On Wednesday Melissa had a special visit to the dentist. This was for a regular cleaning and a "small" procedure called a frenectomy. Melissa was born with a lower frenula than is considered normal. It hasn't been a problem, but the dentist highly recommended fixing it as it is known to be a cause for creating a gap between your adult teeth when they come in. Seemed like a simple thing to do if that is the case. We didn't give much warning to Melissa, just told her the morning of as she is prone to serious worry, especially at night time. She took the news that morning quite well, and kept saying how excited she was that she was going to get prizes from the dentist (and we told her we would buy her a toy too). So at least she went in not kicking and screaming :)
First she got her teeth cleaned. She loves being in control of the "vacuum"...
Getting a brushing demonstration...
After the cleaning she got to pick one toy... (with the promise of two more toys after the procedure).
Getting the freezing put in. She wasn't a fan of the feeling of her lip frozen and feeling strangely huge!
The procedure itself wasn't worth taking pictures of, I was rather grossed out, and felt bad for her going through it. She looked so puffy after. (I had given her Gravol before hand to help sedate her, which it did, and she looks sleepy because of it).
After she got to pick out two more toys, and amazingly enough she was still up for a trip to the toy department at Walmart where she picked out a hotel / carrying case for her Zhu Zhu pets as a reward for being such a brave girl! So far she is healing quite well. Luckily the mouth heals quickly, so it shouldn't be long and this will all be a memory in the past.
