Hi GM,
Well, my son's teeth were pulled today. (two front teeth).

I took the xrays from the previous dentist with me to the new dentist. He had a look at them, then examined my son's teeth. Said they both needed to come out.

I gave him Arnica 12x 30 minutes prior and immediatly after having the teeth pulled.

HE WAS A LITTLE TROOPER-MAN. He's only 3 1/2 and didn't shed on tear. The dentist was FANTASTIC. He asked my son if he liked bubble-gum..then put the cotton bud swabbed in anesthetic on his gum (tasted like bubble gum). Then he asked him if he liked magic - my son duly nodded - then the D played a game (to distract him) of counting to ten...and my son had to wiggle his big toes while counting with the D and his assitant! ..they were fantastic...my son never even knew a needle was involved!!!!!!! Amazing.

The teeth were pulled and he didn't even know it!! This is when I told the D that I had given Arnica and he said, "Oh, that is why there is SO LITTLE BLEEDING "! And asked if I had another dose to give !!

He was expensive - but my goodness...worth every cent! My son only cried when he realised the bubble gum 'stick' was gone from his mouth!!! LoL!!!

He's a bit clingy this evening as a result...still think it was a little traumatic...but he ate okay..and drank,etc...and is peacefully sleeping.

Thanks GM, for all your support, help, guidance and advice!
I'll post on his case later - if other things develop.

Again, thank you.
Lisa

Excuse me for being nosy but why did your 3 year old have to have his front teeth pulled out?

broken and inflamed.

Yep - GM is correct .

Ricky, he had a NASTY fall two summers ago (about 18 months back) while in Greece. Fell forward (while toddling his independent self along ) right onto his front teeth.

His teeth were white and beautifully healthy before the fall. Soon after - of course, the gums (top) were shredded - and it took weeks for the swelling (didn't have any Arnica with us ) to go down. Then as the weeks passed, the four front teeth were noticeably damaged. The colour began to change...they weren't shiny anymore. They weren't broken initially - but they looked awful. We took him to A&E, but they said there was nothing we could do......

Over the last 18 months - the right incisor chipped off (was weak) a small bit. Then last week, he was playing around - and eating a biscuit or some snack...came to give me a cuddle and when he grinned at me, I saw his front left tooth had broken (at the gum! ) and the root (that was almost dead...this particular tooth was the worst..and had turned greyish/blackish) was exposed...

The teeth had been overly sensitive to cold (and sometimes hot)...

Anyhow, when it broke..I asked GM what we should do...leave it alone - or get it checked.etc....and when we initially took him to a dentist here (military hosp dental centre) the D just covered it up with a cap, even though he had just told me that it needed to be pulled. So, we called round and found another D, who agreed it (and the other front tooth) needed to be extracted. They were crumbling and weak. Half the enamel was missing on all four front teeth, but the two middle ones were the worst. Also, he said to pull the two incisors could cause problems with spacing, so he left those alone for the time being.

That's what happened. Poor baby always seems to be in the wars.
But, this latest D was great . Thanks for asking.
Lisa

[This message has been edited by Lisa007 (edited 23 November 2000).]

Poor thing. Well I suppose he will have dead hard gums with eating on them for a couple of years before his next teeth come through.

You should've seen him eating corn-on-the-cob last night ....hysterical . He would NOT let us cut the corn off for him ...just gnawed away - and kept grinning in between bites, with corn hanging loosely ....
ahhhh, these are the little joyous moments, that make it all worthwhile.
Lisa

[This message has been edited by Lisa007 (edited 24 November 2000).]

Hi,
Just a quick update/follow-up on son since those bad-teeth were removed.

He's much brighter and happier since. Eating well - and no more fussiness over what he eats. I think he was in more pain than we realised while those teeth were still in .

Anyhow, all is well with him now ...
Lisa

[This message has been edited by Lisa007 (edited 26 November 2000).]

A dead thoot, produces imune respones, and often low fevers, colds, and more, a general feeling of being sick, and gets easy infections, and colds..cp picture.

Obviously you were spot on with his last remedy (prior to the teeth coming out! and the Malaria!) which was Calc Phos!!

Yes, it did occur to me that those teeth were going to cause problems with his immunse system - so perhaps it was a blessing in diguise that one broke....

He's much much better since..thanks GM.

Lisa