A Dental Check Up

Friday was the kids dental check up. I can't really believe its been 6 months, however we have been to the dental pretty much  every three months.

At this check up, Jack and Abi were both big kids. They sat in the Xray chair and let the Dental Assistant take their xrays. They then sat or more laid in the chair to have their teeth clean.

In the end Jack's teeth looked good, Abi ended up having 5 cavities all in the back - two on one side and three on the other.

Until next time which will be September for Abi cavitiy fix and then January for their actual 6 month check up.

A Dental Visit

In January I took the kids in for their second dental visit. Jack cooperated with the dental assistant I was shocked. In that visit we found that Jack had a secondary tooth and a few cavities. So we scheduled for a dental visit for March and we learned that our dental insurance wasn't going to really help us out so we had to reschedule for June. In the meantime our insurance changed and we looking better for this little procedure. I got a call the day before and we were able to get Jack in early. So May 1st was his dentist visit. He couldn't eat or drink after midnight the night before and his appointment was at 11:15 am.

 

As we waited Jack played video games

 

Finally at 12:30 we were taken into the other waiting room to wait for the dentist and then the anesthesiologist

 

The anesthesiologist came in the gave my little man the shot in the butt, we was not a very happy camper.

 

Finally he calmed down and entered his subconcious land. From there the anesthesiologist came and picked him up to take him for his surgery.

 

Finally about 2:00 pm I was told to come back to the room and wait for him to wake up.

 

In the end they found that Jack has another extra tooth so instead of having four in the front he has six. So they decided not to pull the teeth as the additional one was in the bulb of his permanent teeth and the dentist was worried that he would harm the permanent teeth if he tried to remove it.

 

So they will wait until his two front teeth fall out then he will go back in to have his teeth removed. They filled his cavities and he got a silver cap due to the extent of the cavity on that one particular tooth - we call it his pirate tooth, he seems to like it.

6 Mo Check Up

Round Two for the dentist. I was a little worried as to what this visit might bring, however Kids will always amaze.

Abigail went first and so we headed to the Xray room. She sat in the chair got the vest on and roared like a lion, but when the film headed for her mouth she didn't want anything to do with that. Next came Jack. He sat on the chair, put the superman vest on, roared like a lion and allowed the technician to take two pictures.

After the xrays we headed for the cleaning chair. Jack went first this time. He climbed into the chair, got his headsets on, and was transfixed on watching brave in the ceiling. The tech was able to floss and brush his teeth.

Next came Abigail. She climed into the chair, put on the head sets and was close of being transfixed on watching Brave. The tech was able to floss her teeth, but when the brush got to the sides of her mouth she was about done. So a partial mouth cleaning happened.

They watched Brave until the doctor came in. Abigail had no cavities and everything looked good for her. Jack, however, has a few cavities as well as an extra tooth hanging out in his gums. So sugery is on our list of things to do, to get the cavities fixed and to remove the extra tooth.

 

Wish us luck.