December 4, 2010

Noraini brings in her kids and has a makeover

Noraini has been to the clinic before. She needed a good and thorough clean up first before her makeover! She came in yesterday with Wali and Atiqah in tow as it was the school holidays.

Atiqah went first … she was a little nervous as she had a sore tooth. I told her I was only going to give her some medicine (she had a swollen gum spot) and clean things up a bit, and she began to relax.

I always try to make the first visit as easy as I can … too many children start off their dental experience with a nasty visit, which sets in a fear of dentists! As she needed a lot of other treatment too, we worked out a detailed plan with Noraini so everything would be sorted out in stages.

Next was confident Wali! He’s a seven-year old super active little boy! All he needed was a clean up and a ride up and down the dental chair (like an astronaut) and he was done …. they got their ‘balloons’ and stickers … Spiderman for Wali and Spongebob for Atiqah…. and now it was Noraini’s turn!

Noraini was now ready for her makeover!! She had gaps in her front teeth as a result of her previous gum condition … but that was all in the past now.

The kids were playing with their balloons and poring over the stickers whilst I did a quick clean up for Noraini before we revved up the magic wand.

Wali took an interest and asked me what the blue light was for … I told him it was a special light that made the filling hard enough for her mum to eat with! 😉

It took less than an hour and Noraini was ready for the mirror!