First Trip to the Dentist

Friday, January 30, 2009 by Elana Krutoff



Do you remember the first time you walked into the dentist's office?  Do you remember how old you were? I do.  I was a little over 3 years old and the office was in Scarsdale, NY in a shopping center. The dentist was my "Uncle Mel". Now he wasn't really my uncle but he was my uncle Bruce's best friend.  He was a pediatric dentist. I remember the waiting area with all the toys and never really wanting to leave that area.  I remember having to sit in the chair while "uncle Mel" examined my teeth and then while a very nice lady cleaned them.  I thought this is really not so bad.  Then came the flouride.  She placed these big trays in my mouth filled with flavored flouride and said to try not to gag.  This was when I realized that it was impossible for me not to gag.  After this part was over I was given a toy.  Do you know, that even though those flouride trays scared me tremendously, I still loved going to the dentist.  Getting that new toy was all I needed to brave the flouride trays. 

Now all of these years later I find myself working for the largest Dental Group Delaware houses.  I watch how our dentists and hygienists interact with the children here and see how excited the kids are to come in for their visits. It makes me recal all of those great trips to "uncle Mel" when I was a kid.   

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