'Mum' question about tooth extraction....

Toothsmith

Fair point - it doesn't really matter either way.

Sounds more like your Mum who was 'forcing' the swallowing. Probably a bit like mine - anything a person in a white coat says is gospel, and MUST be adhered to!

jugglebug

It's been 3 years since I last did a GA session but I guess I still remember what it's about

7 teeth is nowhere near the levels we regularly used to do at the childrens hospital in Derby.
My record was 19 (and that was only because someone else had taken out 1 somewhere else so there were no more left for me)

A small amount of blood does seem like a massive amount when it mixes with saliva as toothsmith says.
We would make sure the bleeding had stopped before taking the youngsters through to the recovery room where mum / dad was waiting.
However when the young uns wake from GA the 1st thing they would do is have a poke about to see what's what. Fingers obviously can dislodge a blood clot but so can a determined tongue SO very often we would have to do it all over again if the child in question would let us. Very often they would be there due to being uncooperative for conventional treatment so wouldn't let us put any pressure on the gums to arrest the bleeding, but guess what, it stops eventually anyway as long as you can persuade em to stop with the prodding:mad:

Spit /swallow, don't much care but blood is a gastric irritant, however in small amounts it isn't a concern

tirednewdad

Generally i prefer my patients not to spit out, but it doesn't make a significant difference which one you do.

I tell them not to spit out unless they really feel they need to.

ALIASAJO- there are things to expect from GA's but choking on the blood is not one of them.
They will go through all of this with you including aftercare as they have to so you can give your consent to the proceedure.

Half of children will get hangover like feeling after the anaesthetic, a very small proportion will have a nightmare the same night but most children have no side effects

as toothsmith says every dentist is different

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Bedtime story follows...child whimpers for 2 - 3 seconds, goes night nights, wakes up, teeth gone, whinges on way home, hears ice cream van, teeth forgotten.

In the meantime, in a parallel Universe....

Adult gets more and more anxious, does brilliant job of appearing calm Mummy type, child goes night night, parent sobs for 5 minutes solid, feels totally lost and helpless, wears track in waiting area from pacing up and down the same route a thousand parents have done before, twenty minutes feels like hundred lifetimes, feels like heart has stopped beating until they see child again, intense relief followed by mild irritation when it becomes apparent later at home that ice cream is the only thing on mind....sleeping child watched for 1 - 2 hours that night...

Then parent goes on to post advice on messageboard at later date!

mrscb

I remember when my DD had 6 out,she spat out,permenantly sat with tissue over her mouth.....slept fine that night...
Be warned about the reaction when they come round,the nurse told me she may be bad tempered and boy was she right!!!!!! she kicked and screamed and was really horrible to me(this is quite common apparently)
Dont worry(but you still will):D

coldstreamalways

Hope it all goes well. I'm just curious as to why she needs so many teeth out? Anaesthetists are getting less and less experience in dental GA, particularly in the South. A recent study demonstrated that trainee anaesthetists in the South felt that learning about dental GA was not worthwhile.
Surely the new NHS contract means the dental health of children is improving:rotfl:???

Penny_Watcher

coldstreamalways wrote: »

I'm just curious as to why she needs so many teeth out?

When I was about 11/12ish I had 8 teeth out (4 'baby teeth, 4 adult teeth) to make space as my teeth were over crowded. 150 years later :rolleyes: my top teeth are straight and even but my bottom teeth are still overcrowded. Should have stuck with my brace

Teerah

coldstreamalways wrote: »

Hope it all goes well. I'm just curious as to why she needs so many teeth out? Anaesthetists are getting less and less experience in dental GA, particularly in the South. A recent study demonstrated that trainee anaesthetists in the South felt that learning about dental GA was not worthwhile.
Surely the new NHS contract means the dental health of children is improving:rotfl:???

Aliasojo has explained several times in the past that the reason for the GA is not due to dental neglect

~*Plushroom*~

tirednewdad wrote: »

Half of children will get hangover like feeling after the anaesthetic, a very small proportion will have a nightmare the same night but most children have no side effects

as toothsmith says every dentist is different

And some children don't get that far because they fight the anaesthic and knock out three nurses and a dentist whilst fighting to escape :rotfl:Don't worry though OP, apparently that's very rare. I just remember my little brother doing that and a lot of injured dental nurses that day (He only has LA now instead of GA)

OP I'm sure she'll be fine, just expect a lot of complaints about not being able to eat crisps after that. Again, my brother complained for weeks on that because he had quite a few teeth out at once!