Rock Star at the Dentist

Collin was such a rock star at the dentist this morning.  He has been before but did not remember the experience.  On our way to the dentist, he asked if he had to get shots.  I told him that he did not and he could even confirm that when we got to his office.  When we arrived, he did ask the receptionist if the had to get shots.  She told him no and that they did not even have any shots in the office.  He liked to hear that.  He went to play in the reception area while waiting for his name to be called.

The hygienist first weighed him and he weighs 38.5 pounds.  He has lost some weight since Mimi weighed him last.  Then, he had to brush his teeth in front of the nurse and he did a great job.  She wants us to help him with the back teeth since they are really close together like mine.

Next, he had X-rays of his back teeth to see if there were any cavities....which there were not.  Yeah!  He did great sitting still and counting to 4 each time she inserted a new film tab in his mouth.  When she went to check on the X-ray to see if the quality was good, he looked into the camera that she left in front of him.  He said there was a tiny hole inside and showed me what tiny was by holding out his thumb and pointer finger with a small amount of space in between.  He looked in again and told me that the machine stunk.  I asked him if he like the "shirt" he was wearing which was the protective layer he wore.  He smiled when I asked if he wanted to wear it to school.

He looks so small underneath the protective sheet.  You cannot tell from his facial expression but he was fine sitting in the chair getting the X-rays.

Here he is in the same chair last year.  What a big boy he is now.

He got to pick out a sticker (he chose Transformers) before walking into the examination area.  Before lying down on the table, he picked out sunglasses to wear to protect his eyes from the bright light the hygienist used to work on his teeth.  Here is the rock star in the soccer glasses he chose.

He calmly laid on the table while the hygienist scrapped build up off his teeth and then flossed and polished them.  The dentist came in to check on him, especially his two front teeth. Some of the dark part of the enamel fell off which left a jagged edge on Collin's tooth.  The dentist told Collin that he was going to shave some of it down.  Again, Collin laid there and let the dentist use a loud tool on his front tooth.  It was obviously not sensitive because he did not twitch his foot or hands.  He laid perfectly still. 

The dentist said he teeth looked really good and warned us to floss his back teeth because they are so tight together.  They were prime for cavities to start forming there.

After getting off the table, Collin wanted to look at his teeth.  He knew where there was a mirror in my purse, he got it out and looked at his front teeth.  He actually looked at them again the next morning.  I am sure they feel different and he wanted to see what they looked like.

He did so good that he got to pick out two more stickers and a pencil.