Tooth extractions in kids, any experience anyone?

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my eldest whos just 12 had another ordontist appointment today (hes got serious "buckteeth"). hes been bullied all his school life and is desperate for a brace.

today we were told he'll have to have 2 milk double teeth out at the dentist within 6 weeks and next may/june he'll have to have 4 double second teeth out at the dentist!

basically he doesnt like our new dentist, we had to change as i couldnt afford the monthly insurance. he loved our old dentist who was very kind and reassuring.

im just wondering why he cant have them out in hospital, especially the 4 double second ones. i wouldnt want to enter a dentists room with the thought of having 4extractions let alone a kid, which he still is

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Mine have had baby teeth out at the dentists and that was quite enough! There is lots of tugging and as a parent it is quite distressing to have to sit there and be brave. These were teeth which were wobbly already and it was a local anesthetic. If it is to be a general, can you not ask for them to be done in hospital?

when my son had teeth out he was referred to a clinic that specialised in sedation, do you have one like that near you? it seemed the easiest way and was done quite quickly, in and out. maybe your dentist knows of a place.

whats a sedation clinic, do they knock them out then?

yes, but only for the time needed to do the extraction, so they wake up almost immediately after. although my son was 4 when he had them taken out there were older children at the clinic.

You could ask your dentist for a referal to a clinic. This is where your ds could have sedation or a GA (if the clinic does that) which given the circs, might be a better option. I would think that a hospital would have too long a waiting list.

If he has sedation, he won't be completely asleep like a GA, just sedated enough to not worry about what is being done, but still able to communicate and do as the dentist askes. If he has a GA then he will be asleep, non co-operative.

oh i see, thanks. so eventhough he'll be sort of awake i presume the sedation is a painkiller as well?and hes not gona jump out of his seat when they pull the first one!

im just going to ring my dentist now and ask

With sedation he will still require local anaesthetic to numb the mouth, they do it with general too to reduce post operative pain.