Japan's "adventure" of taking children out of teeth

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202 1.3.3 | Written in Tokyo

Hello, I'm Shu from Shanghai in Tokyo. I have been having a headache recently, that is, pulling my daughter's tooth. I have had a headache for nearly three months. Repeated battles and repeated defeats, repeated defeats and repeated battles, is an adventure.

I finally pulled it out successfully last week, and suddenly I felt a sense of relief comparable to the end of the college entrance examination. At that time, it was simply recorded in the official WeChat account, but there was still a lot to say. So this week, I will write about the whole process of pulling my daughter's tooth in detail, hoping to give some reference to parents who encounter the same problem. The whole process can be described as ups and downs and can be seen as a story.

My daughter is over seven years old now. At the end of last year, her deciduous teeth began to loosen gradually. Because I heard that some children began to change their teeth at the age of six, Mrs. Cai and I were worried at first why her teeth had not moved. However, after examination, it is normal for children to change their teeth between the ages of 6 and 12. Parents who have not loosened their teeth need not worry too much.

But before the deciduous teeth fall off, the permanent teeth behind the lower row of deciduous teeth have erupted, commonly known as "double rows of teeth." Asked a circle of friends around me, there are not a few people with double rows of teeth, which may be related to the fact that children are eating too soft and the roots are not fully stimulated, resulting in old teeth not falling out and new teeth growing out. The harm of double-row teeth is that deciduous teeth occupy the position where permanent teeth should be, which will lead to uneven permanent teeth. However, as long as the deciduous teeth are pulled out before the permanent teeth fully grow out, the permanent teeth will slowly recover their positions, so it is necessary to pull out the deciduous teeth with pathogenic factors as soon as possible.

I found a schematic diagram on the Internet.

So we first looked for a dental clinic next to our home, but we didn't know that there were really dental clinics everywhere in Tokyo. I found an appointment, because I have to go to school during the day, so I usually make an appointment around three or four in the afternoon. Especially because you are in COVID-19 recently, you are unlikely to go to see a doctor directly.

At the appointed time, I took my daughter to the dental clinic for the first time and went in for an X-ray. After examination, the doctor said that some of her teeth can fall off naturally, but some are unlikely to fall off by themselves because the roots are still there. In order to prevent deciduous teeth from affecting the growth of permanent teeth, the four deciduous teeth blocked below must be pulled out. However, because it was my first time to see a dentist today, in order to prepare my child psychologically, I simply showed my daughter my teeth, lay down on the sofa where I was going to pull out my teeth, and did oral exercises instead of pulling out my teeth directly. I have an appointment to come back in a week.

I'm scared to death every time I go.

This week, we did a lot of ideological work with her and told her not to be afraid. Many people pull out their teeth, and when they grow up, they are ugly. They have to wear braces to correct them, and they can't escape pulling out their teeth. She also said, uh-huh, no problem, pull it out next time.

In fact, she doesn't know what tooth extraction is like at all, and she just wants to delay it. As a result, the next week, the doctor fucked her, let her lie on a special dental chair, then turned on the light and put on a "torture device." Seeing the anesthesia needle, she let out a cry like killing a pig and ran while crying.

Anesthesia is also divided into two steps. The first step is to apply anesthetic to the gums when injecting anesthetic to make the gums less painful, and then inject anesthetic. This is the anesthetic that really makes tooth extraction less painful.

The doctor's attitude is "too good", so good that there is no way, just wait for her to cry before playing anesthetic. As a result, my daughter didn't mean to stop at all, and she didn't listen to any suggestions. Children's fear of such things is innate. To tell the truth, even I was a little scared. So the doctor said to come again next time. This time, we'll practice, pretend to have our teeth pulled out, then give her a simple wash, move those teeth and go home.

Then I started the wireless loop. I cry every time I go. I cried too much to pull it out. I can't pull it out. I have an appointment for next time. It lasted for more than a month. That month was really a headache. I check whether my deciduous teeth have fallen out every day, but I'm worried that if my permanent teeth grow out completely, my teeth will be uneven. I have no idea what to do.

Failure for more than a month, repeated battles and repeated defeats.

When the last attempt at tooth extraction in this clinic failed, I told the doctor that it was not possible, or the permanent teeth at the back would grow out soon. Is there any way? The doctor said: actually, we mainly pull teeth for adults here. She has little experience in pulling out children's teeth. Then she told me that it is popular to extract teeth with laughing gas now. Your daughter's problem is that she is afraid of injecting anesthetic, but laughing gas can relieve her nervousness. I suggest changing to a hospital that specializes in tooth extraction for children. Then help me find a nearby clinic where I can pull it out.

I was drunk, too. I wish you would say it earlier! However, one thing is that the attitude is really good. The doctor is very kind and polite, but he dare not "lay hands on" the child. Later, I found that there happened to be a Japanese Dental University and its affiliated hospital near my home. It's a large professional dental hospital with everything about teeth. So I asked the doctor to introduce us to Zhang Shao, and then I changed to a second hospital.

While waiting, a tooth fell out inexplicably when eating melon seeds during the Spring Festival, and it didn't hurt at all. There are still three bullets on the target.

I came to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dental University, and I thought I would be fine now. I have a secret weapon, nitrous oxide. I watched the video of nitrous oxide tooth extraction on the Internet. The child was still crying at first, and it was like a coma for a minute or two. It is said that people who laugh are conscious, but their bodies can't keep up with their brains. This thing is usually used for tooth extraction. It's okay to use it for a short time, and it must not be used in large quantities.

Similarly, you still need to make an appointment to go, but because there are too many people making an appointment, you can only make an appointment for one day every two weeks. We were so worried. We are afraid that the permanent teeth will grow out before they are pulled out.

When the time was up, I thought I would always succeed, so I didn't go and let Mrs. Cai take it with me. I didn't expect them to return to China in a short time, but they didn't succeed. I was shocked.

Mrs. Cai said that it was actually fine at first. After inhaling nitrous oxide, people really calmed down and stopped crying, but then she accidentally saw the anesthesia needle, just like a person who was about to fall asleep suddenly woke up, nitrous oxide failed, and began to cry crazily. In this state, it is impossible to pull it out.

Even the doctors at the dental university can't help it. Really desperate. So I can only make an appointment again. The appointment is full. It can only be about two weeks at the earliest. It's been over two months, and my parents are exhausted. Even my grandparents in Shanghai are helpless, but there is nothing they can do.

In order to help her overcome her psychological fear, Mrs. Cai gives her a toothpick at home every night to simulate the feeling of anesthesia. It turned out to be useless. Fear is fear. After practicing countless times, she is really not afraid at home. When she got to the hospital, she was still scared. This little girl is too timid.

I went with you this time last Thursday afternoon. God and the earth, it finally succeeded, but the process was not so smooth.

I went to the hospital and went to the fourth floor. It's a big hospital with a lot of equipment and doctors, which is ten times larger than the previous small clinic. After going in, I heard the crying of one child after another, and my heart ached faintly. My daughter was calm, but she began to panic when she heard everyone crying.

Arranged a private room for her.

Outside the window is the entrance of Iida Bridge Station.

There are three doctors and assistants, all female doctors, but they give people the impression that they have been through many battles and have never seen anything. But because I failed last time, I also vaguely feel that today will be a fierce battle.

Sure enough, she was pushed to the recliner, and the laughing tube was put on her nose, crying. The doctor explained that the laughing gas had not been released, and she had to wait until she was completely calm before she could breathe. It's just ordinary air now.

A minute passed, and I was still crying about ten minutes later. Several doctors looked at each other, winked at each other, and then called Mrs. Cai out, telling her not to laugh, but to use the last resort: binding, which can be pulled out on the spot today. The daughter was frightened and hid in the corner.

The daughter who fled in fear, on the left is a laughing gas bottle.

The doctors brought a special board to fix the child. Because of friction and the risk of COVID-19 infection, Mrs Cai went downstairs and bought a bath towel and put it on the board. There is a net next to the board, just like a fishing net, which is a very powerful binding. Let me sign the consent form before we start, and I thought to myself, damn it, I'm serious this time.

Sure enough, this thing is really fierce and deserves to be the ultimate weapon. Three doctors, plus our two parents, carried her to this place together, and then wrapped her in a net to completely fix her whole body. It looks really inhuman. Except the head can't move. After I took off my socks, I put a clip to check my health. I was responsible for holding this thing down to prevent it from being kicked off by her.

Silly boy, just because he had an injection of anesthetic, he didn't want to fight, and it wasn't himself who suffered in the end.

I resisted because my head was still moving. Several doctors tried their best to hold her head tightly and forcibly open her mouth to expose her gums. Apply the same anesthetic as before, hold her still, wait for a few minutes, and then go straight to the last weapon: anesthesia needle.

At that time, she was still scared when she saw the needle, but there was nothing she could do. Because three teeth have to be pulled out, three stitches are needed. It was not until I really put them in that she realized that it really didn't hurt as much as I thought. In order to avoid this needle, I have wasted more than two months and must pull it out today.

All three teeth have been punched, and she is still crying, but it is obviously much better, because we have been telling her that the most difficult stage has passed, and she will not feel any pain later. However, at that time, it was comparable to killing pigs. Children are not afraid of ghosts, and it is quite pitiful to experience these at an early age.

Mrs. Cai is showing her cherry meatballs, and the doctors are cooperating with her to distract her.

After a minute or two, the doctor took pliers and began to fiddle with her mouth. Because the first one was loose, she took it off easily, completely unaware that she had taken off one. Then there are the remaining two key deciduous teeth, and soon, a meal will be over, and the first and last * * * will not exceed 1 minute.

For this minute, almost three months.

I didn't know until I saw the tooth extraction that these two teeth really couldn't fall out by themselves. Generally, deciduous teeth have no roots, but these two teeth have long roots, and the whole teeth are long cones. If these two teeth still exist after all the permanent teeth erupt, it will really become very troublesome and ugly.

The roots left behind are so long that they can't fall off naturally.

When all the teeth were pulled out, the doctor told her that it was all right. It was over, and she realized that the teeth were pulled out too fast and she didn't cry much after pulling out. However, in the process of pulling out, when one of them was pulled out, she cried out in pain. Maybe the root is too deep. Just pull it out.

The doctor pressed the unplugged position with something like hemostatic gauze, pressed it for a few minutes, and then released it. The thrilling tooth extraction adventure is over.

The doctor said you can eat it after pulling it out for an hour. Try to eat something soft and less irritating. There may be bleeding in the next two or three days, but it doesn't matter. It is normal. The front double rows of teeth will slowly grow to the right position because there is no obstacle in front. By the way, I also wrote a prescription for painkillers. If the anesthetic still hurts after it disappears, take one.

From the first visit to the first hospital to the last tooth extraction and prescription, all the procedures are the towel fee for the last day, and nothing else is charged. Although it was unsuccessful several times before, it did waste a lot of precious time of acupuncture and dentists, and all the expenses were paid by Japanese medical insurance. TOKYO/KLOC-It's true that children under 0/5 are free to see a doctor and take medicine. When you go to the hospital, just bring the child's medical certificate, medical insurance card and district service card. The age limit for free is different in every region and city. Please check the official website of your city or region for details. Orthodontics can't be free because it's not a disease. It takes about 300,000 to 400,000 yen to correct all teeth. )

Plan, self-funded amount is 0.

After leaving the hospital, my daughter was still in shock, but she soon returned to normal. As if nothing had happened, we were also afraid that she had a psychological shadow. After all, it is really terrible to tie her up like this. But not yet, but it's embarrassing. After all, she is also a person who has pulled out her teeth. Take the prescription to any roadside drugstore to get the medicine. There are only three painkillers in one tablet. In Japan, medicine is separated, and there are more roadside pharmacies than convenience stores. As long as there is a prescription, any drugstore can take it, and children don't need money. This point was also mentioned in the previous article: 9500 words explain the medical insurance system in Japan in detail. Interested friends can go and have a look again.

I thought the anesthetic would hurt after it disappeared, but it didn't. I went home and made a birthday roast, which was full of soft ingredients such as beef, tofu and crab sticks, and it didn't hurt before going to bed.

The old father really breathed a sigh of relief, and the three-month headache finally ended. This article has been published for a week, and the back teeth of double-row teeth have almost grown to the right position, which is very fast. Some friends also sent me a WeChat, telling me that her children used to have double rows of teeth, and they can automatically return to their positions after pulling them out. Now they look very neat. Therefore, parents with double rows of teeth don't have to worry too much, as long as they pull them out, they can return to normal.

I didn't feel any pain after dinner that day.

Here are some suggestions for other parents. Before children change their teeth, let them eat more hard things, such as apples, melon seeds and hard snacks. The reason why double rows of teeth are like this is only because they taste too soft. If they had fallen off naturally, this wouldn't have happened.

In addition, a friend suggested that children should often take their children to the dental clinic when they are young, and they can do fluoride coating, tooth cleaning or just a simple examination. In order to let children accept this environment as soon as possible, they will not be so scared when they go for the first time. Our Dabao has no chance, and Bauer will in the future.

Finally, I found that some children couldn't listen to any suggestions and it was useless to practice. Fear is innate. Try to find a professional big hospital. It is best to have a hospital with a professional children's dentist. They are experienced. Parents should not worry too much. Anyway, the ultimate weapon with constraints, even if you suffer a little crime, your teeth can always be pulled out, which is better than the need to correct tooth deformities in the future.

Children, take care of your teeth. Teeth are really important, otherwise it will be as painful as this sister.

That's all for tooth extraction in Tokyo. Thank you for reading here. I hope the whole experience is useful to you. WeChat official account updates daily life from time to time. Welcome to continue paying attention to this number. See you next week.

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