Ever since Brinley lost her first tooth in August, she has been wiggling and eating lots of apples to get the other ones to come out. About 3 weeks ago, I looked at her mouth and realized that another adult tooth had come in behind her baby teeth. We waited 3 weeks, but the baby teeth were not loose at all. We went to the dentist on Monday, and he confirmed what I had been thinking, we were going to have to pull 3 teeth so those adult teeth could move up.
Brinley was very excited about having her teeth pulled (weirdo!) only because she was going to be able to leave 3 teeth for the tooth fairy! Friday morning, we dropped Clayton off at school and headed to the dentist. They used the gas mask to relax her, numbing cream to numb the gums before giving the Novocain shot. He told me it would take an hour, but she was done in 30 minutes because she did so well! She did not fight anything and he said she asked 5 times if she was going to be able to take the teeth home.
After the numbness wore off, I asked her if it hurt and she replied, "Not one bit!" The only thing my little trooper complained about was having to eat soft foods all weekend. It never bothered her (I wish I had her pain tolerance!) She was very excited that the tooth fairy left her $10 for her 3 teeth and bought herself headphones to listen to her music on.
Thankfully, it was a wonderful experience all around. I was fearful that it would traumatize her and I would never get her back to the dentist, but that was not the case at all!!!
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