To the Dentist

I dont like to bring the kids to the dentist. There are dentists in school and the kids should make use of that free service, right?

Every now and then, Zaky would complain about some toothache and I would 敷衍 him a bit and then encourage him to go to the school dentist. Sometimes he does, sometimes, the pain dissolved on its own.

He has super bad oral hygiene. The number of times that he brushes his teeth per day is dependent on how often we remember to yell/ nag at him to do so, which also explains why he needs to visit the dentist so much more frequently than jiejie needs to. Tooth decay, baby root canal, gum infection. You named it, he had it. Zzzzz.

On Wednesday evening, he complained and whined about pain in one of his premolars. Haiz, again?!? The tooth was shaky, hurting and irritating him. Fortunately it was nearing bedtime and I managed to convince him to sleep over it.

The kids spent the whole of y'day afternoon at my brother's place. The tooth didnt cause problem the entire day but for some magical reason, the pain and irritation intensified by 200 folds the moment I stepped into my brother's home. The pain intensity is confirmed directly proportional to my proximity.

Zaky whined so much that we decided to bring him to the nearest dentist after dinner. I am so glad that my current company's insurance plan includes dental coverage and that nearest dentist clinic is on the panel list.
 Hohoho.

We arrived at the clinic shortly before closing. The clinic assistant actually wanted to turn us away but took pity on the suffering boy.. actually the suffering mummy who was trying her best to endure the endless whining. While I was busy filling up the form, the numbing gel was applied and the boy was soon urshered to the dentist chair. Before I even had time to pop into the treatment room, the problem causing tooth had been yanked out. Hooray! 

Bcos it was fully covered by insurance, it didn't cost us a cent. I even booked him for a regular cleaning and scaling session. Haha.

Mummy Lim