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Dentist - possible sedation

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My son (12) finds it so difficult to open his mouth for the dentist to check his teeth or to let her put any instruments in his mouth. She is worried about his teeth now and wants to give them a clean with her machinery. She has suggested sedating him or giving some kind of anaesthetic on next visit but I am worried about this for lots of reasons. She is a very kind caring dentist but he still finds it distressing. Does anyone have experience of this?  Thanks.

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  • My 13 yr-old has had sedation once before for an extraction, and is due to have another tomorrow, as his milk teeth are impacted.  Both through NHS, albeit a different, specialised practice.

    I put EMLA cream (over the counter £5) on the back of his hands an hour before, to numb them in prep for the canula.  I am allowed to stay with him for the sedation, but not during the procedure.  The sedation is performed by an anaesthetist, the dentistry by a dentist.  The sedation has the effect of making the patient "dreamy" and very relaxed but still conscious.  The patient will remember very little - if anything - afterwards.  It is not the same as a general anaesthetic.

    The patient is moved to a simple recovery bed afterwards where parents rejoin them and a nurse oversees. Some patients vomit afterwards - my son is one of those.  After about 30 mins, and on the say-so of the nurse, they are free to leave.  You need to be with them for the whole of the rest of day, and certainly no school that afternoon. 

    Next day all back to normal. 

    I know this reply is rather later than the original question, but it may help someone else :)

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  • My 13 yr-old has had sedation once before for an extraction, and is due to have another tomorrow, as his milk teeth are impacted.  Both through NHS, albeit a different, specialised practice.

    I put EMLA cream (over the counter £5) on the back of his hands an hour before, to numb them in prep for the canula.  I am allowed to stay with him for the sedation, but not during the procedure.  The sedation is performed by an anaesthetist, the dentistry by a dentist.  The sedation has the effect of making the patient "dreamy" and very relaxed but still conscious.  The patient will remember very little - if anything - afterwards.  It is not the same as a general anaesthetic.

    The patient is moved to a simple recovery bed afterwards where parents rejoin them and a nurse oversees. Some patients vomit afterwards - my son is one of those.  After about 30 mins, and on the say-so of the nurse, they are free to leave.  You need to be with them for the whole of the rest of day, and certainly no school that afternoon. 

    Next day all back to normal. 

    I know this reply is rather later than the original question, but it may help someone else :)

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