Posted on 07/20/2006 5:29:24 PM PDT by Battle Axe
Are there any Freepers with like experiences of a loved one dying from having their teeth removed?
There are ads on the radio for sedation dentistry, an IV, that will put you completely out. However, before this is done in a regular surgery, the physicians make sure you have no pre-existing conditions.
Apparently not so with dentistry.
Here's what happened.
My Dad's fishing partner.....yes he was almost 91....was in good health except for a cracked tooth. It was infected and the dentist wanted to pull it and all his other upper teeth and give him dentures. (He was well heeled and had great insurance.) The daughter wanted to wait until after the granddaughter's wedding, but the oral surgeon assured the family that he would be fine.
He was not. He went downhill from about the 3rd day on. Finally he went a bit crazy and took his own life. The daughter had taken him back to the dentist, to the doctor and to the VA hospital. All they could find was a sodium imbalance. He was treated for that with an IV and did feel a little better. The VA told him to come back in 2 weeks. But he took his own life before the two weeks went by.
Because of his age, I think they just blew him off.
Before this dentistry, this man would walk 5 miles and was still driving 40 miles to get groceries.....we live in this God forsaken, out in the boondocks, can't get there from here place. Yes it is 40 miles to the store.
The family is just devastated as two of the children found him.
What does anyone else know about this type of sedation? There were no tests performed to see if he would or could tolerate this type of sedation.
Thought you might be able to help, doc.
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