Josh has what they call "shark teeth" in the dental world. His adult teeth grow in behind his baby teeth and it makes it very hard for his baby teeth to get wiggly and fall out on their own. We got lucky with his first tooth but this second tooth was not budging.
A few months ago when the kids had their dental check-ups Josh had a cavity so the dentist figured he would pull the tooth while we was already working on Josh.
So yesterday I took Tyler (who also had 2 cavities...I swear I brush my kids teeth) and Josh to the dentist. Because Josh moves so much and has dentist anxieties they have to sedate him. So we had to go early so they could give him some "sleepy juice" and then we had to hang out in a room watching a show while he got good and sleepy.
They got Tyler in and did his teeth while I was hanging out with Josh. I started getting super tired too while waiting. I think all the crazy traveling just kind of hit me. That or that sleepy juice was in the vents.
After Tyler was done they came and got Josh and took him back. I had to wait in the front. Tyler played on their tablets while we waited. The doctor came and talked to me after he gave him the shots. He said Josh did not like that and was struggling. He also said Tyler had a hard time with his procedure because the cavities were on his back teeth and the dentist had to push back on his mouth to reach them.
I thought maybe the dentist should take out the tooth next to the one that they planned to take out because the adult tooth was so wide. The dentist agreed and said he'd pull them both. Once he was done he came and got me and said Josh did great. The cavity filling was good and the teeth came out super easy.
Because of the sedation Josh was a little out of it for about an hour after we left the dentist. He got to be pushed out in a wheel chair. We took Tyler back to school and then went to grandma's to pick up the girls. Josh feel asleep in the car so I quickly ran in and got the girls.
Once home I put him in the chair to watch some shows and he said he was hungry. I started him out with crackers and he quickly ate those and asked for a corn dog. After that I knew he would be perfectly fine. He wasn't in any pain last night or today and thought it was pretty cool that the tooth fairy came and gave him $2 for 2 teeth. I wanted to take his picture and the girls quickly wanted to join in the fun. I sure do have cute kids, messy face and all!
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