Category Archives: Pediatric Dentist

My seven-year-old daughter developed a cavity on a back tooth, which is weird because they have sealings. I took her in for them to do the filling and they could not get the numbing medicine to work. She is in agony and ended up thrashing about. He did seven shots to no avail. He finally…

I have a five-year-old daughter who is extremely uncooperative at the dentist’s office. I have been through four pediatric dentists in our small city trying to find one who can get her to cooperate and it just hasn’t happened. She needs a lot of dental work and is having trouble eating. I’m worried. She has…

My daughter fell and broke a chunk off her front tooth. I immediately called our pediatric dentist and he said the soonest he could see her is six months from now. I told him we are pretty anxious to get it fixed and asked him to recommend somewhere. His response was that everyone will tell…

I have a ten-year-old daughter. Today she fell and broke a front tooth. I am a bit frustrated with my dentist who said that he can fix it but he cannot see her for six weeks. When I told him I did not want to wait that long, he said it was necessary for the…

My two-and-a-half-year-old had a nasty fall. It caused a lot of tooth trauma, which led to him losing his front two teeth. Our normal pediatric dentist retired and we were sent to another one. Our old dentist had always warned me that we want to save as many baby teeth as possible because if they’re…

Can you help me? I am 16 years old. I’m with a new foster family who wants to help me with my dental care and we’re trying to figure out what to do. I asked my foster mom if I could research. She agreed so I thought I’d start here. I have both baby teeth…

My daughter has strep throat. Our doctor said we’ll want to get her a new toothbrush, but when I got home I realized I wasn’t clear as to when. If I throw it away now and get her a new toothbrush, she still has strep. Won’t that mean she will infect the new toothbrush? But,…

I am trying to find a solution for my daughter. She’s had two salivary gland infections and the doctor can’t figure out why. I know the molar above the salivary gland has decay. It is a baby tooth, though, so I haven’t messed with it. It’s going to fall out anyway. Now, I am wondering…