Saturday, July 25, 2020

Mission accomplished

All done!  Not without difficulties haha.  As expected, there was a lot of stalling, refusals to sit on the chair, refusals to lie the head down on the dentist chair, refusals to open the mouth.  The first tooth actually was handled quite fast.  But then followed 20mins where SE employed all the tricks she could think of.  Our maid Jane and I even tried to hold her down forcefully but a struggling child is very strong.

The previous dentist we went to was occupied so I just asked for an available one (this dental clinic has a rotation on dentists).  This one wasn't as patient... she suggested we come back another time as this was taking too long.  To cut a very long story short, we somehow got her to lie down again. And in 2 seconds, the second tooth was out.  Basically just grip and pull.  Seriously if SE had cooperated from the start, it would have taken less than 5mins overall.

My muscles are still aching from the attempts to hold her down.  And pocket is out by RM90.  But... mission accomplished.

All done

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  1. Nancy ChanJuly 25, 2020 at 11:14 PM

    Phew! What a relief it must be for you and the maid. Will she need to wear braces to cover the gap?

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    1. StacyJuly 31, 2020 at 8:04 PM

      Will tackle that when the time comes. From my own experience with braces, the treatment can only start after the teeth have stabilised. This should be in teenage years.

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  2. munJuly 26, 2020 at 5:14 AM

    Good that you all managed to get her to sit still and open her mouth for the dentist to extract the 2nd front milk tooth. No need jab right? Just rub some numbing liquid on the gum and pull. So how did you both manage to persuade her to sit still again? Promise her something that she wants?

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    1. StacyJuly 31, 2020 at 8:06 PM

      It was all touch and go! She'd probably have been off again in another few seconds. Bribes and threats weren't working. Yes numbing gel was enough as the teeth were very shaky already.

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