Re: Re: any novocaine contraindications?/Carol

March 9, 2008

Hi Carol,

Jim is very lucky that he has a dentist that has a parent with dementia and

understands completely. Jim goes every 3 months for teeth cleaning. He doesn't

always cooperate for me to open his mouth, so I can brush inside, but he will

for the dentist. I am glad he still cooperates for the dentist, because he

sometimes holds food in his mouth and for long periods that can get yucky and

cause some problems. The dentist is very good with him. The nh provides a

dentsist, but I don't trust that dentist and they can only have so much

equipment with them at the nh. As long as Jim can get in a car and I can drive

him to his own dentist, I will take him.

At the nh, it is urgent to get the teeth brushed, because they don't always

brush the patients teeth at the nh. Most of them they put to bed after eating

dinner without brushing their teeth. Jim has his own teeth and so do some

others. I am always there in the evening to make sure Jim's teeth get brushed

before bedtime. So many health problems can be caused by bad teeth. The ones

with dentures the CNA will take out and put in a glass to clean, but they do not

stop to bush teeth.

It is nice to have a dentist in the family and that Millie had the proper dental

care for her. Your son will be like Jim's dentist and know how to work on the

teeth of a person with dementia and the family of that person will be very

grateful for the understanding, as I am with Jim's dentist.

I hope you are getting some well deserved rest now......................Jan

Re: any novocaine contraindications?

My son, a dentist, did a lot of work on his grandmother. Her mental

capabilities made some things very difficult. the last month of her

life she did not even use her dentures.

Make sure the dentist understands the mental aspects of your patient.

An appointment can be very trying if the patient will not follow

directions. Watch for dentist stress as well. Our treatment was free,

but our dentist paid an extreme emotional price every time he worked on

Millie.

Carol

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> Mom needing a lot of dental work but novocaine will be the extent of

> the office medication - any contraindications to novocaine for LBD

people?

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Welcome to LBDcaregivers.

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