posted by Jennie on Nov 5
It was our little guy’s second time at the dentist’s clinic. The first time was a year ago, when he just turned two years old. Although he graced it with ease , it wasn’t the ideal to give him the full stretch of a prophylaxis procedure. That would have been pushing the baby too far and could have caused trauma of sorts. You can view the videos from last year here and here.
It was just sweet that he readily agreed when I told him that we will be visiting Tita Ganda (which he fondly calls Dr. Len) again today and will have his teeth cleaned. There are a lot of kids that he sees without teeth and full of caries and he says he does not want that. This is what gets him to move and brush his teeth before his afternoon nap and before he sleeps at night. This is one of the benefits of routines. Babies and toddlers need routine. They do not know any better and leaving them to figure things out for themselves spells out d-i-s-a-s-t-e-r. It was what helped him sleep through the night from the second month of his life. He was never under nourished even if he did not feed at two in the morning. A baby need not be such a burden, you just have to handle him right. Okay, that deserves a different post altogether.
Going back to this dentist’s visit, I was just amazed by our little guy all over again. My baby was just wonderful all throughout. I was almost anticipating some kind of tension here and there, but there was none. I did not push him toward the dental chair, I just thought he’d figure out from the first visit he had. During his first visit, the hubby and I had to alternately have him sit on our laps. The chair was a little too cold and big for him then.
During today’s visit, it was just lovely when Dra. Len had him participate in the “cleaning process” by handing him the saliva ejector and have it stay in place. Jed loves that! (helping out and participating) Although toward the end of the possibly twenty minute “teeth cleaning process,” we saw the saliva ejector doing this “sword fight” with the other dental tool that Dra. Len was using to clean his teeth, but even then he was still okay. To have a three year old in a supine position with mouth wide open for twenty minutes without whining and no sign of impatience, that is still something. I am one proud mama! We will go back to see Dra. Len again after six months. 
November 6th, 2008 at 12:16 am
My kids were never scared of the dentist. They actually love going to the dentist.
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November 6th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Hi Jo! Good for us!
We don’t need to struggle with them on dentist’s appointments. Sweet!
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November 6th, 2008 at 1:44 am
wow! smart kid! congratz!
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November 6th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Thanks Ally!
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November 6th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
ako scared sa dentist haaaay kahit super sakit na basta ayaw ko magpunta waaa.. pede ba ko jan s dentist ng anakiz mo sis? hehehe…
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November 6th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Naku sis, ako din kaya nga natutuwa ako dito sa bulinggit ko eh.
I used to be so afraid. Probably because we started late tapos yung napuntahan pa namang dentist, tumatak sa ulo ko na sinungaling. Pano niloko ako, sbi lilinisin lang bigla ba naman akong binunutan! lol! Trauma tlaga sis! You can just imagine what I had to go through when I underwent root canal and braces! Anyway, that was something I had to overcome. 
Sige sis, magaan ang kamay ng dentista ni Jed. Bait pa. Nga lang sa Marikina. I can text you her mobile and landphone if you want.
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November 7th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
ang layo pala sis baka papunta pa lang e mawalan na ko ng malay ehehe..
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November 19th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Dentists aren’t that scary really, i think it’s much worse going to a GP or Hospital appointment.
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April 14th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Sounds like you found a nice dentist.
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May 12th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
“i think it’s much worse going to a GP or Hospital appointment.†– that’s so true! Nice smile can help you dramatically in making good first impression. It’s always nice to see lot of white teeth
I’m living near polish border and i found a good dentist in Stettin (Szczecin). They have a great crew (German, English speakers – mosty girls 
) and it’s only 1 hour from Berlin (if you go by car) and last but not least since last year there are no border controls (Schengen Agreement – it’s about time!) so it’s even faster 
. I really like pictures you’ve made at the clinic, it’s a nice idea and I think I’m going to tell them about it. It’ll make their clinic even nicer and more exctiting to go. If you like to check it out, Google “dentus stettinâ€. Cheers.
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November 11th, 2009 at 4:36 am
thanks for the great post. Best regards
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