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Fear of Making a Dental Mold
Asked by A.I. from Dallas
on March 11, 2012
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For several years we have not been able to get our son to do a dental mold/impression so he can be fitted for a spacer. We have tried bribing him, threatening him, sp...
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- My daughter has sensory issues that have made dental visits hard but I have found lots of great advice on dental fear central. This page had many suggestions on gaggin...
- How old is your son? If this is not a life or death thing - if the issue can be corrected at some time in the future, then wait till he's older and may have more contr...
- The dentist can give him laughing gas though, or something to make him loopy. If its important to his dental health then you should go with drugs.
Dental Filling During Pregnancy
Asked by V.M. from Los Angeles
on June 24, 2008
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I had a metal dental filling drilled on and replaced when I was 7 months pregnant in January, and within two weeks I was hospitalized with what the neurologist informe...
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- V., Good for you for thinking outside the box. There are so many people who wouldn't make the connection between MS symptoms and mercury poisoning. My Mom had M...
- V., First off, congrats on your new baby boy! I too had a mercury filling removed while pregnant. Not my dentists first choice but he said the dam would keep most...
- Wow. That must have been so scary for you . I hope that you and your son are ok. I wish you all the luck in the world in finding out if mercury was the cause of the pr...
2 Y/o Grinding His Teeth!
Asked by M.N. from Evansville
on June 18, 2008
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My son is 2 1/2 and he is grinding his teeth off and on during the day! He started doing this around 2 but only a couple of times. I would ignore the behavior hoping t...
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- Hi M., This is not the kind of "habbit" you imatate and pick up that way, but it does run in families. If he has not been to a dentist, make him an appointment. I...
- Having been a grinder all my life, there are a couple things I know. Grinding can be caused by stress and can also be caused by a misalignment in the jaws. You shoul...
- Hi M., Since he's not doing it in his sleep then it sounds more like a habit almost like sucking his thumb. My suggestion would be to completely ignore him when he...
HELP!!!.....I Need a Pediatric Dentist
Asked by D.M. from Salt Lake City
on September 6, 2006
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My 6 year old daughter has cavities,(nothing we could have done to prevent it, she had a fever while these teeth were developing and ruined her enamal) we have insuran...
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- Dr. Cary Stark pediatic dentist. Draper 112 E 12450 S.....###-###-#### My boys ages 6yrs and 3yrs have really liked him. My youngest had two cavities and had to be...
- D. - My children, boy age 9 and girl age 5 go to a great pediatric dentist named Barney Olsen. He's also a pediatric orthodontist. He was recommended by my sons ort...
- Hello D.! My 7 yr old daughter had to have a bunch of dental work done too, yeah it sucks.. :) My daughter has the same problem, she is just a bear to deal with at t...
Son Having Oral Surgery
Asked by J.K. from Philadelphia
on May 26, 2010
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My 3 year old son has an infected tooth that the dentist we saw says should just be pulled. It is a molar that will usually not come out till he is 10-12 so if they p...
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- It sounds like he needs quite a bit of work done and he is only three. I can tell you that if the molar that needs to be extracted is infected it will be imposable to ...
- My 2.5 year old was put under for extensive dental work. At first insurance denied the claim, but the dental office wrote a letter explaining the situation (young chi...
- Oh my goodness, let them put the child to sleep. It is worth every penny.
4 Year Old Needs CAP?
Asked by J.L. from Pittsburgh
on October 14, 2008
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OK, so I'm all about preventative dental care. But let me run this by you guys! I took my 4 year old to her first dental cleaning a few months ago. She has two cavit...
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- When I was 4, I had exactly the same thing happen to me. Please, please, take her to a pediatric dentist. I went to a regular dentists, they didn't let my parents in...
- I take my kids to a great pediatric dentist office in Peters Twp. It's called Pediatric Dentistry South ###-###-####) and it's over in Warerdam Plaza. We used to see D...
- My daughter has been going to a dentist in Mc Murray called Dentica-Dr. Jim Goldsmith ###-###-####, since she has been 18 months old. She has had to be put under 1 tim...
Root Canals in Children
Asked by L.W. from Peoria
on June 30, 2009
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My oldest daughter is 11 & just found out today she needs to have a root canal!! Has any one else had a child that age have a root canal? If so how much pain was there...
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- I have been a dental hygienist for 5 years but had been working as a dental assistant 6 years prior to graduating hygiene school. So this root canal is this on a perm...
- Just weighing in on root canal - not to scare you - but sometimes root canal is very painful despite anesthesia. Mine was. Apparently I don't "numb up" like the usua...
- My son had to have one done, probably around your child's age. If the dentist know what they are doing, it is not painful. They will get the shot to numb the area anyh...
4 Year Old with Cavities
Asked by C.B. from Washington DC
on October 25, 2008
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I am looking for other mother's experiences with the filling of cavities in children. I took my son to have it done and the whole experience to me seemed ridiculous (w...
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- It's been 11 years since my son, now 15, had his first dentist experience, but I clearly remember it because I was so impressed with the dentist and his assistant. Th...
- C., I've been there and done that with my now 6 yr old, she was also 4. We tryed the same thing as you, she got so sick vomiting and a fat lip. Then our dentist, recom...
- C., My daughter has deep groves in her molars, and had to have three fillings. She was four when we had the fillings done. A woman dentist did her fillings (small...
Root Canal
Asked by N.H. from Pittsburgh
on December 2, 2008
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I am scheduled to have a root canal done tomorrow on my front tooth, and I'm scared to death. I've heard that once you have a root canal you have more of a chance of ...
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- N., I had a root canal done on a molar that broke about 6 or 7 years ago, then had a crown put on it. I have not had any problems with the tooth since. I was mortifi...
- i know lots of people are scared. if the root is bad,you need to have a root canal. you could a sinus infection or infection in your gums. take of yourself,if not for ...
- I am probably the extreme but i have had a terrible time with my root canal tooth. I had to have a cap put on after. After a couple of years of the cap coming off, i...
15 Mo Old Still Not Sleeping Thru the Night.
Asked by R.C. from Sacramento
on February 27, 2008
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It started around the time he moved from breast to bottle feeding at night about 9 mo old. I have been trying to get him off a bottle completely to no avail. Its been ...
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- Hmmm, my pediatrician said bottle are fine until between 18onths to 2 years, but in the end it is really whatever works best for you. Is he awake because he is hungry...
- R. C. After having two and watching others like you Boys can't be compared to the little girls. Your boy still wants the warmth and touch of the comfort it brings h...
- Letting him cry it out for over an hour will likely just exasperate the issue. I'd recommend check out the website www.pantley.com/elizabeth - she's the author of ...
