Hello, my DD2 (5) has had some negative experience at a dental hospital where she was put under sedation and had a large job done. She now needs a small filling at our usual dentist's and she allowed her to put the anaesthetic in but wouldn't let her do the actual drilling... We spent almost an hour battling with her and ended up making another apt later in the week to try again. I don't think anything is going to change. I SO don't want her to go under sedation again though, especially for such a small job... So, maybe somebody has some advice? any tips? any other ways of doing it? Would be really grateful if you could share your stories. The dentist is a lovely lady and DD knows her since 2, but she just can't let her drill the tooth... and the suction thing she is simply terrified of! Thank you...
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Child scared of dentist... please advise!
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Notinahundredyears · 08/12/2014 12:27
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