Dentist uses Nitrous Oxide?

Joel M. Eichen D.D.S. wrote:
I just tuned in ... who is Hunter?

My 4 year old boy :-) Good teeth and good dental patient. Luckily as I
have to admit that he brushes by himself about 50% of the time and lets me
help the other 50%.

--
Nikki
Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2)

"Roger Schlafly" wrote in message .net...
"Dr Steve" wrote
Most children do not fear the grocery store because, (1) they have been
there since they were weeks old, and (2) no one has given them any reason
to
suspect it might be scary.

And (3), no one tortures them in the grocery

Saying things such as "Don't worry it won't hurt", or "don't be scared",
or
"don't be frightened of the noises", only plants the thought of fear in
their heads.

Better to give the child realistic expectations of what is going to
happen. If it is going to hurt, then tell the kid it is going to hurt.

I think you just missed the point of Dr. Steve's post. By telling
them what's going to happen, you often increase a child's fear of the
unknown, thus sabotaging the experience completely.

The problem is that "hurts" is subjective. If you say it's going to
hurt a little bit, a child doesn't really understand what "little bit"
means.

Cathy Weeks
Mommy to Kivi Alexis 12/01

In misc.kids.health Joel M. Eichen D.D.S. wrote:
SPECIALIST TIME.

What specialist? The kid started out with a general dentist who referred
him to this pediatric dentist. He was also seen by an oral surgeon but
the oral surgeon said to go to the pediatric dentist for the rest of the
work.

What specialist is there beyond the general dentist, oral surgeon,
pediatric dentist and orthodontist that we've already got on the table?

BTW, my husband just told me he has a teeth cleaning appointment tomorrow
with the dentist we're going to try next with our son. I figure I'll
bring our son to it to just hang out while the work is being done. Does
that make sense to you?

Wendy

"Mxsmanic" wrote
Better to give the child realistic expectations of what is going to
happen. If it is going to hurt, then tell the kid it is going to hurt.
As a general rule, any expectation placed into the mind of young
children will tend to become exaggerated, with the degree of ...

Sure, if you are in a habit of lying to them about what to expect.
I find that telling them the truth works much better.

Adults are like this, too, with situations that they've never dealt with
before. However, since they have considerably more experience, this
helps to temper their exaggerations in _most_ contexts (but not all).

So do you prefer that a dentist lies to you about how much pain
you are going to get?

Thanks! Cool name!

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:01:20 -0500, "Nikki"
wrote:

Joel M. Eichen D.D.S. wrote:
I just tuned in ... who is Hunter?

My 4 year old boy :-) Good teeth and good dental patient. Luckily as I
have to admit that he brushes by himself about 50% of the time and lets me
help the other 50%.

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Joel M. Eichen, .
Philadelphia PA

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We agree!

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:03:22 GMT, "Roger Schlafly"
wrote:

"Mxsmanic" wrote
Better to give the child realistic expectations of what is going to
happen. If it is going to hurt, then tell the kid it is going to hurt.
As a general rule, any expectation placed into the mind of young
children will tend to become exaggerated, with the degree of ...

Sure, if you are in a habit of lying to them about what to expect.
I find that telling them the truth works much better.

Adults are like this, too, with situations that they've never dealt with
before. However, since they have considerably more experience, this
helps to temper their exaggerations in _most_ contexts (but not all).

So do you prefer that a dentist lies to you about how much pain
you are going to get?


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Joel M. Eichen, .
Philadelphia PA

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Pediatric dentist ......


On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:23:51 GMT, Wendy Marsden
wrote:

In misc.kids.health Joel M. Eichen D.D.S. wrote:
SPECIALIST TIME.

What specialist? The kid started out with a general dentist who referred
him to this pediatric dentist. He was also seen by an oral surgeon but
the oral surgeon said to go to the pediatric dentist for the rest of the
work.

What specialist is there beyond the general dentist, oral surgeon,
pediatric dentist and orthodontist that we've already got on the table?

BTW, my husband just told me he has a teeth cleaning appointment tomorrow
with the dentist we're going to try next with our son. I figure I'll
bring our son to it to just hang out while the work is being done. Does
that make sense to you?

Wendy

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Joel M. Eichen, .
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Joel M. Eichen D.D.S. wrote:

Pediatric dentist ......



Except that the incident she described was with a pediatric dentist . . .

meh
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Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care

N'udder pediatric dentist .... one more skilled in medications .......


On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:35:26 GMT, dragonlady
wrote:

In article ,
Joel M. Eichen D.D.S. wrote:

Pediatric dentist ......



Except that the incident she described was with a pediatric dentist . . .

meh

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Joel M. Eichen, .
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Line Dancing impairment?

What the heck is that?



Joel

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:41:03 -0400, Joel M. Eichen D.D.S.
wrote:

From: (Clinton C Zimmerman)
Date: 9/16/2003 10:34 AM Pacific Standard Time
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(Jan) wrote in message
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Subject: Hg statistics
From: (Clinton C Zimmerman)
Date: 9/15/2003 12:34 PM Pacific Standard Time
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cz

1: Occup Environ Med 1995 Feb;52(2):124-8 Related Articles, Books


People with high mercury uptake from their own dental amalgam fillings.

Barregard L, Sallsten G, Jarvholm B.

Department of Occupational Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital,
Goteborg,
Sweden.

OBJECTIVES--To describe people with high mercury (Hg) uptake from their
amalgam
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