Girl dies at the dentist

I think we'd ALL be in trouble if our dentists decided to go for CPA certification rather than CPR!, LOL.
 
I glad I am alive. I went to dentist last time about 7 years ago.
I am glad my tooth was pulled by a doctor in dentist when I was 8, I did not get tooth inside my body. Whew!
 
It is sad and terrible, indeed. My prayers goes out to the girl's family and to other victims who were in the similar situation.

I am sure to some extent, All dentists are required to have training in that kind of situation but the problem is, some of them don't have equipments that specializes into being able to save somebody when something arises. Sure, They might have some kind of equipments but it is not to the point where they can be able to do it.
 
Wow, that's very sad about that happened.

If my daugther goes to dentist, I would tell them to let me in the room with her and if they refuse then I will leave then. Because I cannot trust ANY doctors or dentists or anybody with my own kid tho. Since, we have crazy people out of the world, we don't know what will be happen to us or our kids or everybody in one second.
 
Tousi said:
Hard to imagine a 7 yr old can't swallow a small tooth without any problems. I wonder if there's more to the story.....
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Sounds like whoever was administering anesthesia falied to maintain a proper balance between the nitrous oxide and the oxygen. Too much nitrous, not enough O2. If it were a simple matter of the tooth coming out of the forceps and falling back into the throat, sitting her up and forward would have rectified the problem. Or if it was ledged in the throat (very unlikely, given the size of a baby tooth) the Heimlich manuever would have brought it up.
 
Byrdie714 said:
Odd. Have you ever asked them why that is? If their answer isn't satisfactory, I would let them know that you would take your business elsewhere.
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There are many valid reasons for not permitting parents in the operatory during procedures. The vast majority of pedodontists enforce that rule.
 
Byrdie714 said:
Odd. Have you ever asked them why that is? If their answer isn't satisfactory, I would let them know that you would take your business elsewhere.
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They have good reasons for the rules - but not good enough for me. I flatly refuse to leave my daughter(s) alone with them for any reasons...and I let them know upfront. I will take all the precautions that are needed (e.g., wear proper attire, etc.). But leaving them alone is not an option.

Same for surgery. So far *knock on wood big time* no surgeries but if they had to undergo one, I'll be in that operating room. My child died in my arms in an operating room...I'm forever grateful I was there to see her enter the world...and leave it. She was never alone, and that itself gives me enough to go on with my life. That experience is why I'm so adamant about being in the room, even for a tooth extraction or filling.
 
jillio said:
Sounds like whoever was administering anesthesia falied to maintain a proper balance between the nitrous oxide and the oxygen. Too much nitrous, not enough O2. If it were a simple matter of the tooth coming out of the forceps and falling back into the throat, sitting her up and forward would have rectified the problem. Or if it was ledged in the throat (very unlikely, given the size of a baby tooth) the Heimlich manuever would have brought it up.
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There could be allergic reactions?

For instance, I have a friend who is allergic to Novocaine, but she's not allergic to sleeping gas. So, if she has surgery... she is put to sleep instead of given shots.
 
VamPyroX said:
There could be allergic reactions?

For instance, I have a friend who is allergic to Novocaine, but she's not allergic to sleeping gas. So, if she has surgery... she is put to sleep instead of given shots.
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That's a possibility as well.
 
There should be more to the story cause my 8 years old did swallow a small tooth before, nothing bad happened to him.
 
Angel said:
There should be more to the story cause my 8 years old did swallow a small tooth before, nothing bad happened to him.
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This is true. Kids swallow baby teeth all the time! My son swallowed one of hus front teeth when it came out while he was eating an apple. The only problem it caused was him being upset because he didn't have a tooth to put under his pillow for the tooth fairy!
 
Seeing my own 8 years old doesn't have that many adult teeth, he still has his baby teeth. And can you just imagine how small a 7 years old tooth is? very small. it's hard to believe a 7 years old choke on a tooth that small unless it was an adult tooth. Who knows.

I rather to wait on an autopsy to find out what cause the death of a 7 years old.
 
Wow, that is sad...so young girl. :cry: Few years ago,I had my four wisdom teeth removed while under general anesethesia and the only side effects, i had from it was puking my guts out for about an hour :barf:or so after they woke me up! :ugh3:
 
this is horrible, i hate dentists! I was slapped across my face when i was 6 by my dentist cuz i was crying b4 i had to get my tooth pulled and he wouldn't let my mom come in with me.
myblueeyes--- i had my 4 out too and i didn't throw up but i got an infection so i had to go on antibiotics and i was in lots of pain:( i lost like 10 lbs cuz i cud hardly eat anything:( thank god i never have to do that again! (i was put under too tho...but still) some of my friends got 4 taken out but only 2 at a time!yikes
 
Cheri said:
Seeing my own 8 years old doesn't have that many adult teeth, he still has his baby teeth. And can you just imagine how small a 7 years old tooth is? very small. it's hard to believe a 7 years old choke on a tooth that small unless it was an adult tooth. Who knows.

I rather to wait on an autopsy to find out what cause the death of a 7 years old.
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If the child suffers from an allergic reaction, then the throat will swell up making it smaller. So, a small tooth would still be "too big" for the swollen throat.
 
VamPyroX said:
If the child suffers from an allergic reaction, then the throat will swell up making it smaller. So, a small tooth would still be "too big" for the swollen throat.
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In that case, it won't have been the tooth lodged in her throat, but the anaphylactic shock from the allergic reaction. Also, if it was anaphylactic shock, the dentist should have detected it and not gone on with the procedure. That type of reaction becomes evident almost immediately after the medication has been administered.
 
jillio said:
In that case, it won't have been the tooth lodged in her throat, but the anaphylactic shock from the allergic reaction. Also, if it was anaphylactic shock, the dentist should have detected it and not gone on with the procedure. That type of reaction becomes evident almost immediately after the medication has been administered.
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Not all allergic reactions are instant.
 
VamPyroX said:
Not all allergic reactions are instant.
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I said "almost immediately". And an allergic reaction that kills produces anaphylactic shock. Anaphylactic shock will normally beome evident within 3 minutes of adminsitering the drug that causes the allergic reaction. In fact, my son has such an allergy to several different antibiotics. When he was a child, everytime he needed antibiotics for an illness, I had to take him to the emergency room because they were afraid he would cross react to a different antibiotic. They had me take him to the emergency room because they wanted a crash cart in the room in case he went into anaphylactic shock following the injection.

Anesthesia in the dental office is administered intramuscularly, the same way an antibiotic injection is adminsitered. The reaction would be just as quick.
 
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