Well, it has been about a year since I started this blog. The main page has gotten pretty large because I was afraid the really good posts from the beginning would be lost in the Archives and no one will see them. I finally figured out how to add links to all the posts in the sidebar of every page. So, there will be a link to all the posts I have ever made right there. Just click on the subject in which you are interested. The main page will not display all the posts so it will be a more manageable size.
I hope everyone will continue to find the links they need right over there in the sidebar>>>>>>
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
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hi. I have a 4 year old that has 9 cavities. we took him to the dentist and he said it would take 2 hours for the whole procedure plus his talking about "light anesthetic" in which the child would not be a sleep as a full strength of an anesthetic. But instead the light anesthetic which the child will be awake. But is that necessary? or we can use a numbing medication and have the 2 hour procedure done. If it was your child what would you have done?
Sounds like conscious sedation. You can read all my posts about sedation like the post title says--over there on the sidebar. Really, every child and circumstance is different. Sedation is used to accomplish treatment, accomplish more treatment at one appointment, relieve anxiety, reduce patient movement and discomfort.
Think about it-would a typical four year old sit still for dental surgery with no complaint for two hours? -with no sedation at all?
hi I have a one and a half year old that I just noticed she has a dark almost black spot onthe back of her front tooth. It seems like its also onthe gum area. It is hard for me to see since she is so young. Ive made an apt already, but on a bad note, I did give her the bottle to sleep with milk. My two older kids were breast fed at night and their teeth are great. I couldnt breastfeed with my one year old, so I resulted to the bottle, and unfortunately I feel I am a horrible mom, if it is bottle rot. Basically, Im just wondering if it is bottle rot, and how did it develope so fast (since it's black) if she has only had the bottle for maybe a year?
Dental caries is caused by a bacteria, but can be aggravated by ad-lib bottle use after one year of age, especially at night. Night time breastfeeding can do the same thing. It just feeds the bacteria. Of course, get your pediatric dentist to take a look. Things can progress rapidly.
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