Okay update LOL!

Went into the city to see our dentist and of course she refused to open her mouth to anyone! So rather than risk her having a bad experience at the dentist and hating them forever, the dentist advised that we should come back another time (ie a few months) and not to stress too much as decay takes ages to form - it wouldn't do much harm since she's not in pain (decay hurts them). She gave us some 'toothmoose' which is flavoured toothpaste which is specially designed to help break down early cavities (cavies) and we've been madly brushing away since she loves the flavour and it's easier!

We managed to get a picture of her opening her mouth quite close and took it to the dentist, so she advised getting an OPG scan done (the one that goes around their head) so she wouldn't have to worry about opening her mouth! The scan took two tries but she thought it was great fun on the second and we found out that there was no decay *PHEW*!!! It could be decalcification which is apparently more common in young children but it is on the surface and that is all. If it is decay, it will take long enough to worsen, that she'll lose that tooth before it causes any problems.

So that was a huge relief. The scan was amazing though - we saw her six year molars in her gum already, the roots hadn't formed yet but you could see a good sized tooth in each spot, which looked encapsulated in the gum - really freaky!

Feeling much like I have a load off my shoulders now that she doesn't have decay and doesn't need an anaesthetic. I would be a mess! So yeah, I still think we should all take our littlies to the the dentist more often, you just never know....