keeping up with the Pings: First time at the Dentist

Jillian finally had her first dentist appt. She got to play games in the waiting room, which she LOVED! She got called back and got X-Rays done. Then the assistant cleaned her teeth. I thought she would freak out, but she did very well! She giggled her "nervous giggle", but everyone thought it was cute! She got a T-Shirt to wear at every visist...if she does she gets an extra prize out of the prize box! She got a new purple spongebob toothbrush, toothpaste and floss. The dentist came out and did the exam, she has NO cavities!! And we found out that the discolored front teeth (which we thought was from her not brushing well enough) was actually from the 3 (yes THREE) times she fell and hit her teeth. The first two times she tore the frenulum (which the dentist said looked professionally repaired, I told him nope, it was just from Jillian falling) and the third was when she fell face first into my friends ceramic floor. OUCH! Anyway because of that "trauma" to her teeth she has no nerves in her front teeth causing the discoloration. He showed me her X-Rays and sure enough, he was RIGHT! Those front two teeth have NO nerves. They also said there were two teeth on her upper right side that are inverted a little and if the permanant teeth don't come in straight then she may have to have braces to fix it, but that won't be necessary unless it's causing problems.

Playing Games in the waiting room