Please help!

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Rushed our son to the dentist last Thursday with a toothache, and

due to his autism, they say he will have to be put under anesthesia

in order to do what needs to be done to his teeth. These are baby

teeth, and the cost of this is going to be expensive.

I'm scared about putting him under. I fear he could regress or

worse. I am also wondering about the safety of a stainless steel

cap. I need input from parents who have had similar dental issues

with their child who has autism.

I would also like to get a second opinion. I would like to hear

from parents in the Dallas area. What dentist do you use for your

child who has autism.

I like the dentist we went to very well. They were very caring and

patient with Ethan. The dentist is a mercury free, pediatric

dentist.

The anesthesiologist along with the work is going to cost around

$2400! If we're lucky insurance may cover half, but we don't even

have half, so I don't know what we're going to do. Both my parents

and my husbands's parents never did anything about our baby teeth

when we were kids. However, Ethan was in pain, and the dentist says

this is a tooth he should keep for a while. If we pull it, we run

the risk of his other teeth spreading out. He fixed it temporarily,

but that won't last and it will start hurting again.

I can't believe an anesthesiologist costs 600 an hour! I cna't

believe how expensive dentalwork has become. As with all of you,

I'm sure, we want to do right by our kids, but that seems an awaful

lot of money to spend on teeth that will fall out within three years.

I was hoping to scrape up enough money o get Ethan in to see Dr.

Krigsman some time this year.

I'm terrified of the anesthesia part of it. Please, any advice

would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Haven