Posted on 07/06/2015 7:31:59 AM PDT by GailA
The photo is reversed; the banner says Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
When my youngest was 4, he had to have several teeth extracted (kid has been a dentist’s gold mine). My husband sat in the chair and held on to him during the procedure. Much less traumatizing for the kid that way.
I don’t know the circumstances of this incident. Decades ago, when I was a phlebotomist, we had to restrain infants and children in similar equipment to acquire blood samples. The testing was always important and required venous blood samples. We could do finger or heel sticks for routine work. Parents were always informed when the papoose approach was necessary. It upset them, but they understood the importance of the testing. If they refused the restraints, I refused the draw. When a child’s arm is as wide as two of your fingers, they can’t be flailing about when you’re using even something small like a 25 gauge needle.
My child was never alone with any type of doctor at the age of five.
“Anyways”
Grrr...
I would think there could be a problem with informed consent ie, the dentist should have informed the parents that such restraints would be used if this was not common knowledge. That being said, it is common practice at least in the medical profession not to allow parents to be present during pediatric surgical procedures. I don’t think it would be helpful if parents were present during the removal of a brain tumor.
I have a dentist who is a very good friend of mine. He told me they have to do that sometimes to keep the child from causing self-inflicted injuries. Either that, or the child has to suffer horrible dental problems.
Actually, there are other ways the two front teeth can be lost simultaneously .
My second daughter lost her two front teeth at about that age (she was 6) when she rolled over in bed while asleep, fell onto the floor face first (about 18-24 inches) and, despite the rug, banged her baby front teeth hard enough to cause their “death” and require extraction. She loves to smile, so it made a cute 1st grade picture.
She was complemented on her bravery by the dentist (Navy Reserve officer) when they were extracted. No papoose board required for her. She was also a lot more stoic than her older sister when it came to getting shots.
Think liability and lawsuit.
But the pediatric patient undergoing brain surgery is neither conscious nor restrained.
It’s Daisy! Where’s Onslow?
It is an NFL Flag (Buccaneers) hung over the window so the outside viewer will see the flag/logo properly.
We’ve brought up three kids and we were always present, never asked not to be, for any dental procedure. If a dentist “banned” me from where he was working on my child they’d lose my family as patients. And if I discovered later that my child was “interfered with” (archaic term for molestation) the only thing, coincidentally, to identify whatever might be left of the dentist would be his own dental records.
And they got “all dressed-up” for the interview!
Yep - never had an issue with doctors or dentists in the last 18 years when I said I’d be in the room.
When my oldest was about 18 months old, he fell and hit his face on the floor. He had a cut on his gum, and his brand-new front baby tooth turned grey in about 10 minutes.
I took him to he pediatrician, who recommended going to a pediatric dentist (I’d never heard of that one before; when I was a kid, we just went to the dentist).
Anyway, the ped. dentist wanted to pull the tooth right then and there. I asked why, and he said his adult tooth could be discolored if we didn’t.
I didn’t like that answer, so I said “No,” and left. I got home and called my own dentist, who saw us the same day. He told me not to worry about it unless it became abscessed. Well, it DID become abscessed. About 5 years later. My dentist then DID pull it, and since it was about to fall out anyway, it took approximately 3 seconds, and the boy had zero pain.
Today, as a young adult, he’s got a magnificent set of choppers: beautiful, straight, and white as the driven snow.
Glad I said No all those years ago, and still can’t believe how fast that doc wanted to pull that tooth.
Regards,
It's a Tampa Bay Buccaneers banner, but the entire photo is reversed left to right; can't imagine why. The father's watch is on his right arm. No other clues, like wedding rings, are visible.
Brilliant deduction!
“Is it safe ?”
Killing bad guys in war bad. Aborting babies for convenience good.
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