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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 42699" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>I was awful at dentist, having needed teeth pulled as a preschooler and after the first one, I thought the novacaine shot hurt most, so demanded they do my next one without novacaine, OUCH- it was a few years before I went back. Mom would take me, I would bolt. </p><p></p><p>My oldest child had the misfortune to have her first dental visit be with a dentist who demanded parents not stay in the room- what did I know- she was my first child- I left the room- and returned to find my daughters entire face bruised with tiny bruises from dentist holding her by her face. She was severely traumatized. SHe gets in dentist chair and her jaw clamps shut tight, and she breaks out in hives. Her heat races dangerously. We have tried buspar, ativan, chloral hydrate, clonidine, klonopin.........with no luck. This is my child who even inpatient at the hospital, they could not get a blood draw. She never did get her last set of child vaccines for HS becuz the docs office and hospital could not manage to do them. Sedation seems to not take hold on her until after we leave and go home.........her anxiety seems to hold off the effects or something. Sadly our phops did not help- they refused to restrain her for an attempted blood draw, and refused to sedate her and they did get the needle in, and she broke loose and got severely injured in the process. </p><p></p><p>My little guy, my son, turns out, he was having some dental work done and after the novacaine he began to SCREAM. VERY unlike him, he did not scream for IVs for 2 different surgeries, did not scream during blood draws even when they messed those up really badly and hurt him pretty bad, requireing further treatment for the injury (he did not move, the nurse was just THAT bad) After he began to scream, he became quite physical, again NOT like my son AT ALL...............and after 2 VERY serious and 9 hour long eye surgeries, whew! </p><p>Turns out he is allergic to some of the things they use in dentistry. It is rare, but, I guess the novacaine makes him feel as if he is on fire. Literally......The first time, the dentist berated my son...the 2nd time the new dentist chastised ME for "permitting my son to behave this way" the 3rd dentist said "this is ridiculous" and the 4th dentist said oh my, you need to take your son to an allergist. The allergist did a challenge test and found out my son is one of the very very few who are allergic. ANd my sons reactions are not all so "over the top" after all. </p><p></p><p>Sadly my DHs genes are for very bad teeth........and all the problems associated with behaviors and dentists etc mean my kids have sad sorry mouths full of bad teeth. Add in that when we were on Medicaide for years, - well, one year our school had dental screenings a few days after our Medicaide dentist supposedly did cleaning XRays and work, well, the dental screeeners at the school called CPS to report we had not been taking care of our childrens teeeth.........so- what did the Medicaide dentist DO ? Turns out nothing at all----- (fraud) 2 years later it happened again, even tho we had a different dentist. </p><p>And now? Now we have no dental coverage at all....husband and I are both on soc sec disability but we do not qualify for Medicaide for the kids. My kids get health coverage thru VA, but they do not provide dental. AND living on soc sec does not leave the thousands it is now going to cost for my kids teeth. :-( </p><p></p><p>SUch a sad mess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 42699, member: 1697"] I was awful at dentist, having needed teeth pulled as a preschooler and after the first one, I thought the novacaine shot hurt most, so demanded they do my next one without novacaine, OUCH- it was a few years before I went back. Mom would take me, I would bolt. My oldest child had the misfortune to have her first dental visit be with a dentist who demanded parents not stay in the room- what did I know- she was my first child- I left the room- and returned to find my daughters entire face bruised with tiny bruises from dentist holding her by her face. She was severely traumatized. SHe gets in dentist chair and her jaw clamps shut tight, and she breaks out in hives. Her heat races dangerously. We have tried buspar, ativan, chloral hydrate, clonidine, klonopin.........with no luck. This is my child who even inpatient at the hospital, they could not get a blood draw. She never did get her last set of child vaccines for HS becuz the docs office and hospital could not manage to do them. Sedation seems to not take hold on her until after we leave and go home.........her anxiety seems to hold off the effects or something. Sadly our phops did not help- they refused to restrain her for an attempted blood draw, and refused to sedate her and they did get the needle in, and she broke loose and got severely injured in the process. My little guy, my son, turns out, he was having some dental work done and after the novacaine he began to SCREAM. VERY unlike him, he did not scream for IVs for 2 different surgeries, did not scream during blood draws even when they messed those up really badly and hurt him pretty bad, requireing further treatment for the injury (he did not move, the nurse was just THAT bad) After he began to scream, he became quite physical, again NOT like my son AT ALL...............and after 2 VERY serious and 9 hour long eye surgeries, whew! Turns out he is allergic to some of the things they use in dentistry. It is rare, but, I guess the novacaine makes him feel as if he is on fire. Literally......The first time, the dentist berated my son...the 2nd time the new dentist chastised ME for "permitting my son to behave this way" the 3rd dentist said "this is ridiculous" and the 4th dentist said oh my, you need to take your son to an allergist. The allergist did a challenge test and found out my son is one of the very very few who are allergic. ANd my sons reactions are not all so "over the top" after all. Sadly my DHs genes are for very bad teeth........and all the problems associated with behaviors and dentists etc mean my kids have sad sorry mouths full of bad teeth. Add in that when we were on Medicaide for years, - well, one year our school had dental screenings a few days after our Medicaide dentist supposedly did cleaning XRays and work, well, the dental screeeners at the school called CPS to report we had not been taking care of our childrens teeeth.........so- what did the Medicaide dentist DO ? Turns out nothing at all----- (fraud) 2 years later it happened again, even tho we had a different dentist. And now? Now we have no dental coverage at all....husband and I are both on soc sec disability but we do not qualify for Medicaide for the kids. My kids get health coverage thru VA, but they do not provide dental. AND living on soc sec does not leave the thousands it is now going to cost for my kids teeth. :-( SUch a sad mess. [/QUOTE]
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