I am tired of being pushed around by plastic dental hygienists. Never trust someone who says that it is "No big deal" when referring to giving your child toxic Nitrous Oxide for a simple procedure (a small filling in this instance). Heaven forbid you do the research yourself on the side effects of NO use as an analgesic. If you bring up the fact that it causes b12 deficiency you most certainly will hear, "Oh, did you read that somewhere." This woman who never grew out of the princess stage forcibly put the NO mask on my daughter's face which startled the already nervous five year old and made her begin to cry. "She is crying 'cause of the smell of the mask. It smells like plastic." sneered the rude person behind the gallon of makeup. "This will help" she continued, and began to smear bubblegum fluoride tooth polish in the mask. When I told her that I did not want fluoride in the mask she said, "What do you want me to do? get a new one?" I stared at her in disbelief. she stormed out of the room. I attempted to find out if i could opt out of the NO use as they already used an injection to numb the tooth. They worked as a team this time to usher me out of the room and assure me once again that, "It's no big deal. we do it to all the kids." If I could do it again I would take my daughter out of there immediately, but I only managed to ask them to use the NO on a lower setting. I do not think they did what I requested because I my daughter slept through the appointment instead of the conscious sedation that was supposed to occur. If you are going to push a toxin on children, I ask you to please do the following: 1. inform the staff of the side effects that the drug has on children so they can answer questions intelligibly. 2. use it only for procedures that require it instead of just to make your job easier. 3. Inform a child of what you are about to do before shoving a big rubber mask on his/ her face.
http://www.aapd.org/media/Policies_Guidelines/G_Nitrous.pdf
the above link is guidelines for NO use. I encourage you to research the side effects of this drug on children before allowing some bimbo to administer it your child. read more
