Last Tuesday, I took Andrew
to hi first dentist appointment. I took him to a pediatric dentist in town that
actually works in a green castle. The inside has a whole castle theme, as
well, and Andrew was excited to see all of the toys. At 8:30 on the dot (the time of his appointment), he decided to poop in the waiting room which stressed me out a bit, but we got it all taken care of. :)
When they called him back, they let him look at the fish for a minute and get acclimated to the room. The dentist then came out dressed like a king and let Andrew pick out a sword and a crown to wear. It was a little odd, but Andrew RAN to go pick out his toys.
He was a bit unsure about getting into the chair, but we coaxed him in.
The dentist was pretty concerned about the front tooth he chipped last July. He said the tooth/area has a lot of trauma to it, and it could easily get infected, because so much of the tooth is not protected by enamel. We have to keep a very close eye on it, and he may need to work on it or even remove it at some point. He said that his adult tooth may be impacted, which has got me a bit nervous. Nothing we can do right now except keep it as clean as we can. He has 16 teeth and no cavities to report to date. We go back in December to see how things look and do his first cleaning.
When the exam was done, Andrew got to pick 2 toys from the toy chest and he even got a goodie bag to take home with toys in it. Boy, was he pumped!
Since he has asked to go back multiple times this past week, I think the first visit was a success!!
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