Kid's 1st dental surgery occurred yesterday - pretty freaked as he had complained about having pain on his teeth one night and ended up with a swollen cheek the next morning (twice the size of his other cheek). Had made some panicky calls to the national dental clinic to schedule a check-up. Found out that the swelling was due to a decayed molar on his right cheek. *Sigh* largely due to bad oral hygiene. Felt like I failed as mom when I heard that from the doctor. That check-up was done on Wed & the surgery was scheduled on Thurs at 730 in the morning.
My baby had to be knocked out to get the offending tooth out. Pained me real bad as I had to hold his hand while he was being given the gas. Was told that the procedure to take out the offending tooth would take some time but he was done within half hour (very long half hour) - largely cos he yanked out the tube that was put down his throat to help him breathe.
He yelled at the top of his voice when he woke up from his stupor after the op. Kicked a huge fuss at the waiting area for about 1.5 hrs. Most traumatic experience & won't want to do it ever again if I can help it (crossing my fingers as he's got another offending molar on the other side).
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Oh dear, is he recovering alright? I didn't have a good experience with the dentist as a kid (remember the days when they use to have HUGE METAL syringes coming out of HUGE METAL boxes *shivers* Still get the shivers from that) and have a huge phobia. But thankfully, the dentists are real nice these days and procedures have improved and after two wisdom teeth extraction, one implant and two more impacted wisdom teeth to extract, looks like my dental visiting days ain't over yet *sighs*
he's fine - just got his best excuse to ask me to brush his teeth every morning & evening *smiles*
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