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Shark teeth advice

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Beanso · 21/01/2025 09:17

DD 14 has about 4 teeth growing behind her baby teeth. 1 of them is wobbly but isn’t falling out, the others aren’t wobbly at all. She had this with a tooth when she was about 7or 8 and the tooth had to be pulled out - there was no anaesthetic just a lot of twisting and tugging which was very traumatic and as a result now she finds visiting the dentist quite distressing. We’re now with a different dentist having moved house but this one has zero empathy - we have an appointment today and we’re worried she’s going to want to pull the wobbly one out. Can we request that she is referred to a hospital and have them all removed at once under anaesthetic? Has anyone been in a similar position? We’ve always been with NHS dentists. Would we be better going private? We just don’t want her to be further traumatised so that visiting the dentist becomes a massive issue.

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FlowersOfSulphur · 21/01/2025 10:14

Could you speak to the dentist beforehand and explain? My DD had to have a baby tooth out recently because it was refusing to shift. The dentist used:

  1. local anaesthetic jelly, applied to the gum
  2. when the gum was numb, she injected local anaesthetic to numb it some more
  3. she then removed my daughter's tooth.

My daughter can be quite anxious, but she was absolutely fine with all this - it didn't hurt at all.

EBoo80 · 21/01/2025 10:16

Near us there are specialist private clinics that are known as excellent with anxious kids. I think it varies by dentist, (our NHS one is great), but if yours isn’t understanding, I would ask around locally for an excellent private offering (but stay registered with NHS and just pay for one off private extraction).

Beanso · 21/01/2025 10:20

@FlowersOfSulphur I am planning on explaining to her what happened previously and that it has caused anxiety for her. I definitely won’t let her remove anything this time without some sort of anaesthetic so it’s good to know about the anaesthetic jelly - that’s really helpful info!

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Beanso · 21/01/2025 10:22

@EBoo80 if we’re not happy with the dentist today I will look into this as an option. Would rather pay privately if it means we get better / less traumatic treatment for this

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