Avery’s First Dentist Visit
by Janelle Call on Feb.08, 2011
I have been telling Avery for the past couple of weeks that she gets to go to the dentist soon; she has been so excited! Today when I woke her up she said, “Yay, I get to go to the dentist today!” (I wish I was that excited to go to the dentist!)
We arrived about 30 minutes early because I had just picked the kids up from my Sister0in-law’s house in Riverton and headed straight there. When we walked in Avery immediately started playing with the toys while I filled out her paperwork. They called me back for my appointment first so Avery could see how brave mom is and she would know what to expect. When my teeth were all clean and sparkly we walked over to the kid room for Avery’s cleaning. the room was full of monkey’s hanging form the ceiling.
The nurse started by showing Avery all of the tools and the neat things they do. First she showed her “Windy”, the tool that blows air. Then she showed her the spinning toothbrush, I can’t remember the name, she showed her that it kind of tickles on our teeth. Next was “Mr. Sprinkler”, he likes to squirt water in our mouths. Next came “Mr. Thirsty”, he is always thirsty and wants to suck up all of the water in our mouths.
The last two things she showed her were the mirror, which she let Avery hold for the dentist, and the tooth counter.
The nurse turned on a “Strawberry Shortcake” movie for Avery to watch. She loved the headphones.
The nurse brought in Cookie Dough toothpaste to use on Avery’s teeth. Avery thought that was the coolest thing and she keeps telling me that she wants some of that at home!
After Avery’s teeth were all clean and sparkly the Dr. Loose came in to count her teeth and check for cavities. He used the “tooth counter” and found that she has 20 teeth. Unfortunately he also found 2 cavities. They are very small so he does not think they will need to give her any S-H-O-T-S.
When she was all done she got a cute princess toothbrush, which she was very excited about, and she got to pick a prize out of the prize box for being so good!
Avery had a great time at the dentist. I hope all of our dentist visits go this well. (With how well she behaved not the cavity thing!).
February 8th, 2011 on 10:27 pm
I love that you spelled SHOTS. Your funny! Glad she had a good time, I so wish Sadie’s first couple appointments went well like that, both dental assistant (we went to a different office each time) were just boring and walked her into her room and told her to lay on the table. The rooms were all decorated cute, but you know Sadie, she wasn’t having any of that lay on the table crap without not knowing what was going to happen, and it was at Pediatric dental office so you would think they would have known better! I might have to try your place her next time, they told me that turning 4 is the magic number for kids in dental offices who struggle, so I guess we shall see, I don’t have high hopes for her ;)