients to see.  I then invited him to the Gathering.  With his enthusiasm, I am hoping he will represent oral health. 
I felt very comfortable with Eva's new dentist and we made our appointment for January.