Teeth

For the last year or two, we had been going to a dentist in Alameda. The dentist was nice enough, but the wait for appts and at the appt was too long. They also changed appt times almost every single time which was frustrating. And they weren't even members of our insurance so not everything was covered. I finally got around to switch and picked an in network dentist that was close and would take me and the kids.

I took the girls about 3 week ago for cleaning and check up and was told Elizabeth had 4 cavities. WHAT?!?! For some reason I don't take it personally that she has asthma, but I took it to mean I was a bad mom because she had cavities, despite the fact that Miranda had none. (I guess I'm a better mom to her.) The new dentist was a jerk. He just said, "She has cavities. You need to floss." When I asked for details or an explanation he just repeated himself. To top it off, he said he didn't do children's fillings and I would have to go elsewhere to a pediatric dentist. Seriously? So I looked around and couldn't find one our plan accepted fully so I selected one a block away from our house that had been recommended by several people.

Elizabeth and I went today and it was lovely. Kind people. On time. Thorough. In fact, so thorough that they couldn't really read the xrays that were provided by the other dentist so did them again and confirmed that Elizabeth, in fact, did not have any cavities. The other dentist had taken bad images and read them wrong. I almost hugged the dentist. I was redeemed!

Elizabeth and I celebrated with a sushi lunch where we sat at the bar for the 1st time. She had a rock n roll, unagi and avocado roll. Delish!