Dentist again

[ailbhe]

I'm taking Emer in a week, because today I got a good look at her molars and they look worse than they did a month ago. We're going to the Other Dentist, as private patients, and I have an agreement from the dentist that she will examine every tooth even if Emer is crying and I have to hold her down. The last two appointments Emer had, they looked at her front teeth and Linnea's full set, and said they must be good because Linnea's are gorgeous and all of Emer's teeth visible without serious effort are gorgeous. I described the patches as best I could and was told that it sounded like antenatal damage from a fever.

But I got a good look today and they're not funny. I had Rob look at the worst two, too, this evening, and he agrees that it looks quite bad.

I feel terrible. But given that her teeth might be in trouble, it's far far better to go and force her through it now than risk bad baby teeth damaging the buds of her adult teeth, and of course it's better to take her to the dentist than to refrain from shame.

Comments

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

Perhaps see if they will sedate her? I've been hearing there's safe sedation for child dental patients these days.

[ailbhe]

Not for the initial checkup, but yes if she needs treatment - they would refer her to the hospital for it, because they don't do sedation in either of the dental surgeries we go to.

I think it will actually be not much worse than brushing her teeth can be sometimes, if the dentist can harden their heart and get it over with both thoroughly and fast. My experience of that is that just doing it, firmly and without excuses, gets the job done better, faster, and less upsettingly than trying to be nice about it and shilly-shallying.

It's not very funny though.

[k425.livejournal.com]

Don't feel terrible. I had fillings before I got to school - and my Mum was a dental hygienist who cleaned my teeth firmly twice a day and didn't let us have lots of sweets. I just had crap baby teeth.

My adult teeth (once they removed enough to make space for the rest) have been fine - I do have some fillings, but nothing's been done to my teeth for about 20 years.

[supermouse.livejournal.com]

Poor everyone involved, I think. Bah.

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

Are they discoloured? Holly has a dead front tooth from an injury & it's getting browner & browner :/ She has 6 month check ups & the dentist will remove it if he feels it'll damage her adult teeth.