This photo is very deceiving. Here it seems he is very happy at the dentist's office. The fact is, however, that the dentist has left the room to attend to another patient first, after spending more than half an hour coaxing this little boy.
So she actually went to see another, last patient of the day, halfway through, so that she could get back to my son and spend more time on him!
Well, the poor boy most probably got this phobia of dentists after his very first visit to a guy dentist. This guy one was not very good with kids. So when he started drilling on a cavity without explaining to Solomon first what he was doing, Solomon got really scared! He struggled and the drill must have hit the inside of his cheek a bit and caused some bleeding.
After that awful episode, I decided to change dentists to a female one who is very gentle and patient. She also has two girls of her own and they happen to live at our condo, so she knows how to handle kids.
Unfortunately, Solomon had already developed a deep-seated fear of dentists. Just like uncle Polycarp! :)
On the very first visit to this female dentist, Dr Christina, we couldn't get anything done at all. He wouldn't even open his mouth. He did try. He was very brave right up to the moment he lied down on the chair. Then he panicked I guess.
So we returned a second time and managed to clean two cavities without drilling and filled them. Since they were done without drilling, the fillings fell out pretty soon. Hence this third visit, last month.
So after the dentist attended to the last patient, she came back to us. We tried everything, from bribery to threats! Nothing worked! First he refused to even sit on the chair! Then refused to open his mouth! Then he kept pushing her hands away!
After more than an hour, I had no choice but to hold him down. The assistant and I held him down and restrained his hands while Dr. Christina went to work.
I was so distressed I forgot to tell her about the second cavity on the other side!!! She obviously didn't see it because Solomon was being so difficult!
So now we have to go again!!!
I am so not looking forward to this...
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