Dental

Took off as early as possible. Send wifey off to work. by the time we reached the dental centre in Sg Akar, it was only 7 bloody a.m. and hardly anyone was there. Had there been a prize for early birds, we could have won it easily.

The juniors are getting their teeth either pulled out or glued, if that's the word they use in dentistry. Couldn't care less. Anyways, Fyfee braved the needle shot with shedding a few tears. I can see in her eyes she was as scared as hell. Nearly jumped out of the super-futuristic-starwars-battleship seat until I comforted her with a few lines of encouragement. Boot-camp style. Didn't know if it really worked but she took the jab with teary but brave eyes. Plus, the nurse was absolutely gentle with her with some classic dental punch lines which I suppose did the trick. I suppose with years of experience and nursing kids of different characters, she really know how to pull it off with little effort. Two protruding worn out useless milk teeth are in the way to disrupt the healthy growing teeth on the upper and lower front jaw. It took less than 5 minutes for the whole procedures to complete and Fyfee was walking out with wide smile on her face despite the fresh bleed on the jaw as a result. But she was happy

We had to wait for another 15 grueling minutes before Azif's turn came on. Fortunately the same nurse attended her again with TLC. He seemed shaky sitting on the chair. His short pants were not helping as his legs were totally bared to the cold draft of the air cooling unit. Nonetheless, his case was completely different as far as the dental visit is concerned. At the age of 8, he fell down face first chipping off a chunk of one of his incisors. Now, he's 15. Damage control time. We need to get his tooth look as per normal without the chipped slice. He was referred to the dentist after the nurse diagnosed him thoroughly. Another 5 minutes wait in the stifling waiting area. The dentist (a lady) was kind to him. I think because she was trained to do so. The whole procedure was immaculately painless as if Azif was taking a pony ride on the disneyland train express. I didn't dare to ask during the whole procedure. She calmly applied some kind of gluey substance, some kinda cement, grinding and chipping work. In a flash, the job was all done nicely. It took another hour before my son realize his tooth look diff. We walked out saying thanks to the dentist. She replied with a nod reminding me to come back for a review next week. I hope Azif will be ok with that.

Both the juniors smiled and nodded with gratitude. I am very pleased. Let see if the same confidence level pops up again on the next visit.