Fillings for LO - help

[pickupthismess]

Apparently DS's enamel has not formed properly. Over the last few years our private dentist has been filling holes in a couple of teeth with a kind of white putty. Now another dentist says he needs a proper drilled filling/tooth out. Has anyone got experience of this?

Both of my DDs have shockingly bad teeth - you would think I had fed them on diet of lollipops and fizz. The dentist has called it enamel hypoplasia (or something like that??). 5yo has had three teeth out, 2yo has had one out (she had only had the tooth for two months at the time .

They both had it done at the local hospital under general anaesthetic (gas). The younger one is a stoic and didn't seem to mind much at all - wasn't fazed at all by the gas, and just cried for a few minutes when she came round. The older one doesn't do anything the easy way and she was upset about the anaesthetic and beside herself when she woke up. It isnt a nice experience for you or them but it is over pretty quickly, and it has solved their toothache.

I am just wondering whether there is anything I can do now to stop their permanent teeth having the same problems...

Tanks mummyella. I am really stressed about the thought of a general for a tooth. How did they react to the gas?

dd1 had 3 crowns and 5 fillings done under anaeasthetic a few weeks ago...she's 5. I was horrified, but she has a good diet, very few sweets, etc. and its really down to bad luck/genetics and, in her case, very close fitting teeth. We now know to floss - would not have thought of it with an under 5!

She had 'conscious sedation', an injection into the back of her hand...she yelled when the needle went in, but it was very fast and she didn't remember a thing afterwards. She was slightly sick after coming round (very common, be prepared) and woozy/pale for a few hours, then eating and fine by the evening - and very proud of her 'silver crowns'.

The gas has a very strong smell so it is a bit scary for them.

One of mine stayed totally calm and relaxed (sitting on my knee) the other one struggled and fought which was horrible, but at least in my hospital they let me hold them as they went off, and I think that is usual.
They can hold the mask a little bit away from the child's face for a minute to calm them before they put it right over their nose and mouth.

Try not to worry too much - it is all over very quickly and even my older one talks about it proudly now .

They may not let you keep his tooth, which is annoying. We had to write letters to the tooth fairy explaining that she had to pick up the tooth from the hospital.

mummy and eli - it sounds awful - poor things. Did your LOs go to special children's orthodontists or was it just at the local hospital?