Help - dd9 needs filling & screams when sees needle, dentist says general anaesthetic!

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DD9 needs a filling on one of her adult teeth, we live in Belgium btw.
She has been twice & just screams when she sees the needle & won't let him go any further.
He says she should go to hospital now & have a general anaesthetic
Think this is normal practise here, but don't think so in the UK?
She has weak enamel & this will probably be the first of many so want to get it right!
Any advice please!

Thanks for the advice!
I know it's pretty common for children to have teeth extracted under general anaesthetic, but a filling?!
Is this a bit like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer?

If a general is required, I think it's normal practice for it to be done in hospital in the UK.

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Thanks Pterosaur.
He said it would take place in hospital, however I just worry that as this will possibly be the first of many fillings, is it good for her to have a general each time? Surely a general anaesthetic always carries a risk?
Friends have also suggested Bach remedy to clam her down & I am offering a bribe if she goes thru with it!

Can she not have the filling without the jabs? Even having drilling done, I cope without the needles as I can't bear the sensation. Don't mind the needles, but can't stand being numb. Might not be a possibilty on someone so small though

We are due another try on Saturday, so will call the dentist first & ask re no jab.
Main problem is even thought actual needle is small, it seems to have a massive extension plunge thing on it (I have no fillings so not sure if this is normal! - it's her Da's bad genes!)
She could just be sedated apparently, but dentist says this leads them to want / need this every time, whereas apparently with a general they hold no association & do not "expect" it & could try again with normal means next time. But I am still sceptical, I suppose it's because we are in a foreign country too & I have less knowledge of how things work.

DD was terrified of the needle the first time she experienced it and screamed the surgery down. She was 10 and they were trying to remove a baby tooth (orthodontic reasons). They gave up and the tooth eventually came out by itself. A couple of years later they wanted to remove 2 adult teeth and when they spoke to her about it she asked if she could be put to sleep. They refused but agreed to give her sedation (gas & air - like women get in childbirth!). This went ahead and it was carried out ok. I don't know what will happen the next time she needs the needle for anything. She is 14 and no fillings yet!
Where I live general anaesthetics cannot be given in dental surgeries, it has to be done in hospital under proper medical supervision.