dental visit at school gone wrong?

[HAPPYH]

This is scary.

[Jennifer]

Kiasucy:

Is it necessary to extract left over milk teeth in case they do not drop by end of age 11?

My elder boy is sec 3 this year. He still has 1 or 2 milk teeth. The permanent teeth is resting silently. The pte dentist suggested we take no action since there is no discomfort.

[MrsSeah]

I dislike school dentist. I feel they are in-experience and not skillful!!! I had to spend $500++ to bring my girl to a private dentist to RECTIFY the tooth which was BADLY done by my girl school dentist. They keep drilling hole on my girl teeth and the filling that they put keep dropping out (Each time my girl go back to them to tell them that the filling drop out, each visit will cause the hole to become bigger). When I speak to them, they keep asking me to monitor, monitor and monitor. It was so painful that my girl is unable to eat well for a month. agggrrrr… In the end, I can’t take it anymore, bring my girl to private dentist and was rectify immediately on the 1st visit!!! &*&(&)^F%%& but it burn a big hole in my pocket.

[Jennifer]

MrsSeah:

I dislike school dentist. I feel they are in-experience and not skillful!!!!

I was lucky. During my pri sch days, all my visits to the sch dental clinic were pleasant.

For my children, I only sent them to the sch dental nurse for simple extraction of very loose teeth.

For complication cases like forced extraction due to permanent teeth growing behind the unshaky milk teeth, I sent them to a dental surgeon.

So far, no fillings jobs required for my children.

[concern2]

Oh man, good thing DS himself and I pulled out most of his lose teeth!

[phtthp]

your son pull out the teeth himself ?


he is very brave!
but must be painful to pull out the loose teeth himself. :yikes:

[Karen4791]

I must now stop my children from going to the school dentist to be on the safe side : )

[concern2]

phtthp:

your son pull out the teeth himself ?


he is very brave!
but must be painful to pull out the loose teeth himself. :yikes:

Haha! Both of us are quite skilled at it now! We will normally wait till the tooth is really shaky, usually the permanent tooth would have sprouted at this stage. I'll put ice over the gum near the shaky tooth to reduce the blood flow, stand by tissue, before pulling it out. Sometimes he will chicken out when it refuse to come off, and after a few more attempts, we'll try again the next day. Once I couldn't get a grip, and before I could tell him we do it the following day, he had already pulled it out himself! It isn't painful, and if it is just an empty cavity, there is no blood.

It is amazing how nature works. The lower teeth will erupt from behind the milk teeth, and the tongue will eventually push the new teeth out into place, while the upper teeth will erupt from the front, and the upper lips will push the new teeth down into place when the milk teeth have been extracted. So to prevent having 'rabbit teeth', the milk teeth should be pulled out on time for the new ones, and make sure the child closes his mouth most of the time so the new teeth can be 'pushed' into place. Some kids feel very uncomfortable with the new teeth in front esp, and leave the mouth open, giving a chance for 'rabbit teeth'. (Note: this is from my observation as a mother, and is not backed up by dental reports, and I am only referring to incisors, not molars!)

[zadrian]

What kind of parents is this STOMPer Myra ?


Her kid was suffering from some form of tooth decay or mouth/gum infection so bad that the kid needed to have his tooth extracted and she did not even know about it !

Looking at the hole, it would have been the 1st molar or a fang which would have bothered the kid whenever he ate. I cannot imagine myself with a toothache.

Again, case of rich dad vs poor dad. If school have no dental facilities, then parents complain. If school dental services sends kids for private dental clinics, parents also complains.

If the this STOMPer Myra really bothers or could have afforded (time and or money), she would have wrote in to the school to have her kid assigned to a private dentist, or better still a private teacher, a private tutor or even to a private school. Maybe even a private country with a private army.

[Lynn2010]

Now i can confirm that my decision all these years is correct. That is, i dont let the school dentist to touch my kids’ teeth.


My kids brought back some kind of "consent form" to perform some kind of dental checks, etc. I usually put in the form that - my kids do not require dental care from the school and i will bring them to private dentists.

Not sure if other KSP parents received such "consent form"