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A Professional Dentist Go-er


So I have been to the dentist for the last three days...although today's appointment was for the kids. On Monday I got 4 fillings and a root canal. Tuesday I got, along with a very stiff neck and a quivery jaw, 5 fillings. Monday I have to go back AGAIN to get the permanent filling on the root canal...all that for the low cost of only $1190!! And that's only the top of my mouth. And my teeth dont LOOK bad! Insane...
So today my 4 year old son went to the dentist for the first time. His 14 year old sister went too but she already knew what to do so, I stayed with my son. He was unsure at first and FRIGHTENED of the overhead spotlight. He was looking back and forth at me and then the hygenist wondering who's side I was on, I'm sure. Anyway, he wouldn't sit in the chair unless I did too so I didnt get as many pictures as I wanted (yes, I took my camera to the dentist. Doesn't everyone?!) He has great teeth and 20 of them, I might add. I guess I thought he would get more but apparently that's the max for kids...you get like 30 as an adult. He hardly had any plaque and NO CAVITIES!! He even let the lady polish his teeth with the "sprinkle thingy" and used "chocolate chip cookie dough" paste MAWMAW!! He made out like a banshee when he scored the SpongeBob toothbrush, SpongeBob toothpaste and Wild flossers. And right now as I'm typing he is hitting me with the toy he picked from their toy box (a ball on a string) which came back and hit him right in the teeth the first time he threw it...I think someone needs to inform the dentist that such toys are, um, not dental-friendly.
Anywho, when we were all done we went down the hall to see his big sister. As soon as we walked in the room he started telling her how to do it, open big, say ahhhh and everything like some big-shot professional dentist go-er! He asked if she was a good boy (he gets confused sometimes) and was she gonna get a toy?...I think he just wanted to steal her bounty. They said she had beautiful teeth and again, NO CAVITIES!! (she did get her picture taken too which she rolled her eyes about and a ring from the toy box :) So thats it for them for 6 months... Oh, but they must continue to floss and brush and have a good diet to keep those healthy "mouffs."
All the crap I've had done in the last 72 hours, and another hour on Monday, MORE than makes up for their lack of dental work...we can't ALL have perfect teeth like some professional dentist go-ers I know...

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  1. KenjLovesSweatshirtsOctober 1, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    Can you get a career as a "profdentistgoer"?
    So funny!!! Love your stories Jeenj!

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