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"JoAnna" wrote:

"Wendy Marsden" wrote in message
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Things started out fine, everyone was cheerful and no one was scared or
anxious. He got in the chair and was laughing and fine. But five minutes
into the nitrous oxide he suddenly started whimpering and curling up and
got clingy and weepy and scared. I wasn't able to figure out what was
causing the anxiety - I really think it was a reaction to the nitrous
oxide. The dentist just thought I had a wimpy boy that I babied - which
wouldn't be a crime if I did, but that doesn't happen to be the case.

The damn dentist threw us out. So much for pediatric dentists knowing
how to work with kids! He offered no solution beyond we'll try again on
Monday. Meanwhile, this dentist is a 45 minute drive from my home, he
isn't a preferred provider in my insurance plan and he thinks I've caused
my son's mouth problems through neglect (which just isn't true.)

I think I'd go back to my regular dentist and ask her to do one
filling at a time.
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I'm thinking of finding a dentist that does NOT use nitrous oxide but who
will prescribe a valium before the visit. What do you think?

-- Wendy

I had some kind of panic attack at the dentists while on nitrous as a
teenager ...never used it again!! I have had all my wisdom teeth pulled with
just novacaine. same with the root canal I had and any fillings.

as a child we had a fillings done with nothing IIRC. Certainly not nitrous.
Do they need something for pain? ther aren't any nerves in babyteeth are
there?

There definitely ARE nerves in baby teeth at least until they are
ready to fall out.

I had fillings done as a child not only with no anesthetic but with
the old slow drills. It did hurt. DD#1 had a couple of baby teeth
pulled (canines I think) without anesthetic and I'm sure it hurt her
too (I didn't know they weren't going to use anesthetic until
afterwards - she wasn't too happy about it - she was about 7)

I never actually had any anesthetic for regular teeth work until I was
about 26. I did have sodium penthol (sp?) (as a gas) for impacted
wisdom teeth when I was 18. The next ones I had out I had some other
anesthetic.


grandma Rosalie