r/askdentists • u/steeds87 • 8m ago
question Mum of anxious teen
Looking for advice please. England
I have a 13 year old daughter who is very anxious at the dentist. She has very misaligned teeth and has 2 baby teeth which haven't fallen out on their own. Today we have been in for extraction, she let the dentist do numbing injections but then started to panic and refused the extraction.
I thought she was going to have a panic attack and we ended up leaving before extraction could be done.
They said she can't be referred to orthodontist until the baby teeth are gone.
Any advice on next steps
Thankyou