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How terrible is this?????

sophiamarie — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:10:11 GMT

I don't get why this procedure had to be done in the first place BUT I have a question.

Anesthesia is administered by an Anesthesiologist. It is a specialty, right???? So, how come a dentist can administer it w/o supervision???

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sweetpea53 — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:17:02 GMT

My dentist took extra schooling to be able to use it.

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RoughDraft — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:20:36 GMT

A former dentist of mine was a Board Certified Anesthesiologist and dentist. My astonishment is why a three year old needed complicated root canal work. A real tragedy.

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SydneyH — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:21:44 GMT

I thought dentists could use it too, however anytime one goes under, there are risks.

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:25:28 GMT

On 1/4/2014 RoughDraft said:
A former dentist of mine was a Board Certified Anesthesiologist and dentist. My astonishment is why a three year old needed complicated root canal work. A real tragedy.

Their attorney is questioning the ""need"" to have root canals done on a 3yr old.

It's all about the $ any more.

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dooBdoo — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:28:42 GMT

On 1/4/2014 SydneyH said:
I thought dentists could use it too, however anytime one goes under, there are risks.

Hi, SydneyH. You're right. They're allowed to use those anesthetics and sedatives for which they've been appropriately trained. Just as with any of these drugs, there are dangers.

This story is tragic. Frontline on PBS did an investigative piece, re-aired not long ago, about the inappropriate and unnecessary dental work being done on young children. Tragic.

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SydneyH — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:34:07 GMT

Children are especially at risk due to their relatively light body weight. When my son had to be put under to remove something from his ear seems like I had to sign a tome of paperwork even though he was only under 8 minutes. I can tell you it scared the #### out of me.

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Disneylandfan — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:49:52 GMT

Why in the world would a 3 year old need 4 root canals? I would think most dentists would have just pulled the baby teeth instead. Not to mention how did a 3 year olds teeth get so bad?

The article said the parents filed the lawsuit 2 days after the little girl passed away. I know everyone grieves differently but I don't think I would even be functioning enough to think about a lawsuit.

So sad. So very sad.

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Shorty2U — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:53:26 GMT

That dentist sounds incompetent. So sad. I never got put under and I had extensive work done on my teeth over the years including pulling teeth, root canals etc etc. My dentist uses French numbing agents. Never feel a thing.

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SusyQ22a — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 06:29:27 GMT

What a sad, tragic story. I guess as a mom I'm also wondering why a 3 yr old needs root canals too. She still has baby teeth so why didn't they just either pull the teeth or wait until they came out naturally. I think I'd be getting second and possibly third opinions about needing root canals at that age. Also, I don't know any dentists who do root canals due to the extra training an endodontist needs. I've had root canals and have never needed anesthesia for the procedure. They usually numb my mouth up and do the work. Lots of why questions here.

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foundinlv — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 09:44:50 GMT

On 1/4/2014 SusyQ22a said: What a sad, tragic story. I guess as a mom I'm also wondering why a 3 yr old needs root canals too. She still has baby teeth so why didn't they just either pull the teeth or wait until they came out naturally. I think I'd be getting second and possibly third opinions about needing root canals at that age. Also, I don't know any dentists who do root canals due to the extra training an endodontist needs. I've had root canals and have never needed anesthesia for the procedure. They usually numb my mouth up and do the work. Lots of why questions here.

Exactly. The mom must've been very young and inexperienced in this area. As we all know root canals are very expensive and command big bucks. I hope that dentist is never allowed to work again in his field.

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~moxie~ — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 12:57:26 GMT

When I was a child in the 50's many children died after going to see the dentist. As far as I remember nothing ever happened to the Dentist.

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chumlee_ — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:34:43 GMT

What parent would allow root canals on a 3 year old? What dentist would perform them? Sounds like the perfect storm of incompetence and stupidity.

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chumlee_ — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:36:35 GMT

On 1/5/2014 ~moxie~ said:
When I was a child in the 50's many children died after going to see the dentist. As far as I remember nothing ever happened to the Dentist.

Many died?? Where the h did you grow up?

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lovescats — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 14:40:56 GMT

My dentist is a physician also but I don't think he'd ever give a root canal to a 3yr old.

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Krimpette — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 16:04:42 GMT

I, too, was appalled that any would subject a 3-year old to all that!!!!! I had read about this earlier and wondered about all those cavities on a toddler, and root canals?????? Those parents most definitely needed to get more opinions.

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MikafromTopeka — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 16:33:57 GMT

I got suckered into root canals to save my beautiful first baby's teeth. Turns out they didn't work anyway.....I've read that much of how young children's teeth are formed is determined in the womb. He's 21 now and still has enamel issues so sometimes it's genetic/developmental.....or possibly another effect of the autism.

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haddon9 — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 16:38:34 GMT

I don't understand why a three year old would have to get four root canals done!!

What a sad story.

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evelomaddict — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 18:18:34 GMT

On 1/4/2014 SydneyH said:
I thought dentists could use it too, however anytime one goes under, there are risks.

those risks greatly decline when anesthesia is properly administered and monitored. in the case of this little girl, it appears that she wasn't properly monitored. from what i read, she was to be checked on every 5 minutes but there was a lapse of nearly 30 minutes passing by without checking her.

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Qwackertoo — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 18:29:36 GMT

When my daughter, she was 17 1/2 at the time, had her wisdom teeth out, it was at a dental surgeons office, not just a regular dentist and they had an anesthesiologist on hand, they were very strict about it, no eating after midnight, etc. Wheeled her out to the car by the nurse in a wheelchair . . . very careful and cautious. And yes she was scared beforehand at the thought of being put under.

I can't imagine a 3 yr. going through such. I remember when my youngest brother whacked his upper two front teeth on the bricks on the brick wall near the garage when he was maybe 4, and the two front teeth darkened to an off-white grayish color, I guess they died . . . and they just waited for them to fall out and new front teeth to come in.