Dentist

Well our first trip to the dentist was a good one! Of course a few tears were shed but smiles when we left. I had noticed some brown on his bottom teeth and wanted to make sure it wasn't cavities. I was pretty positive he had gotten cavities since he only wants to drink chocolate milk. I also figured we weren't brushing his teeth like we should have.

We decided on a pediatric dentist in Ames since I knew they would need extra patience for Kinnick. He cried a bit because he had to lay down but once they started brushing his teeth he was fine. They just used a tooth brush to do the cleaning and then the dentist did the counting. She assured us that what we were seeing was just a stain on his teeth. She said there are two kinds of germs commonly found in mouths that can leave a stain... one leaves a cheeto colored stain and the other brown. The stain can be removed with the scraping tool but she didn't want to scare him away so maybe on a future visit. She gave us an additional toothbrush with a stiffer bristle to try to work on it. She was so bubbly and sweet.. what a great first experience!