Philip's Dental Visit

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

Heidi,

Sounds like a rough experience, I am sorry you and Philip had to go through

that! For future reference and for anyone else facing dental issues, you might

want to check out a " biological dentist. " Here is a link:

http://www.iabdm.org

Ingrid