Comments on: Her first dentist visit (as told in pictures)

By: Dental jam at Lesbian Dad

Dental jam at Lesbian Dad — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:15:22 +0000

[...] have I seen a first dental visit go smoother, except in the case of his older sister. Â And here we were expecting hellfire & brimstone. At least if we’d have believed him, [...]

By: Hair today, gone tomorrow at LesbianDad

Hair today, gone tomorrow at LesbianDad — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:37:41 +0000

[...] The whole affair was fascinating to the lil’ monkey. About as much so as her first dentists’ visit, and no more traumatic. Like at the dentist’s, she was sitting in her very own biggirl chair, subject to the detailed and thoughtful ministrations of a grown-up stranger. She believed us that it wouldn’t hurt, so the rest of it was just a big adventure. [...]

By: IrreverendAmy

IrreverendAmy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:05:06 +0000

A friend of mine who’s a hygienist says it’s best not to bring kids in until they are three, because before that children are just frightened and confused and you can’t explain to them what’s going on.* The dentist (at least the one she works with) would rather be able to make a good first impression. So you brush their teeth from the time they appear, create good habits yada yada, and of course come to a dentist if there’s a broken tooth or whatnot, but no regular dental visits ’til 3.

*though maybe stickers would suffice

By: immoralmatriarch

immoralmatriarch — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:50:48 +0000

I love how she kept her hat on the entire time.
My 4 yo loves the dentist so much that she told us she wants to be a ‘dentist doctor that teaches karate on weekends’.

By: lulazoid

lulazoid — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:39:52 +0000

Gosh, what is it in the US? My SO’s stepfather was a dentist and he would do exactly the same: no anaesthesia. That said, I’m the wrong one to pipe up as I only see the dentist once a year for some cleaning after which he eyes my pearlies woefully and says: nothing wrong, once again. Not a single filling in there. At least I can thank my genes for something.

Here kids see the dentist for the first time at the age of 6 after they have changed their first set.

By: Chumpy

Chumpy — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:15:22 +0000

This generation of kids are lucky. My parents fed us sweets every day with rather predictable effects on our teeth. Our family dentist never used any kind of anaesthetic. He was tall, lanky and reminded me in a scary way of ‘The Cat in the Hat’. His waiting room our only exposure to Dr Suess books.

I dont like the dentist but wifey comes out in a cold sweat. Her childhood dentist performed extractions without anaesthetic. She has to be patient-whispered by our dentist whose technique involves repetitively humming the Scooby Doo theme. Grandmotherly nestling by her most voluptuous assets is also in the equation somewhere.

Well done monkey and well done you for making this an experience to repeat.

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:48:03 +0000

GW, I can see whereof you speak. They had quite a booty-filled room (coloring books, stuffed animals, bottles o’ bubbles, etc.), from which she could choose her own goodie after the adventure was over. If our lil’ one begs for a fourth birthday party there, I think we’d be crazy to say no.

By: GreenWeaver

GreenWeaver — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:04:13 +0000

I loved the dentist so much at that age that I begged my mother to throw my fourth birthday party there. I believe my logic was partially based on the ready abundance of stickers.