<![CDATA[dental visit at school gone wrong?]]>Son left with swollen lip after trip to school dentist


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]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/36206/dental-visit-at-school-gone-wrongRSS for NodeWed, 06 May 2026 11:02:39 GMTMon, 28 May 2012 08:19:57 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:50:16 GMT]]>I had very bad experiences with school dentist/nurses during my schooldays and swear that I won't let my children suffer the same fate. My DD only goes to school dentist for cleaning and polishing but I am going to stop that too. Reason being that 1 week after her visit to school dentist, we visited a private dentist to have a tooth extracted and the dentist commented that her teeth were so dirty, and it's apparent that the school dentist didn't do a good job.


It doesn't help that I have also heard horror stories from friends. In one instance, the school nurse extracted the wrong tooth!!!! :yikes:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/781126https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/781126Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:50:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:58:59 GMT]]>I would like to say that not every sch dentist is so bad. My son just had 3 fillings done at his sch’s dental clinic yesterday and he had a satisfactory experience.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/781102https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/781102Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:58:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:53:31 GMT]]>

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\"
Yes she bring back the consent form.

When my girl went in to P1, my manager has \"warned\" me not to let my girl does her dental treatment in school. She told me her friend who is a Dentist told her so. Hence, she never let her kids do any dental treatment in school.

I does not believe her. :slapshead: That time I feel, Singapore, THOUSANDS of student using school dental, how bad can they be. I just brush it off. :stupid: Hence when my girl brought back the form for me to sign, I just sign on it.

I am TOTALLY wrong. I let my girl suffered for 1 month of pain. I regretted that I didn't bring my girl to private dentist the very 1st time when the school dentist unable to fix her tooth. 😢

Now, I still let her go to the school dentist for normal cleaning. But for other problem, I prefer to bring her to a private dentist to fix it.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/781097https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/781097Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:53:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:10:13 GMT]]>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"

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/780896https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/780896Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:10:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:10:57 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/780884https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/780884Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:10:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:45:34 GMT]]>

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!)

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/773026https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/773026Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:45:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:26:57 GMT]]>I must now stop my children from going to the school dentist to be on the safe side : )

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/773014https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/773014Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:26:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:23:38 GMT]]>your son pull out the teeth himself ?


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

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/773010https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/773010Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:23:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:14:27 GMT]]>Oh man, good thing DS himself and I pulled out most of his lose teeth!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/773002https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/773002Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:14:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Wed, 30 May 2012 02:08:50 GMT]]>

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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771756https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771756Wed, 30 May 2012 02:08:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Wed, 30 May 2012 01:46:19 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771743https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771743Wed, 30 May 2012 01:46:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Wed, 30 May 2012 01:20:10 GMT]]>

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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771732https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771732Wed, 30 May 2012 01:20:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Tue, 29 May 2012 10:38:30 GMT]]>This is scary.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771540https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771540Tue, 29 May 2012 10:38:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Tue, 29 May 2012 08:42:51 GMT]]>Thought those in-house are dental nurse and not dentist? Can they perform dental treatment for the kids?


Parents do you all still bring your kids to consult private dentist or ring up the school dental nurse in case of any dental problem ?

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

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771490https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771490Tue, 29 May 2012 08:42:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to dental visit at school gone wrong? on Mon, 28 May 2012 12:31:11 GMT]]>The dentist is obviously not very skilled and has caused some bruising that led to the ulcer. I had to do some dental works some years back, and the difference between a good and bad dentist is clear - and painful! Like the poor boy, I was also left with a swollen lip for three days by a newly qualified dentist who obviously was not sure how to place the instruments and pressed really hard against my lip for twenty minutes - as though she is still practising on a dummy. Finally she gave up and called an experienced dentist who was done in less than five minutes.

In the case of a school dentist, the mother is right to pursue it. I definitely would.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771044https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/771044Mon, 28 May 2012 12:31:11 GMT