Children dentist fear and rtc

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Dd8 had an accident at school as a resultvof bullying last March they required stitches and the front teeth took a lot of the impact. One was wobelly but thankfully tightened up.

We had a routine check up on Friday and it showed the front tooth is in need of an rtc the dentist said that dd has likely been in pain for a while and this makes sense interms of suddenly refusing apples and carrots.

The dentist tried to start the work today but dd clamped her mouth shut and went pale and cried.

The dentist has made another appointment on Monday morning but not sure how to get them to tolerate this.

They also need some fillings in baby teeth the dentist has said one is shallow and wont require numbing one but they would advise it for the other two one in particular is quite deep.

Feeling sad that 6 months ago things didnt look like this and instituted extra supervission of brushing an electric toothbrush and limited sugar when things were put on watch.

Dont know how to help with the fear. She has always gone to the dentist and seen me go.

I beklieve the fear is in some way connected to the bullying. The child concerned unfortunately seems to have not had the best treatment I know they have had fillings and extractions and were very proud at 7 to be the first to get fillings on adult teeth.

DD's been sobbing that she's not going to the dentist ever again. Have tried to acknowledge the fear but and see if she can articulate what she doesnt like but she's just shut down.

Maybe it went too far the other way initially? No one should be proud of having fillings. Have you tried acknowledging that yes going to the dentist is scary and horrible? Then it might be worth discussing options with your dentist about sedation.

Her fear of the dentist is more likely the fact she is having a lot of work done and has been in pain. If she can’t cope then ask about referral for sedation. She will need acclimatizing to being there at the very least. You need to be calm though as kids pick up on the tension of their parents as well. It’s not nice things she has had at the dentist unfortunately so it’s not surprising she is worried about it.

If your child needs fillings due to decay then you do need to improve her diet and her brushing practices as that will prevent further holes. The dentist isn’t insinuating anything other than telling you how to prevent dental decay which you clearly need support with as your daughter as decayed teeth. It’s just a shame they didn’t pick you up on it sooner.

Sorry, which child do you mean? The bully? Or your child?

Sorry appreciate that wasn't clear. I mean the bully. All my own child has had is cealants on adult teeth which they cooperated with fine @DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace

@Lolloped i agree we dropped the ball a bit with brushing about 18 months ago. I started allowing dd to do her own brushing and this coincided with a period on sugary medications. It seems the back teeth didn't get the attention they needed.

When the dentist put a watch on teeth in the last 6 monthly appointment we had a chat about ways to stop things getting worse. I switched to an adult toothpaste, added an electric toothbrush and supervised brushing more. The dentist has said the mouth looks clean and the only dammage to adult teeth is through an accident.

I am looking for ways to desensitise her to the fear.

The dentist has said that while they will put in a referral urgent appointments are taking some time

I felt the dentist was lovely with her yesterday. Asked dd if the front tooth had been hurting and asked for permission to make it clean healthy and strong, so it t doesnt hurt dd agreed she then clamped her mouth closed. Dd doesnt yet know about the fillings as the conversation on needed work was had purely with me.

My 8 year old has been referred for treatment at the hospital. He will be having anaesthetic as its the best option for him. They also offer sedation though. Is that an option to make it more tolerable?

Thanks the dentist has done a referal for treatment with sedation. They have said that this will be better than ga as they would likely need too have a number of healthy teeth out if any signs of eing loose before the ga

I need a filling from a teenager redone myself. I wondered about asking the dentist if it may help to swop the appointment to being my own filling and taking dd to watch

Her older cousin who she respects is also having a filling soon on a tooth with enamel problems. And dh has a scale and polish.