Initially when I told her about the dental visit, she was all so excited and looking forward to it. Telling everybody that she's going to get her teeth "shiny" again.
But on the day itself, Tuesday, when she walked into the clinic and saw those equipments, chairs and lights, she backed out. The dentist, assistant and me took 30 mins trying to convince her that it will be painless etc. But she kept insisting she 'don't like it'. When I asked her what she don't like, she pointed at the equipments. I supposed this is her first time seeing all these and that makes her scared. My fault for not telling her more about dentist and their equipments.
So eventually, she didn't get her teeth cleaned. But I made a second appointment the next day where I will get my teeth cleaned and she's going to sit in and observe. I wanted to give her an idea of what teeth cleaning is all about and how its not scary at all (ok, I admit, I like going to dentist). She promised she'll get her teeth cleaned after Mummy does.
This strategy worked. Because after my teeth was cleaned, she readily took the seat. But initially she was still reluctant to open her mouth when the dentist took the polishing equipment. I'm thankful the dentist is so patient and friendly with her. He let her touched the spinning tools with her fingers and prove to her its not painful at all. Eventually, she was convinced and opened her mouth.
All of us were so glad. And the dentist did a terrific job of cleaning away her brownish teeth stains (which was caused by food substances).
Of course, I took a picture of her first trip to the dentist. Here she is, showing off her pearly whites.
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