I was so looking forward to taking my young daughter in for her first dental check up. She’s three and she has tagged along on several of my dental visits and loved every minute of it. I choose a pediatric dentist and the second we stepped into the office, she had a big smile on … How dare the dentist threaten to restrain my child!
I’m scheduled to see the sedation dentist in three weeks to have my wisdom teeth pulled. I’m normally an anxious patient anyway and I really don’t feel comfortable having the work done unless I take the medication. I just saw on the news that a little girl died while at the sedation dentist, so I … What are the chances I could die during sedation?
I was in the Army- active duty for 12 years. I’m not going to knock the dentists because I know they did the best they could with what they had, but I had a tooth go bad and having it pulled was brutal. I also left the service with some PTSD-related issues and I’m on … Is sedation possible if I have PTSD?
We recently found out our young daughter needs to have a couple of fillings. She’s four and is kind of antsy in the dental chair so our pediatric dentist wants to sedate her. I’m not opposed to it, but as her mom, I’d like to be in the exam room with her the whole time. … Why can’t I be with my daughter during a sedation procedure?