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I've been having major dental issues for my son the past month and now I need to decide what to do for his next treatment. What would you choose?
#1) New laser technology treatment who is not a pediatric dentist. Requires only topical anesthetic but my child must be very still. Sprays a lot of water and makes a clicking noise other than that should feel almost no pain.
#2) Go back to pediatric dentist and have him on meds (Versed) which makes him drowsy, with no bodily control and supposed to have amnesia affect of the dental treatment. Drills would be used which is the thing that freaks my son out completely!!! Even on the meds he finds the strength from being almost unconscious to turning into the incredible hulk once the drill starts. He has to be papoosed (velcro blanket for restraint). My son is deathly afraid of the drill even while medicated and on laughing gas (not effective).
I struggle with this decision because I do not want my son subjected to any more torture at the dentist. Due to his resistance his very first experience was so terrible he says he was literally "choked" and hands squeezed against his stomache by 2 assistants while the dentist performed a pulpotomy & filling.
MY regular dentist says to stick with pediatric dentist NOT this laser dentist and so did a couple other people. That even though he had bad experience he is still in better care under a ped. dentist.
Because of the traumatic experiences already at the traditional ped. dentist I wanted to try something new Waterlase, which is laser. I like the no drill and no fear factor of the drill for my son.
This is such a struggle for me since I have seen the terror in his face while in the dental chair. I saw the tears, his face red and eyes swollen. Him choking on his own saliva and coughing and gagging to catch his breath. I would do anything to not subject him to an ounce of stress.
I have an appointment this Thursday at both the pediatric dentist and the laser dentist. I need to cancel one.
What would you do?
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