[tattudemom]

I'm ashamed to admit it, but I didn't go to the dentist for thirteen years because of a dentist just like that. He was so mean.

As for the gas, my dentist won't use it on little kids because she said they have adverse reactions sometimes such as breathing trouble. She says it's dangerous. There is some pain we must all feel from fillings, shots, and extractions, but not unsympathetic, mean people to yell at little kids! My dentist uses headphones, sunglasses to avoid the glaring light, and she tries to make sure there's enough numbing gel on the kids first. Her tools are Slurpy and Squirt, and the drill is fighting the bad 'ol sugar bugs, not to mention the toys and freebies that await the children afterward. I love that woman. LOL My boys have never feared going to see her.

[mrsred]

WOW! I just read your post and I know it is an old one, but... WOW! That was a pediatric dentists ofice? I think I would be calling someone.. I don't know, maybe dental referal servicew to let themknow how insensitive they are there, and I would tell every person I spoke with.
When I take my kids to the dentist (pediatric) they are so good there that I want to go there myself! Our youngest is 7 now, but when he was 5 1/2 and I took him for the first time (we got him at five) he was having a hard time. before they took him back I explained that I didn't know how he would react because he has anxiety disorder. He started freaking a bit when they went to clean his teeth, so they slowed way down. Afer a bit they got him to relax and he did great. They were gentle, and kind.
I hope that your son has a good experience with a dentist real soon and can put this behind him. that is the kind of thing that can make a child terrified for life.... and I speak from first hand experience. I am one of the rare people that do not numb from novacane, which was all they used when I was a kid. With every cavity I fewlt every little thing they did. I still break into a sweat just by the smell of a dentists office.

[katlyn]

Yes mrsred, that was a pediatric dentists office, and the dentist that performed the fillings was not the dentist who's on the door, she was filling in for the dentist who owns the practice. Apparently, she is out on Wednesdays, and she was also getting ready to go on Maternity leave, which meant this dentist would be filling in for several Months!!!! I got a bill from this office and the day that I took my son in for his tooth to be capped....AT ANOTHER PEDIATRIC DENTIST....I called them when I got home to find out what for. The woman in billing was explaining it to me and I told her that after what we had gone through, I didn't feel like I should pay them for anything more!!! I was so mad and upset just thinking about it again, and she said can you please tell me what happened. I did..and I started crying I couldn't control myself, when I saw them holding him down and the tears streaming down his face, just the memory will haunt me forever. She said I am so sorry and I will tell the DR about this as soon as possible...and she apologized again. Within 15 min the head dentist, who owns the practice, and was the one we met originally on our first visit, called me back. She herself apologized and said that she would have a nice long talk with her fill in dentist about her bedside manner and that I should have said something sooner. I told her I was not sure if that was a standard procedure there, she said absolutely not, that the other dentist didn't have children and apparently couldn't relate like a mother could. Anyhow, sorry to ramble, but I did take care of the problem and we did go elsewhere and the second experience was soooooo much better, the third not so well...but not because of the dentist, just one of those things. THANK YOU all for being here and making me feel like I'm not such a horrible mom after all!!!