Second or third time at the dentist, but FIRST time at Perfect Teeth. They have a game room and arcade in the waiting area! And statues of lions, alligators, and giraffes, which Elliot loved until he found the arcade.
There is a TV playing “The Last Dragon” as the technician cleans his teeth. The walls are painted with sea creatures that we name and talk about.
He loves this place!
And the dentist is great, Dr Lacey.
She says his teeth are quite affected from the use of a pacifier and milk bottle. Although we stopped the pacifier, we did not stop the milk bottle until right after the dentist appointment. Well, I hope Karolina keeps her word and is not giving the pacifier and bottle to him.
He has a cross bite in the back of his mouth. His palate is too narrow from the sucking action. His front teeth and push forward to much. All of these are the effects of the pacifier and bottle so late in development.
On the bright side, he now asks all the time to go to the dentist. He thinks the dentist can help with a cut he has on the top of his foot. In fact for a week or so he keeps mentioning “foots” and “check my foots” when I told him he’s going to the dentist.
We went yesterday to the dentist. He is still asking today, after school, if we can go so the dentist can check his foots. (And of course so we can play the Jurassic Park and Walking Dead video games), his favorites there).
