5yrOLD+mom

[rosie]

Wow, Ok Dr. Ron is about an hour and 1/2 from me, I really need someone GREAT for my 5 year old....I also need this for ME, but I am scared to call....I really need to get over this, have taken my 5 yr old to a goof ball dentist who wanted me to FORCE the child to drink four teaspons of some weird stuff to make him tired (whatever the main med in it is, the other med in it was VISTRAL)..Ok me driving him around while he is falling asleep, or gosh only knows what else, this other dentist threatned that there was NO SUCH thing as sedation dentistry in children, that we could take him in a hospital, have him intibated and knock him out if he did not "behave" while pulling a tooth, and an hour worth of drilling, pulps, etc....I AM RUNNING FROM THIS GUY...MY SON HATES oral medications, FIGHTS even when the gas is over his nose, and most denists REFUSE the mother or father to come sit with them. This child is going to grow up with major issues if I cannot find a SAFE, KIND, no ripping us off financially (why do so many dentists tell people they need a zillion things done to their teeth, all which cost a zillion buckaroos..)......
Then there is ME, I just had an implant done under IV sedation (no pain, no memory great MD!!ORAL SURGEON)...I go see my local dentist who tells me that I have a bunch of cavaties, three crowns needed (after I just paid oodles of money one yr ago w/ a different dentist) the new dentist I am seeing says one of the crowns the old dentist put in last year needs to be redone =( WHO CAN YOU TRUST, I have no clue, these people must see me come and either my teeth + my childrens are horrible, or they dentists see us and laugh thinking $$$$$.... I am scared, as a woman who was in a near fatal car accident 9 yrs ago, broke my back, TMJ, on and on other problems and I am on daily medications.

What to do? I am scared as I did have a HORRIBLE experience about 8 yrs ago having root canal done under nothing more than novacaine..

Oh boy well thank you so very much for this website, and maybe I shall be brave and call this DR. Ron in PA...Give me strength....THANK YOU...
Rosie

[Forgot to say]

I live in PA. was talking about the nice dentist who wrote to letsconnect in WEST CHESTER PA. =)

I need help FAST...
Thank you so much for this board!!!
I did take your survery =)

rosie

[letsconnect]

Hi Rosie,

I don't actually have a personal recommendation for him - he e-mailed me himself (though another US dentist who knows him tells me he's a very good guy ).

I don't really know enough about IV sedation in kids to comment. I believe it's different from the IV used for adults. General anesthesia can be preferable in kids for some things. But as I said, I really don't have much of a clue when it comes to pediatric dentistry

I suppose you could e-mail Ron and see if he might be suitable for your needs?

It would also be a good idea to find out if you can make any changes in your son's diet for example, to prevent the need for too much dental work in the future (or if he's got some medical condition which causes this, to find out if there's anything that can be done to reduce any damage) .

Best of luck !

[rosie]

Thank you so very much letsconnect =) I know I did not get into details, however I am so overwhelmed at the moment it is rather hard. My son just had IV Sedation to have a tooth removed, he did well. He just HATES smells, tastes bother him, and dentists scare him half to death =(

I feel like it is all my fault, my own mouth is a mess, and I have spent thousands on it last yr and this, only to be told by the new dentist that I need MORE AND MORE work =( Yes I actually do have medical problems, 1 1/2 yrs ago I lost so much weight was walking around with pnuemonia not even knowing it..In the hospital I went, under 100lbs, at 5'5.....Not good, near death...Yet I survived and am OK!!

Probably due to my health is why my own mouth is a mess, also our water has no flouride in it so we must use vitamins and rinse to get flouride....

I am just tired of dentists, and loosing faith in the ones in my area, I did travel 2 hours for my implant..

Gotta run, thanks,
rosie