Re: sedation for children undergoing dental work?

[Guest guest]

First - are you sure that your 20 month old needs dental work?

Do you have a holistic, conservative dentist?

And drug or anesthesia is a major risk and don't let anyone else tell you

it isn't.

Get 2nd and 3rd opinions

Sheri

At 05:32 PM 12/01/2004 -0000, you wrote:

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>Last month I got great info here, helping me make informed decisions

>about my dental work. THANKS!

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>This month, my DD (20 months old) needs dental work, with apparent

>dental caries. I'm concerned about how the work can be done with no

>trauma to the child. What's the consensus here about sedatives? The

>pediatric dentist uses VERSED which is a " short acting " sedative.

>ANY drug given to my child scares me (she's only ever had children's

>tylenol, twice) so I'm curious about alternatives. I don't want her

>traumatized so I have to confess that the sedative route has a very

>slight appeal, despite my drug fears.

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>Thanks in advance!

>Sue

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[Guest guest]

First - are you sure that your 20 month old needs dental work?

Do you have a holistic, conservative dentist?

And drug or anesthesia is a major risk and don't let anyone else tell you

it isn't.

Get 2nd and 3rd opinions

Sheri

At 05:32 PM 12/01/2004 -0000, you wrote:

>

>

>Last month I got great info here, helping me make informed decisions

>about my dental work. THANKS!

>

>This month, my DD (20 months old) needs dental work, with apparent

>dental caries. I'm concerned about how the work can be done with no

>trauma to the child. What's the consensus here about sedatives? The

>pediatric dentist uses VERSED which is a " short acting " sedative.

>ANY drug given to my child scares me (she's only ever had children's

>tylenol, twice) so I'm curious about alternatives. I don't want her

>traumatized so I have to confess that the sedative route has a very

>slight appeal, despite my drug fears.

>

>Thanks in advance!

>Sue

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[Guest guest]

I agree with that - are you SURE your baby needs dental work? I guess you would

know, but 20 months seems really young to have problems...... my som is 5 and

has NEVER been to the dentist, although we were told he SHOULD go in for a check

- I really don't see the point! (so they can DIG and POKE at his teeth - I don't

think so!)

Chelly

Owner of:

http://www.diapertesters.com

Re: sedation for children undergoing dental work?

First - are you sure that your 20 month old needs dental work?

Do you have a holistic, conservative dentist?

And drug or anesthesia is a major risk and don't let anyone else tell you

it isn't.

Get 2nd and 3rd opinions

Sheri

At 05:32 PM 12/01/2004 -0000, you wrote:

>

>

>Last month I got great info here, helping me make informed decisions

>about my dental work. THANKS!

>

>This month, my DD (20 months old) needs dental work, with apparent

>dental caries. I'm concerned about how the work can be done with no

>trauma to the child. What's the consensus here about sedatives? The

>pediatric dentist uses VERSED which is a " short acting " sedative.

>ANY drug given to my child scares me (she's only ever had children's

>tylenol, twice) so I'm curious about alternatives. I don't want her

>traumatized so I have to confess that the sedative route has a very

>slight appeal, despite my drug fears.

>

>Thanks in advance!

>Sue

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[Guest guest]

Chelly, I agree with you to a point, but I've always subscribed to the

belief that if children start going to the dentist early in life, they grow

up without fear of the dentist. If they don't go for the first time until

they're five or so, they have plenty of time to absorb horror stories from

others and suffer terror accordingly. I'm grateful that I have a daughter

with totally perfect teeth, but we started taking her for checkups at 6

months - she only had two teeth then!! But she has no fear - just looks

forward to the sticker she gets!

I would be very sceptical about the validity of needing treatment at 20

months, but having said that so many kids nowadays have inherited and

congenital dental problems, that their teeth come through bad...( I'd

certainly get another opinion.

With all this said, I am in the UK and maybe our approach to dental

treatment is more laid back...?

Love, light and peace,

Sue

" It is not unfair to conclude that medicine is the only branch of science

that has based its structure on opinions and suppositions rather than on

laws and principles. " - Vithoulkas, " The Science of Homoeopathy " .

> I agree with that - are you SURE your baby needs dental work? I

> guess you would know, but 20 months seems really young to have

> problems...... my som is 5 and has NEVER been to the dentist,

> although we were told he SHOULD go in for a check - I really

> don't see the point! (so they can DIG and POKE at his teeth - I

> don't think so!)

>

> Chelly

> Owner of:

> http://www.diapertesters.com

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> First - are you sure that your 20 month old needs dental work?

> Do you have a holistic, conservative dentist?

>

> And drug or anesthesia is a major risk and don't let anyone

> else tell you

[Guest guest]

Yes, Sue it is more laid back in UK

You have NOOOOOOO idea what its like in the US and even I have no idea as

it is changing rapidly.

They want to seal everything, fluoride everyting, clean up into the roots

and on and on.

Be very sure she needs the work - these are baby teeth

And also any of you ASK FOR lidocaine WITHOUT epinephrine

That will go a long way toward reducing reactions and ALSO getting rid of fear

By have epi in the lidocaine, you are basically injecting the fear hormone

No wonder I was full of fear

Once I stopped getting that, the fear wasn't there of the dentist (for the

most part ;-)

Sheri

At 11:48 AM 12/02/2004 -0000, you wrote:

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>Chelly, I agree with you to a point, but I've always subscribed to the

>belief that if children start going to the dentist early in life, they grow

>up without fear of the dentist. If they don't go for the first time until

>they're five or so, they have plenty of time to absorb horror stories from

>others and suffer terror accordingly. I'm grateful that I have a daughter

>with totally perfect teeth, but we started taking her for checkups at 6

>months - she only had two teeth then!! But she has no fear - just looks

>forward to the sticker she gets!

>

>I would be very sceptical about the validity of needing treatment at 20

>months, but having said that so many kids nowadays have inherited and

>congenital dental problems, that their teeth come through bad...( I'd

>certainly get another opinion.

>

>With all this said, I am in the UK and maybe our approach to dental

>treatment is more laid back...?

>

>Love, light and peace,

>

>Sue

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> " It is not unfair to conclude that medicine is the only branch of science

>that has based its structure on opinions and suppositions rather than on

>laws and principles. " - Vithoulkas, " The Science of Homoeopathy " .

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>> I agree with that - are you SURE your baby needs dental work? I

>> guess you would know, but 20 months seems really young to have

>> problems...... my som is 5 and has NEVER been to the dentist,

>> although we were told he SHOULD go in for a check - I really

>> don't see the point! (so they can DIG and POKE at his teeth - I

>> don't think so!)

>>

>> Chelly

>> Owner of:

>> http://www.diapertesters.com

>>

>>

>>

>> First - are you sure that your 20 month old needs dental work?

>> Do you have a holistic, conservative dentist?

>>

>> And drug or anesthesia is a major risk and don't let anyone

>> else tell you

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