NPO for decay repair

It's a really tough decision How old is your child? And how well do you like your dentist? If he/she is pretty typical, then they may require the use of a papoose board if you go the sedation route. That would be a big decision factor if I was facing this choice. Would they let you hold her tightly, maybe even wrapped in a blanket, during the procedure?

Is there any possible way that you could locate someone willing to to ART (atraumatic restorative treatment)? Personally, that would be the route that follow. And in fact, that's what we chose for our son. Unfortunately, we had to travel across two states to get it.

It's the quickest treatment that they can do besides pulling the teeth. Rather than bring out a drill to remove the decay, they just scoop it out with a hand tool. And rather than take the time to place a filling or crown, they use a glass ionomer (sp) that doesn't need to be put onto a perfectly sterile tooth. There's a substantial time savings, and it's also more beneficial for the tooth. They were able to scoop all four of my son's teeth in less than 2 minutes, but they didn't place any filling or glass on it at all (we did have ozone treatment.)

It was really really hard for us, my son was very upset. He was 23 mo. But I held him while they did it, and it really was very quick. I nursed him right afterwards and he cheered up very quickly. I so loooove being a nursing mom, it's such an amazing relationship. As far as our situation, at this point if Nico needs anything that Does require sedation or GA, we'd opt out and have his teeth pulled. It's been a long, hard decision process, and I'm finally comfortable with going that route. That said, I've heard plenty of success stories from mom's who decided on GA or sedation. I'd do ART again in an instant, so long as we're still nursing. Or, have his teeth pulled. HTH, I know there are no good choices, nothing that stands out as being the "right" thing to do. It really just stinks all around.