Zoey's First trip to the Dentist!!

I am so proud to be writing this post because Zoey had her first trip to the dentist this morning and she did awesome!! She was so brave and not shy and did everything that they asked. She held her mouth open so well as they counted her 20 teeth, she let them clean them, polish them, and floss them. Everyone was so happy with the way things went today.

Zoey loved "riding" in the special chair, she loved that Sponge Bob was on above her so that she could watch, and she loved the "spit sucker." She got her mouth rinsed several extra times just so she could use that. She also enjoyed that special small mirror that she got to hold several times, wearing the special sunglasses. She choose the vanilla flavored polish, and liked that the hygenist's gloves smelled like grape! When I was busy scheduling the next appointment, she crawled right back up in the chair so that she could watch some more cartoons!

They are concerned that she might have a bit of an crossbite and that they might want to put a pallet-extender in the next year and a half. I guess your pallet stops growing at age 6, so if we wanted to help this we have a limited time frame. Her teeth are a little mis-aligned from her finger sucking so braces are probably inevitabled but if we can do the pallet extender and curb the finger sucking now, we will be much better in the long run. Lot for me to take in this morning as the mom of a 3.5 year old! :)



Zoey was very proud too, everything went great, so we got another appointment scheduled in 6 months, picked out our Dora toothbrush, Sponge Bob toothpaste, and because it was our first time, we got to pick out of a special drawer, there were stuffed dogs, and stuffed bears, and lots of cuddly things, but Zoey went right for the temporary tattos in shapes of scars and lizard eyes! I couldn't belive it. I'm thinking (or mentally justifying) that she is really into stickers right now and she thought they were stickers? :)



Anyway, till next time!