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Tooth extraction

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Theosmum90 · 13/06/2022 18:26

So I have a little boy that's just turned 6 he had a filling in one of his molars 2 moths ago, on the last bank holiday Friday said filling fell out and he was in agony, I took him to an emergency dentist on the Saturday and he had a massive abscess and was given pain relief and antibiotics, we visited his dentist on the Wednesday to have said tooth removed whilst there as you can imagine and 6 year old boy he wouldn't stay still had 1 of the 3 needles needed but refused and more needles as they hurt too much so the dentist refused and referred to the hospital...one week on and he has had more antibiotics as the infection is bad he's on Calpol every 4 hours for nearly 2 weeks and neurofen twice a day also (I hate giving him meds) he sleeps for 2 hours and Wales screaming in pain he's finished school early today due to the pain .... He's been refused an urgent dental hospital referral 3 times and has today been added to a waiting list.... He is 57th in a queue for it to be removed but have been told by the hospital they see 4 children every 2 weeks so they said around a year for waiting list!!!!!! What do we have to do to be sorted I've sat in a & e and turned away as it isn't a trauma to his face..... I've spoken to private dentist and been advised they have a 3 month waiting list and will cost £895 for it to be removed!!!!

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opalescent · 13/06/2022 19:14

Whereabouts are you OP?
I had a similar situation with my child about 4 years ago. I contacted a place called Kensington court dental clinic in Newport (just over the border into wales) and they fitted him in 4 days later, and removed the tooth under GA. Privately, it cost £400.

PinkButtercups · 20/06/2022 08:22

Why won't the dentist open the baby tooth?
We usually take the filling out and just open the tooth to allow the tooth to drain? A last resort is extracting the baby tooth. Got to an NHS emergency dentist on 111.

Theosmum90 · 21/06/2022 14:28

We are in Manchester... We have been to numerous 111 dentist and they all say the same they can't do anything and he needs to be sedated as he gets too worked up with needles we haven't been given the option to have it opened up to drain we are now on our 5th round of antibiotics:(

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generaldoll · 21/06/2022 14:44

NHS dentistry is in a dreadful mess. Contact your MP. The dentists are overstretched, both hospital and general practice. There's not much else you can do but wait, unless your child can accept local anaesthetic.
A wee tip from a dentist. Don't call it "needles" in front of your child, as that word is triggering.
Call it "a wee scratch" or a "small pinprick".

Make sure your dentist gives you/your son oral hygiene and diet advice so you can avoid this happening to other teeth.

PinkButtercups · 22/06/2022 21:43

Theosmum90 · 21/06/2022 14:28

We are in Manchester... We have been to numerous 111 dentist and they all say the same they can't do anything and he needs to be sedated as he gets too worked up with needles we haven't been given the option to have it opened up to drain we are now on our 5th round of antibiotics:(

Oh no! That's shocking! You should phone up and ask if it is an option. At least then it can drain itself. Not ideal leaving the tooth open but usually we would open, drain, pack with temp fill to have easy access if we need to drain again

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