Kylie had her dentist appointment today, and in typical Kylie fashion, she did magnificent. At this particular dentists office they ask the parents not to come into the examination room with their children as they find this helps the child to be more responsive and cooperative with the doctor and hygienist; this made Mommy a little nervous but appeared to have no impact at all on Kylie as she happily waived good-bye as she walked away for her exam.

The exam started out with all of us (Kylie, Mommy and I) in a small meeting room with the hygienist who explained all the policies and procedures to us, including the above mentioned “No Parents” clause. She also told us that after the exam was completed we would come back into the meeting room and the doctor would tell us how Kylie did and what was found. At the end of this meeting Kylie went off with the hygienist to her exam (a little too nonchalantly for Mommy), while Mommy and I went back to the waiting room.

After what felt like an eternity for Mommy, Kylie came back out with hygienist and we went back into the meeting room to speak with the doctor. Both the hygienist and the doctor said that Kylie did fantastic and was one of the best first time visits they had ever had. We were then told that Kylie has no cavities and that the malocclusion of her rear molars is perfect at this point with a class 1 malocclusion with no spacing or crowding issues. The doctor also said that her jaw proportions were perfect and in balance which is great to see in someone so young and that typically this is not something that they grow out of. He told us this was really good news and that it basically means that, in theory, we should have no issues with her teeth developing and she will most likely not need braces.

All this information was discerned from both the visual examination and also from the images revealed of Kylie’s ex-rays. Yup, she even had some of those done on her visit to the dentist and even they did not seem to phase her! Kylie was very proud of herself for wearing the heavy apron and collar (to protect the thyroid) and said that “it didn’t even hurt.” Then the hygienist showed us a simple way to floss Kylie’s teeth; by having her lay her head in our lap and slightly tip her head back. Admittedly this is something Daddy does not do often enough for himself (his dentist reminds him of that fact every 6 months) so hopefully we can do a better job with teaching Kylie of its importance.

I have to say that overall this was probably the best possible outcome for her first dentist appointment, and Kylie is already talking about it and looking forward to her next one!?