Posting here for traffic really!
My 2 year old woke up Saturday night complaining of a sore tooth, and has been complaining about it on and off since then. We think we can see something off in the first bottom left molar
I booked him an appointment at a private dentist (I've been trying to get us into an NHS one since we moved 5 years ago), which we've just got back from.
She looked as best she could, he didn't want the pokey tool going in his mouth though and isn't the most compliant of patients being 2 😂 she said she couldn't see anything wrong, and if he was still complaining by Thursday to come back so she could refer to hospital for extraction, but then it would be weeks-months for an appointment
I was more than willing to hold his mouth open for her to get a better look but she said not to, I lean towards gentle parenting generally but this is one of those times I'd be a little cruel to be kind, I really don't want him left in pain over Christmas!
Would you try and get him an appointment elsewhere tomorrow? Or is it pretty pointless and I'm going to get the same results anywhere? I thought they might have the option of gas to calm them enough to do a filling, but a filling wasn't offered, it was do nothing or come back for a referral to hospital for extraction 🤷