Reader question: Can my daughter go under anesthesia for dental treatment in Thailand?
Dear readers,
I have a problem with one of my daughters who is almost seven years old.
We recently visited Belgium on holiday and we had taken her to the confidential dentist to provide treatment for a cavity. The dentist knows her and she has never been afraid.
But we have been living in Thailand for two years and she once went to a dentist in Banglamung because she was in pain due to an infection. As far as I know, the tooth is not pulled when there is an infection. My wife was with our daughter at the time and the dentist insisted that pulling was absolutely necessary. My wife let the dentist do it, but this must have been such a traumatic experience for my daughter that she no longer dared to go to Belgium and, unlike before, she no longer had any confidence in the dentist. We left without treatment.
Now in Belgium and probably also in the Netherlands you can let your child go for a dental treatment in a hospital under general anesthesia, so that they do not suffer from their fear phobia. But due to the short period that we were visiting Belgium, this was no longer possible due to too busy a dentist's agenda.
Now, sorry for the long explanation, but actually I just wanted to ask if anyone has already done this with children in a hospital in Thailand?
Thanks in advance
Ronny
Dear Ronnie,
My daughter also had a terrible fear of the dentist, had 4 molars pulled for braces, she is 10 years old, after the 1st she was panicked, what I know is that a treatment under general anesthesia almost never happens in the Netherlands, which the dentist has done after the 1st treatment is to administer laughing gas and she has not had any fear or pain for a moment and she is also over the fear of the dentist. That was in the Netherlands, by the way.
I myself was once under general anesthesia in Thailand and then in a good hospital and anesthesia is not a pleasant experience and certainly not without danger, my personal opinion is that the risks of a full anesthetic are not in proportion to the fear for a dentist
Plus that you will have to go to the dentist with her because they will only put her under anesthesia there, that will not be a nice trip for her either.
We gave my daughter a very small Valium in advance before sleeping and then under the gas at the dentist, nothing to worry about, no fear and or pain, we also take our children to the dentist in Thailand and our dentist will certainly not put under anesthesia for treatment, we go to the dentist in Phuket Bangkok hospital and there is a dentist who is great with children, no matter how anxious they are, they are all treated by him and if necessary with laughing gas
Good luck and regards,
Lex K.
do not go to a dentist, but to the dental department of a hospital such as "Burungrad" or the "Bangkok hospital ", both of which are accredited by the "Joint Commission International" , something that many hospitals in Europe are still doing. to pursue are . Such centers also employ professional anesthesiologists to work with the dentist using state of the art equipment.
Henri
I completely agree with the previous writer about hospitals. In any case, do NOT have this done at dentists. Furthermore, in my opinion, one does NOT have to go under complete anesthesia (there are also risks associated with this and one knocks someone out with a sledgehammer for a relatively minor procedure). A good anesthesiologist can give the child – and also the adult – a “dizzy”. On top of that - if necessary - a local anesthetic (so at a tooth or molar) can be given without the patient feeling it and bringing the total that one is properly anesthetized.
My experiences with anesthesiologists and specialists in Thailand are not good. (They wanted to put me completely under anesthesia in surgical clothes in the OR to remove skin cancer, while in my case this could be done with a local anesthetic. In Thailand nobody wanted that! In the Netherlands it was done in the consulting room. So watch out .
Hi Roya,
Just following up on your message and as a warning to others who have to go under anesthesia in Thailand, I don't know what kind of horse remedy they use there, I woke up completely shocked and I was very ill for 2 days and I'm in the Netherlands even been under anesthesia, that was a lot different.
It is a terrible anesthetic and you wake up terribly miserable, which does not seem very pleasant for a child with "only" fear of the dentist, I myself am terribly afraid of the dentist, but I will never go to Thailand for a dental procedure anesthetized, come to think of it; I prefer not to go under anesthesia in Thailand at all, because it was a pretty frightening / traumatizing experience and you really don't want to do that to your child.
Personally, I feel that they cannot properly determine the ratio weight>>anesthetic because we are of course much heavier than the average Thai.
Yours faithfully,
Lex K.
Moderator: Just a response to the reader's question please.
Hello.
@ Josh.
I was a bit quick to send it in my response below... I paid 1400 baht for a wisdom tooth extraction here in Pattaya, and I didn't feel any pain at all..
Really don't see the point of a total anesthetic... just close your eyes, and you won't feel anything...
Can't say that about many dentists in Belgium!
I wish everyone healthy teeth!
Kind regards… Rudy…
Yes you can at Asavanant Clinic in Soi Thonglor near the BTS Sukhumvit…www.asavanant.com
Good luck…..