Ds ( aged 7) having a filling at the dentist - can anyone give me an idea of what will happen?

[lisalisa]

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'Maybe agree with the dentist that he can start to drill without LA, but if DS feels any pain he can have an injection after all and wait for it to take effect before going on?'

Janh, exactly what I would say too. I don;t nderstand why LA wasn't offered, it would certainly help the dentist, as if your ds feels anything he will be jumping around!

Tell your ds & the dentist that he will raise his hand if he feels anything & that's when to give the LA.

'A skilful dentist will be able to drill the tooth with less pain than is involved in the injection'

Disagree here, a skillful dentist would be able to do an LA without any pain (and no gel either...) it is possible. I have had it done!

ds contradicts me and says he didn't have an injection. Possible as he has a v high pain threshold.

When at the dentist a couple of weeks ago I heard a 6-10 year old (am only guessing) screaming like I have never heard.

I would ask for pain relief DEFINITELY and give paracetamol + nurofen an hour beforehand.

Sandcastle, fair enough, but actually he drilled without any pain relief, and ds1 thought it was ticklish. I'm sure that he might have managed to give an LA without it being painful, but ds1 was freaked by the numbness and did scream the surgery down previously!

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sorry, about taking so long to respond, yes, with an injection which she explained was the worst part. dd didn't seem to mind it although I know from experience it does hurt.

I wonder if you want to have a quick meet with your dentist or the nurse, even a phone call, to answer your questions on pain relief before having the work done. I was quite tramautized by dental work (fillings as a child) but my dd was fine with it. In depends on your dentist. If this is a new dentist for your family, you may want to ask more questions and maybe even get a second opinon. I know seems like a lot of work but I would be concerned that your dentist was vague. He/she should be telling you clearly what will happen and open to questions/concerns.

Ladymuck, wasn't critising....honest. I just think all dentists are capable of givng local & doing fills painlessly, if only they took the time & care.

Alot of them don't tho. Was just trying to say neither one should be worse then the other.

But not liking the numbness is totallt different & I can undersatnd why people don't like it.

My son at the age of four had a small filling without any pain relief. He cooperated beautifully. The dentist explained everything and my son didnt even cry.

I was very surprised and so was the dentist. I was was worried that they might have to refer my son to the local hospital for the filling to be done under GA.

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Oh, what good news - well done him, lisalisa!

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Wow, well done, what an absolute STAR!

If there was no noise I bet the used a different machine, like air abrasion to remove what they needed to. He would deff have had sound it was the conventional drill.

Well done him!