Well today was the day--not only for the cleaning, but also for the oral surgery. And they were booked at the same time. At two different facilities. So I loaded up Ashlynne and Austin and headed to the "GOOD DENTIST" and Kassie loaded up RJ and headed to the "BAD DENTIST". And by this, she was trying to get her children psyched for the dentist by saying, he was only going to clean and floss their teeth and not do anything like daddy was having done (oh great, now they are scarred for life when it comes to a "bad dentist (anyone that has to do surgery on your mouth).
They did great, however, the bad dentist will be making his way into the mouths of two children very, very soon. Because of their age, 5 and 4, they have to have IV sedation. Great--a needle. Try telling Austin he has to have a shot. Ashlynne is the brave one.
The cleaning was a breeze. The hygienist allowed them to "Vacuum" their own mouth and let them pick their favorite flavors. She was terrific with them and I was so glad it was a good experience the first time around. Now--brush those teeth at least twice a day so you don't have to have your "NINE"---count them, 9, cavities filled between them (Austin with 4 biggies and one medium and Ashlynne with 4--) They each have a cavitiy for the amount of years they are. This is just terrible.
But the bright note to all of this is, RJ has 18 cavities and as soon as he heals from today's surgery (oh and have I mentioned that this guy has never had any sort of surgery, severe illness and is otherwise healthy), he has to have cavernous teeth taken care of!
3 comments:
Ouch!! I'll have a C section anyday :) Haha! Just kidding!
Me too!
Ouch. I hope that all heal quickly and I'll take that lesson back to do better with brushing Annie's teeth... It's a good thing you found a dentist you like (I think that's one of the only reasons I keep going back. It's fun to talk to him - but all the scraping and !!)
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