Pediatric Dentist

I reciently took our children to their 6 month cleaning at the dentist. Not just any dentist mind you the funnest pediatric dentist anywhere! Just to give you an idea of what the atmosphere is like at this place. You walk into the waiting room to see a train set in the center of the room for the children to play with, there is an animated cow head mounted on the wall, which honestly does kind of scare a few of the tiny ones once in a while. A train goes around the shelf along the top of the room and off to one side is a game room with video games. When kids are done they get a grab bag of dental products. Your typical toothpast and floss with the coolest toothbrushes I've ever seen. They also get tokens for the toy machine or if they choose they can use it to ride the mechanical horse out front. It all kind of makes me laugh when I sit here and write it all down, but this place is always busy. Oh, the things we'll come up with for our children to have good teeth!!!

I snapped a few pictures of the occation. Thought I would share some of them.

Jacob is totally in the zone as soon as they stick those headphones on. There is a screen on the ceiling that they can either watch a movie or play games on as they're cleaning their teeth. It was difficult for him to give the hygenist an answer of which flavor of polish he wanted, never mind that there were about 10 choices!!

The whole process probably took less time than they would have liked. Oh well there is always the waiting room games. (Honestly!)

Although Khora does have two new molars and 8 teeth she's not quite old enough to enjoy the whole experience although they did give her a new toothbrush like the others. She made the best of her time there by simply making herself at home. If she didn't get to sit in the big fun blue seat then she would take the next best thing and go through the cupboards!

I saved this one till last because I just can't stop laughing. Afton has a very sensitive mouth and just hates toothpaste and barely tollerates a wet toothbrush in her mouth for the amount of time it takes me to brush them. So when they pulled out the pollishing brush I sat there ready with my camara for what I knew would come. She just sat there and gagged the whole time. It was probably the fastest cleaning in history, but she got it done. Well done Afton!!! You lived!

The Dreaded Floride Treatment: Do you remember those horrid trays with the thick floride treatment in them that had the consistency of playdo? The whole time they were in your mouth you had to breath through your nose while holding the spit sucker in one hand and the egg timer in the other. You sat there for the longest minute in history and then tried not to hack as they took them out! Next some brilliant soul thought of using a foam that came in a can like hair moose which was almost as bad on the gag scale. Then they simply went to swishing liquid form like mouthwash which no one could last the entire minute doing. So what do they have now? They simply brush on this floride gloss type stuff with a cotton swab to their teeth. That's it! They can eat and drink right after and they simply brush it off at night before bed. Can it get any easier!!! Boy they sure have come a long way!!! See all our torture treatments we went through have paid off for the next generation!