We had an appointment with a Pediatric Dentist to assess Javier's decayed molar. First Javier did an X-ray of his teeth. As this is new to him, he listened very carefully to the instructions given by the dentist.
He was then brought to a room where there are all sorts of kiddy decoration all around. There is also a TV showing kids program so that children will get distracted while the dentist "operates" on their teeth. After looking at the X-ray, the dentist said that the tooth was badly decayed. As such, the tooth will either need to be extracted or have to do root canal treatment. She recommended root canal treatment because even though this is the milk tooth, the permanent tooth will not grow out till he is around 11-12 years old. It is important to keep this tooth so that the teeth beside it will not close up the gap and cause issue to the growth of the permanent tooth in future. The dentist did not do any treatment today as Javier was coughing quite badly. We told the dentist we need time to make a decision. We are really reluctant to let Javier go through the root canal treatment. Sigh........
After the appointment, it was about dinner time. We decided to have Japanese food for dinner. We met with Olli in the mall and Jerlene again ran to him for photo taking.
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