Oh. My. Gosh. Today sucked. Emma had her follow up appointment this morning in the hopes of filling a cavity, sealing a couple other teeth, and (possibly) doing a baby root canal on a final tooth. Well, she was wiggly & giggly from the nitrous for the sealants but she did okay. Then the dentist came in and said would "try" to work on the worst cavity and "clean it out" first. She started, the novicain injection went fine but, by the end, Emma had flipped the heck out. I know it shouldn't have been physically painful because I saw them poke her with the little pointy tool after the shot and there was no reaction. But the air puffs, water spray, and grinding noise just freaked her out. She started crying and then screaming and thrashing. We couldn't just leave it open so they had me holding her arms down while another person held her legs, a third held her head, and the dentist finished the filling. It was traumatic. I was shaking, she was sobbing, and the best part? They won't refer her out for sedation to do the other tooth because insurance won't cover sedation for one tooth (which, by the way, is why I suggested sedation for the whole procedure YESTERDAY and was told it was unnecessary)... So now we have to go back & do it all again next week for the final tooth. :(
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