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01 Oct 2013, 10:17 pm

Tequila wrote:
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I'd like to know why sedation is a problem.


Unless the parents have a very good reason for rejecting it, I think the issue is with them.

Frankly, she needs serious help with her issues. This level of resistance to dentists is not normal or healthy..


You obviously have not met many autistics then? my daughter refuses to go to the hairdressers because she is petrified of scissors snipping near her head. She is getting better with these phobias.



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01 Oct 2013, 10:18 pm

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The College has to back one of their members if they are facing potential litigation.


They most certainly do not--this is a professional licensing body, not a trade union. If a dentist is in breach of the rules of professional conduct, the college would come down on him like a ton of bricks.

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The underlying issue is that the girl needs dental treatment but concurrently she is unable to cope with having a drill inside her mouth. There are jaw braces that can lever a person's jaw open and if the girl can be strapped in. However if the issue is she would be emotionally disturbed by the procedure then the father should probably search for a dentist who has done this procedure without anesthesia then seek to get a local dentist who would be willing to attempt the same on his daughter.


The use of jaw braces and restraints is, in my view, barbaric. It is psychologically traumatic to the patient, and potentially dangerous to the dentist or hygienist. While sedation is not an ideal mode of delivery, it is vastly preferable to restraints for all parties.

I expect that the parents have been through the mill with many dentists before Dr. Choi. I imagine that they are turning to the BCHRT because there simply are no other dentists who are even willing to try to treat her without sedation.


agree with all your points...



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01 Oct 2013, 10:30 pm

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01 Oct 2013, 10:30 pm

Tequila wrote:
Ann2011 wrote:
I'd like to know why sedation is a problem.


Unless the parents have a very good reason for rejecting it, I think the issue is with them.

Frankly, she needs serious help with her issues. This level of resistance to dentists is not normal or healthy..


You obviously have not met many autistics then? my daughter refuses to go to the hairdressers because she is petrified of scissors snipping near her head. She is getting better with these phobias.



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01 Oct 2013, 11:07 pm

cyberdad wrote:
You obviously have not met many autistics then? my daughter refuses to go to the hairdressers because she is petrified of scissors snipping near her head. She is getting better with these phobias.


I am aware that it's a problem with some autistic people, especially younger autistic people.

It's still not a healthy or productive response in general.

I don't much like going to the hairdressers either, but it's a phobia that people must get over. Or they can just have their hair grown long.



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01 Oct 2013, 11:08 pm

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She may be partial to anaesthetics and/or sedatives OR the father doesn't want her to regularly sedated everytime she needs her teeth scaled.


In which case there isn't any other option.

She really could do with a lengthy course to acclimatise her to dentists and dentistry and to resolve her fears.

In fact, why they haven't done this already is beyond me.



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02 Oct 2013, 3:09 am

Tequila wrote:
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She may be partial to anaesthetics and/or sedatives OR the father doesn't want her to regularly sedated everytime she needs her teeth scaled.


In which case there isn't any other option.

She really could do with a lengthy course to acclimatise her to dentists and dentistry and to resolve her fears.

In fact, why they haven't done this already is beyond me.


I know how hard it is for kids like her to overcome particular fears but it makes sense that she is gradually exposed to the idea that her teeth need to get cleaned.



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07 Oct 2013, 11:25 pm

When my daughter has melt downs due to fear at the dentist or the doctor, they've always been very professional, suggesting perhaps she could come back when calmer when all else fails.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer