Re: Philip's Dental Visit

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Heidi,

I am so sorry for what you've gone through. And poor Philip too. It is just sick what our poor babies have to deal with. I don't even know what to say. Thank God the blindness was only very temporary and not permanent. You are a good mom.

Tami DuncanPresident and Co-Founderwww.liafoundation.org

My little 4 year old Philip had to have two teeth pulled. They had absessed. Apparently, he was born with extra teeth that crowded each other out. I first went to see a dentist who said she worked on small children. I get there and she doesn't do filllings on them. I then was referred to a pediatric dentist. She says she can not do anesthesia, just nitrous oxide. I then tried two other dentists, one said he felt I needed to go eslewhere because he didn't like the fact that I knew about dental dangers to children with autism, and the other one was out of town for several weeks. All this time, poor Philip's teeth are still absessed and of course getting worse. I finally had to settle with the nitrous oxide because I just could not take any more time searching with the absess growing. Since Philip is so picky, I had to wait till he was asleep to put B12 powder in his mouth and crushed chewable folic acid in his mouth. I did this for about 4 days before the procedure. I normally put it in his juice, but to make sure it got absorbed, I changed it to directly to his mouth.When I get to the office, they said they would have to strap him down. I figured that; I can barely get him to brush his teeth, much less allow a stranger in his mouth. After the procedure, I go to get him, he was terrified, screaming, and looking all around. He was having a panic attack. He did not look at me. He said to me that he could not see. I asked them, "why is he looking around like he can't see?" They ignored me, and said here is his prescription, take it for a week, and then they left. I took Philip, comforted him, and in a few moments, he started looking and acting normal again and did see since he was grabbing toys. I went home and looked up "nitrous blindness" and it said that in very rare cases, people are permanently blinded by routine use of nitrous oxide. Wow, I never found that in my previous research. I did learn though that B12 and folic acid need to be given after the procedure as well as before. It was an awful experience, but in the end the bad teeth are out, and the absess is gone. I just hate using mainstream medicine. The good news is that since the teeth were pulled, he is speaking more, and in a better mood. Heidi N

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Heidi,

I am so sorry that you and Philip have gone through the terrible experience.

My son Ingvar also soon will need to go through anesthesia for pulling out

two teeth and filling in another two. I really do not look forward to this

event.

I am pumping him up with Methyl/Hydroxy/Adenosyl B12, L-5-MTHF (a

metabolically active form of folate), and Intrinsic Factor. Intrinsic

Factor is a substance produced by the mucosa of the stomach and intestines,

and it is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12. I believe that

Ingvar is genetically lack of Intrinsic Factor. He got it from me. I had

anemia for many years. Supplementation of Iron and vitamin C did not help

me. Not until I started myself with Intrinsic Factor and vitamin B12, had

my anemic condition gone away.

I try to be thorough and do all the preparation I can, but I still worry

that dental anesthesia might increase toxic burden in him and cause

regression.

Limin

Philip's Dental Visit

> My little 4 year old Philip had to have two teeth pulled. They had

> absessed. Apparently, he was born with extra teeth that crowded each

> other out. I first went to see a dentist who said she worked on

> small children. I get there and she doesn't do filllings on them. I

> then was referred to a pediatric dentist. She says she can not do

> anesthesia, just nitrous oxide. I then tried two other dentists, one

> said he felt I needed to go eslewhere because he didn't like the fact

> that I knew about dental dangers to children with autism, and the

> other one was out of town for several weeks. All this time, poor

> Philip's teeth are still absessed and of course getting worse. I

> finally had to settle with the nitrous oxide because I just could not

> take any more time searching with the absess growing. Since Philip

> is so picky, I had to wait till he was asleep to put B12 powder in

> his mouth and crushed chewable folic acid in his mouth. I did this

> for about 4 days before the procedure. I normally put it in his

> juice, but to make sure it got absorbed, I changed it to directly to

> his mouth.

>

> When I get to the office, they said they would have to strap him

> down. I figured that; I can barely get him to brush his teeth, much

> less allow a stranger in his mouth. After the procedure, I go to get

> him, he was terrified, screaming, and looking all around. He was

> having a panic attack. He did not look at me. He said to me that he

> could not see. I asked them, " why is he looking around like he can't

> see? " They ignored me, and said here is his prescription, take it

> for a week, and then they left. I took Philip, comforted him, and in

> a few moments, he started looking and acting normal again and did see

> since he was grabbing toys. I went home and looked up " nitrous

> blindness " and it said that in very rare cases, people are

> permanently blinded by routine use of nitrous oxide. Wow, I never

> found that in my previous research. I did learn though that B12 and

> folic acid need to be given after the procedure as well as before.

>

> It was an awful experience, but in the end the bad teeth are out, and

> the absess is gone. I just hate using mainstream medicine. The good

> news is that since the teeth were pulled, he is speaking more, and in

> a better mood.

>

> Heidi N

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