Hi everyone,
My 3 (just turned 3) year old has pretty bad decay. He has been going and getting cleaning and everytime the dentist says he is just still too young to do any work. The majority of the decay is on his upper four front teeth. The two front teeth look better than the two on the sides which are slowly just breaking off. I've noticed that he doesn't use the four to chew with, he will bite with his side teeth. I feel so bad for him. So the dentist wants to have my son put to sleep in the hospital and have all the work done at once. We looked into this a few months back and at that time our insurance wouldn't cover the in hospital total care which would have been close to $8,000 out of pocket for us so we opted to wait and seeif he would be able to get the work he needs done. They say he needs crowns on all four! I REALLY feel unseasy about this. I even had a dream that he dies in surgery. I don't know, this is all my fault because I have not taken the best care of his teeth. I feel totally like a failure.
So the dentist wants to ask the insurance again and I really wanted to talk to you guys.
A friend was telling me that here on mothering there have been parents who have cured their kids' teeth through diet? cod liver oil?
Can this actually be done? Please point me in some direction.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
My 3 (just turned 3) year old has pretty bad decay. He has been going and getting cleaning and everytime the dentist says he is just still too young to do any work. The majority of the decay is on his upper four front teeth. The two front teeth look better than the two on the sides which are slowly just breaking off. I've noticed that he doesn't use the four to chew with, he will bite with his side teeth. I feel so bad for him. So the dentist wants to have my son put to sleep in the hospital and have all the work done at once. We looked into this a few months back and at that time our insurance wouldn't cover the in hospital total care which would have been close to $8,000 out of pocket for us so we opted to wait and seeif he would be able to get the work he needs done. They say he needs crowns on all four! I REALLY feel unseasy about this. I even had a dream that he dies in surgery. I don't know, this is all my fault because I have not taken the best care of his teeth. I feel totally like a failure.
So the dentist wants to ask the insurance again and I really wanted to talk to you guys.
A friend was telling me that here on mothering there have been parents who have cured their kids' teeth through diet? cod liver oil?
Can this actually be done? Please point me in some direction.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
