We've had our first dental disaster this last month. Dylan, 8, has had several root canals and yesterday was the last day of hopefully a long list of dental work that had to be done.
We started with a doctor closer in town that was recommended to us, but that turned out to be a joke. Dylan went in for his first root canal and only started the second.....DIDNT FINISH IT. Samantha was in there and apparently the doctor wasn't too nice to her. He said that Dylan needed some additional work, but because he was having a hard time that they would schedule another appointment to come back.
Samantha was so turn off by that doctor that she found another one here in Katy and Dylan went in 3 times this week. The doctor was very very nice and we have nothing but good things to say about her. In all, I think Dylan ended up with 3 root canals, had a tooth removed because of an abcess and had one crowned.
Some of you may think we are terrible parents, but we methodically teach our children to brush their teeth in the morning and before bed. Samantha said that while they were there the other day that there was a 4 year old that was going in for multiple procedures too. Oh the joys of dentistry.
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I'm having major dentist issues to. My six year old has multiple cavities and won't open her mouth for them to get them fixed. They want to put her under general anesthesia which would cost us a whopping $5000 because we don't have dental insurance! This is all on baby teeth no less! If she would cooperate, we'd save $3000!
They gave him some demerol and something else to help with the stomach getting upset because of the demerol and then the gas and I had to pay for that, the insurance doesn't cover it and it was only $130 so you should do some more checking...he was pretty out of it...and for the record it was only 1 root canal.
Wowzers. Well, I am glad to hear that Dylan hung in there like a champ. It will only be another few years until we have to deal with this.
I too had a root canal this week. Sorry to hear the Doctor wasn't as pleasant as he should have been towards you. Glad to hear you were treated kindly by the last doctor. Dr's need to know how to respectfully deal with parents and children alike.
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