On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:56:27 -0400, Karen DeMent
wrote:

Wendy Marsden wrote:

My four year old finally, FINALLY got his dentist visit today, four months
after an x-ray showed a startling five cavities.

Ouch, jujube addict?


Our dentist promptly
referred us to a pediatric dentist, saying she wasn't set up to do that
much work on a small kid.

Yup.

The pediatric dentist fit us in for an initial
exam and a teeth cleaning, but couldn't get us an appointment to treat him
until today.

Things started out fine, everyone was cheerful and no one was scared or
anxious.

Not even the dentist ......

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.

Yes.

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.


So the doc is an amateur psychologist?


The damn dentist threw us out.

Wow!

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.)


Insurance gumming up the works again .....

The pediatric dentist was talking about scheduling an OR for sometime in
the winter (months and months from now) to do all four fillings at
once.

NO WAY! CEASE and DESIST now!

I'm disinclined to put my kid through general anasthesia
again. (Long story, but probably related to why he has such weirdly
horrible teeth: he had a traumatic illness and hospitalization 15 months
ago.)

Want to see some interesting court cases?



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?


Yup, or in the bad old days we slipped the kid a Mickey Finn. That was
chloral hydrate ~ today we have much better!


Joel

-- Wendy

Sorry but I think your child may be spoiled and knows how
to get your attention and avoid situations he doesn't
enjoy. While he may have been anxious, you could have
helped more than you did. Nitrous didn't have anything
to do with this incident.

WHERE did this part come from???


-Karen

--
Joel M. Eichen, .
Philadelphia PA

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