First Visit to the Dentist

Today marks the first of a lifetime of semi-annual dentist visits for Cael. He did pretty good. Took x-rays of his teeth while he sat on my lap and we were covered with the black protective thingy.. He was fascinated with the equipment. Then the dental assistant took us on a tour of the place. Very clean. Dropped us off at a playroom so Cael can be busy without making mama crazy. Was barely 5 minutes before we were whisked away to meet the dentist. She was nice. Very Hollywoody, must be because she also has an office in Beverly Hills! She was very well groomed with (must be) Japanese straightened hair and glittery eye liners. I sat on the chair with Cael on my lap again. Took all of 3 minutes to get the tartar (she called it calculus) off Cael's few front teeth. Had to hold him down of course. He cried of course but I could see it was not painful at all, just didn't like his mouth invaded. He was ok once she was done. Then armed with advice on how to care for his teeth, we walked out where Cael was rewarded with a toy car and a toothbrush and floss. All is well, waved bye bye and off we went. Took us about 35 minutes including the pages and pages of paperwork I had to fill up.