In Sept, Janelle was reviewed by school dental and received a referral letter to Singapore promotion board dental for GA and filling.
Called in to make appointment and had to wait till next year Jan, luckily there was a slot that a patient just call in to give up the appointment in nov. Immediately i took it despite that it's janelle nap time.
The appointment is 2.50pm but nurse requested us to go in before 1.50pm to take antibiotic before GA is given. Guess what, we reached at 1.30pm and do all the registration and wait... wait... 1.50pm i checked with the register that janelle need antibiotic before seeing dental.... 2pm i reminded them.. and 2.15pm.. I lost my patience and asked them the 3rd time. I told them that if they are not going to give janelle antibiotic why do we need to come one hour early. Just to wait for 2.50pm? if is 2.50pm my janelle don't have to skip her nap. ARGH. and by 2.35pm finally we managed to see one dentist.
I'm proud that janelle was able to sit down and let the dentist had a quick check. It's a quick one before janelle says "finished" - her favorite words recently when she don't want to continue. Dentist shared that there are a few decaying tooth here and there on on the baby tooth which not much of a big concern as it will drop off. However there is one tooth decay and is impacting the permanent's molar tooth and she will need GA in order for her not to struggle and hurt her during the cleaning and filling. And dentist referred us to KKH for GA.
Don't ask me why? i'm wondering why need to refer us to SPB when the school dental nurse already stated need GA and SPB can't do it. Wasting our time. To make things more complex, SPB need janelle's neurology to do the referral, insist of direct referral to KKH dental in order for us to be under subsidized rate. So now it's a waiting game again, went back to CMC@2 nurse and sent in the referral letter for Dr Chan reviewed and for him to do the referral for us.
Sad to say, guess Janelle was overtired and had fits that afternoon during her nap at 4pm.
You should be very proud that Janelle made the dental visit so easy. So many other children don’t like going to the dentist. Keep her positivism about going to the dentist up now and I can assure you that it will last a lifetime. This will help ensure her oral health as she grows up.
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