Posted on 07/06/2015 7:31:59 AM PDT by GailA
But after a parent in Georgia discovered his daughter strapped in to the chair for a dental visit, many are questioning the dentists’s decision to use physical restraints on the little girl.
As WSB-TV reports, James Crow had taken his five-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, to the dentist to have a front tooth removed when he made the disturbing discovery.
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Never let your child go into a dentist or doctors office by themselves. Your presence is a comfort to them. And prevents mistreatment of your child.
Ping list please
Without knowing the details, I think a knee jerk reaction to the procedure is maybe...and I emphasize MAYBE - not proper. A 5 year old is very likely to make a sudden movement that will cause her significant damage while the dentist is inside her mouth.
Having said that, I think the parent should indeed be in the room. That’s my main issue off the top.
I agree. Maybe, if the dentist won’t allow you in the room with your 5 year old, you need a new dentist.
I have little trusts for dentists to start with.
That is a papoose board, which is frequently used to restrain children who are pre-cooperative. Keeps them from hurting themselves.
I have used them myself, but ALWAYS with parental consent and allowing the parent to be there to comfort the child.
Now, why are the two front teeth being removed? I suspect the tyke has bottle mouth, which is most often caused by parents putting the child to bed with a bottle of juice/Kool-Aid. The front teeth are bathed with sugar setting up deterioration of the two front teeth.
Geez...bike helmets, strapping kids into dentist chairs, medicating them so they sit still in class...
I have no idea how several millennia of humans made it to adulthood...
When the father beats the hell out of the dentist, I hope they don’t file charges.
OR that the parents would freak out when the blood came flowing out after the tooth removal.
While I have no minor children the dentist office we use has a sign stating that they will not treat minors unless a parent or guardian is present.
“I have little trusts for dentists to start with.”
Anti-dentite!
No BMW for you!
We never had those things in the olden days
Yeah, we had dentist tack on an additional charge of sixty dollars for having to have an assistant in the room with my son because “he was uncooperative”. Never went back.
Dentistry for children is such a scam.
Which is why they use physical restraints. Its far easier for the dentist.
That is some strange family room decorations. What kind of flag is that hanging on the wall? looks like it should be in a teenagers bedroom instead of the family room.
A good healthcare provider would never separate apparent from a child. Good for this dad for not following the “rules” depriving him of his parental rights and that allow this abuse his five-year-old daughter. The best children’s dentists have open-office layouts where parents can always keep an eye on the children while their teeth are being worked on and children can see their parents.
Hard to believe NO2 is not enough, that must be one scared girl.
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