20 month old needs tooth pulled *AMAZING UPDATE!!*

[baileyann3]

I brought my daughter to the dentist yesterday. She has a tooth that is broken in half, like parallel to her gums, and the bottom on the tooth is brown. I thought at first it was trauma and bruising. She wasn't in pain. I started researching and decided to go from a 15 year vegetarian lifestyle to following the WAP model. We aren't totally there yet, but getting there.

He said that her tooth has rotted to the root and that it needs to be pulled. He was short, cold, and rude. He did not explain anything to me and when I asked a question he referred me to his tech. I told him we were trying to heal her decay through nutrition and asked if there was a "wait and see" option. He said his tech will tell me about nutrition and that if I wait then it WILL get infected and she will be in a lot of pain. And then he left. So his tech started telling me about the "nutrition" I needed to know- "Don't let her eat sticky sugary things, like gummy bears, and don't drink chocolate milk unless its with meals when there is more saliva" oh great, thanks.

I told her that the doctor was cold and I felt like he was blowing me off and I would not need an appointment-- so besides any of this..


Are there really no other options if the tooth has rot to the root? Does my little girl really need a tooth pulled? What will this do to her other teeth? Her adult teeth? What is the procedure like?

I also looked on this dentists website and it said one of there policies is that dont allow parents in the room for procedures like that- is this normal? I can't imagine leaving her there.

Shes just so little

[baileyann3]

Update

So I went and got a second opinion. I also would never let this guy touch my daughters teeth again, even if the tooth did need to be pulled.

I called the WAPF leader for my county and she recommended this dentist who also happens to be a friend of mine's FIL. So i called her, and she gave me some info. I called the office and name dropped and they told me to come right in! While I was there, she never had to sit in the seat, I held her and lifted her lip. She did not cry once. He said that he would never pull her tooth, because he would never feel right about it. She is too young and it would be too traumatizing. She would be a memory she would have forever, he said

He said if it was his own child he would just let it be, wait and see. If it does become infected, then he will face the infection holistically! I am so happy I went with my instinct and got another opinion. I am so glad I found someone that isnt trying to treat decay aggressively in a 20 month old! I am SO glad I found someone that is more worried about making patients for life, then making a paycheck this week!

Then I told him who recommended me (the WAP lady) and he said he had no idea who that was then I said that I had been researching healing decay with nutrition and he said that wont work ( double )

So I asked him what I can be doing to help my daughters teeth, and he said just brush them! He also said to never use a toothpaste with flouride because "its a chemical"! I'm so glad he said, because I had a mini battle going on in my head about whether to use it or not.

So this is me now ---->
My daughter wont have to go under and he didnt charge me! Which I was NOT expecting. He even gave us a kids toothbrush and a 10% discount card for my next cleaning! WOOHOO

TISCHLER DENTAL in Woodstock is the BEST

(can I do that? )

[Neva]

Glad to hear you got a good second opinion. We had to find a fourth opinion and someone who wasn't there to make $$ off of us.

Delaying pulling a tooth is what we have found to be the best answer for my DS. Now we're dealing with abbcessing so the tooth may have to go, but we're 1 1/2 yrs closer to when it would have fallen out naturally.

[MoonStarFalling]

Glad you looked elsewhere. And no, I would never ever let my child go back to have work done without me. You were right to question the first dr.