For the last 3 days, Luke has had something stuck between his 2 front teeth. Every attempt was made to remove it, but with no luck. Actually, Luke took it on as his biggest challenge to keep us from looking in his mouth -- screaming, kicking, biting, etc. It was like wrestling with the tazmanian devil.
So today Jami decided to drop by her dentist's office to see if they could help. Upon first examining the tooth issue, the dental hygienist said, "It looks like a cavity." Gasp. Jami nearly fainted.
Then Amy, the hygienist, got out the "hook scraper" (there's probably a much better term for this but you know the tool). Luke sat perfectly still without a single peep while she checked out his front teeth. When she turned on the overhead light, he just looked up and gave her a big ol' grin. Great Luke ... why couldn't he have been more cooperative with his parents! With one attempt she slipped out the lodged food particle, which looked like part of an oat perhaps from a granola bar.
Luke's first visit to the dentist took less than 5 minutes, involved no tears, and was an all-around happy experience. Let's hope that future visits to the tooth doctor are just like this one! Yeah right...
