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Dentist

Coogybear

One of my boys is definitely orally sensitive, but I've never really thought of the other being so (age 18). Yesterday I had quite a job getting him in the chair. My Dentist is lovely and knows all about his condition, which is great. He explains things, takes things slowly and is perhaps the most gentle I've come across. We had to have cuddles (My son and I, not the dentist :) ) and I had to hold him during the whole process, bless.

I've taken care of their appointments religiously over the years and tried a number of ploys to get the other to brush more regularly, even bribery, but to no avail. Yesterday, the filling was caught in time and only tiny, but I can't help feeling that when I'm no longer around, oral hygiene will be something that is rarely visited by either. Years of corrective dentistry wasted all through fear and anxiety. You'd think by now someone would have found a better solution for those on the spectrum.......

  • Thanks socks,

     My younger son uses floss, but won't use sticks or brush with an electric t/brush due to the vibration, which astonishes me given his speaker hugging habit, where he positively relishes vibration. I guess this could be about frequency.

    I will look into the water pick you mention, but i've not encountered this before. Like you, I had severe aversion myself to Dentists for many years and at one point needed a valium to sit in the chair, but looking back I wish I'd had some ongoing support from my parents with it all. In the end I had some serious oral issues through neglect and since then, I've tried to keep on top of it all with good practice at home and supporting my own kids. I can only hope they will continue with it also. :) 

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    Part of my solution to this was to discover dental floss, and more recently the P stick "floss picks". I also use an electric brush - it's much less effort than doing the same amount of brushing manually. I avoided the dentist for many years (over 15) but was delighted when I was encouraged to go again that my teeth were all sound thanks to a daily regime of winkling out everything from between my teeth using the floss (this can be done whilst watching tv) followed by a blast from the electric brush. The other gadget I have is a "water pick" this can get to some problems that evade the floss and brush treatment. The floss and electric brush were recommended by a dentist friend and its a regime that I have found to be easy and I am motivated by the fear of having work done at the dentist.