Well, my daughter went back to the dentist. Yes, we keep taking her every six months for checkups. No, we haven't lost our nerve. At some point during that six month stretch between visits we start kidding ourselves about what actually happened the last time.
Anyway, other kids screamed! My daughter only sobbed throughout the exam. She let them take x-rays! X-rays! You have no idea what a major milestone that is, for all of us. For all the times we've chased her around the examination room and pulled her off the furniture, just trying to keep her in the vicinity of the examination chair... and now there are pictures. of. her. teeth.
And her teeth are perfect.