First Dental Check up

We had asked the neonat for dental referral during the last visit. As i suspected the enamel of her incisors are partially gone due to her bad reflux during infancy.

Then dental clinic is located in Cleft Craniofacial Centre just next to the Children development unit. Just like any children clinic, staffs are friendly and the place is cosy. The staffs are also distributing balloons to the kids. I saw a few secondary students sculpting the balloons in the room. While waiting for P's turn, she went to play corner and was playing with the few kids there instantly. This is a big improvement for her, perviously she will just stand aside and just look and behave like a loner. Recently, we have seen that this behaviour has improved, she is playing with kids when we are doing shopping and playgrounds.

When it was P's turn, we went in, it is nothing like private dental clinic which is equiped with tv and whatsoever. The dental officer is a very friendly lady. P has to sit on my lap on the recline chair as she is still small. The dental officer showed her all the tools that will be used to count her teeth and she get to feel and hold the tools. P is pretty cooperative, opened her mouth for the check up. The dental officer told us that yes her teeth is thinning and good thing is the enamel is nt fully corroded. Since it is milk teeth, we will just wait for it to drop since her reflux is so much better compared to when she was a baby. The other thing that we were told to do is to mix her toothpaste with adult toothpaste during brushing time. As kid's toothpaste is low in fluoride.

P will be back again for checkup in a year time. So far there is no decay and her teeth are perfect except the thinning part. We hope that she will maintain a good oral hygience.