http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7892062.stmAn eight-year-old girl starved to death because of an apparently severe dental phobia. Sophie was already scared of dentists when one of her milk teeth became loose. Her parents were later to tell the inquest into the schoolgirl's death that it had developed at the age of four, when her tongue was nicked during a routine check-up.
Refusing to eat or talk, she was sent to hospital to have the wobbly tooth removed under general anaesthetic. Doctors took the opportunity to remove several teeth but following the operation, Sophie was so traumatised she refused to open her mouth and continued her fast.
Childhood memories are the source of most people's worries Now I can understand this little girls fear. I hate dentists more so than I do clowns
The Brats's dad needs to take her and I am also not able to go if left to me (normally a friend will frogmarch me there )
I know where this originates from - when I was 7 I had to have 4 teeth taken out. This was done by a butcher in a white coat
. I had to have 'gas' at the time and woke up some time later to having a mouth full of blood, blocked up with swabs. I was choking , trying to be sick and very disorienated. It hurt like hell and I couldn't eat for a week
However what I found astounding about this case is that the little girl was in hospital for a month and they failed to detect that she was dying of starvation and dehydration - how is that possible
As for dentists trying to create a more positive image - that may work on the next generatin but not for me