Meigan's 1st Dental Visit

We have heard from countless people that have adopted children from China that they have bad teeth and how they always had cavities and such. Everytime we heard it we would just nod our heads and think ya but Brian is a Dentist and so it won't happen to us or think that they really just fed their kid candy to keep them quiet. Well the last few weeks we noticed a stain appear in Meigan's 1st molars and so we tried scrubbing them harder to keep them clean. When that didn't work Brian pulled out his explorer and started to poke around (Meigan is really good about us brushing her teeth and checking her teeth, she loves to open up and have us check them out, she even carries one of her toothbrushes around the house and chews on it like she's trying to brush them herself.) Well much to our suprise Brian found two cavities! We got her into my office a few days later and after a little coaxing (she's pretty used to my office) she got up in the chair but wouldn't lay down and watch the cartoons. So we had mom lay down in the chair and then Meigan layed down ontop of her and watched the cartoons on the ceiling. We put the laughing gas on her and she was a gem. I have a new Laser that allows me to fix teeth without having to get people numb most of the time so we used it on Meigan and was able to fix both teeth without any tears, pain or struggle. She wasn't a real fan of the experience as you can see from the last picture below. She really didn't like the taste of some of the products we use, but really who does! She even gave me hug later when I came home from work which was amazing! Anyway Jodie is talking me into placing sealants on all of her other baby molars as soon as the come in. (she is cutting a few molars right now which hopefully explains the cranky, grumpy, sudden tantrums, mood she has been having lately.) I was afraid I would have to have one of the Pedodontist sedate her to fix the cavities so it was very nice to be able to get it done without the hassle and worry of general anesthesia or even having to poke her to get her numb.