How can I get my child to cooperate with the doctor to fill his teeth?

Taking children to the dentist is a real hassle. Because going to the dentist is a horrible thing. Anyway, as long as I was lying on the treatment bed and the doctor wearing a mask turned on the treatment light, my spine would feel numb. The process of open mouth therapy is more like suffering. Although my eyes are closed, I can hear the sharp sound of the instrument and smell the smell of burning. Your muscles are tense all over, for fear that the terrible instrument will hurt your mouth or tongue if the doctor is not careful. Adults are still like this, let alone children. How do we build his mind, let him lie quietly on the treatment bed, overcome his inner fears and cooperate with the doctor's treatment is really a big problem.

My initial idea was to teach my baby to brush his teeth well, eat less sweets and try to protect his teeth to avoid this problem.

However, when Bao Xiao was three years old, I found that his back molars were a little black. I also tried to take him to the dentist, and he was also afraid of white-coated doctors and cold medical equipment. Often doctors start crying from the beginning and refuse to continue with me. The doctor stood by and waited for nearly 10 minutes, and finally took off his gloves impatiently.

Now the baby is almost six years old. After work that day, my mother told me that Bao Xiao's teeth were badly broken. Today, he has been complaining about pain, and even his mouth smells a little bad. Let me show him around. When he slept at night, he also complained about toothache all the time. I told him to go to the dentist tomorrow and have this tooth filled so that you wouldn't feel pain. But the doctor will wash your teeth with water. If you want to get the dirt out of your teeth, you may feel some pain. Can you overcome it? Maybe my tooth hurts a little. He has always said that he wants to see the dentist now. I patted him to sleep.

The next morning, we went to see the dentist.

I consulted in advance and found a dental clinic with good technology and good service attitude. I thought it was early at 8: 30, but I didn't expect all the doctors to be busy and we had to wait in line. The nurse with a lovely round face told us to sit down and wait in the hall. I specifically asked him to introduce a doctor with experience in children. He said with a smile that all the doctors here are very patient and experienced. If you really don't feel at ease, let our director come and see your child later. Just need to wait a little longer.

During the waiting time, I happened to do the child's psychological construction again. At this point, his teeth have stopped hurting, and he is alive and kicking in the hall, flipping through magazines and watching his mobile phone for a while. I hugged him and asked him softly, honey, do you remember what you said yesterday? He said I remember, be a brave boy.

After waiting for 40 minutes, the nurse began to call our names. The person in charge of receiving us is a female doctor in her thirties. She looks a little serious, but her smile is warm. The child climbed into the treatment bed in fear and dared not speak. He smiled and showed the child the tools in his hand. You see, this is actually a small mirror. I'll use it to examine your teeth. Bao Xiao saw it was round and knew it wouldn't hurt him, so he opened his mouth. The doctor looked at it and said that your back teeth are a little dirty. I need a bath and a treatment. Then he took out a sharp thing attached to the wire from the therapeutic instrument. Bao Xiao was scared when he first saw it. She said softly, it's just a hair dryer. It can dry the saliva on your teeth. Do you think I can blow you? Is it a hair dryer? Bao Xiao gave it a try and found it interesting. He opened his mouth obediently The doctor took out another instrument, pressed the button and sprayed water mist. She said, look, this is for cleaning teeth. Actually, I think it should be a water-spraying ball drill. Because I heard a familiar voice. But for the child, the doctor's explanation obviously eased his fear to a great extent.

The doctor said to tell me if it hurts. Sure enough, just cleaned twice, the child felt pain. His dental caries have rotted to a certain extent. No matter what others say, the feeling of pain always exists objectively. So he covered his mouth and refused to continue. I squatted next to his treatment bed and patiently told the story of Tooth Street, saying that the Huck Dick brothers were trying to expand Tooth Street. If we don't continue the treatment, your teeth will hurt more. However, at that time, the fear of toothache still exceeded the fear of the future. The child just lay down and saw the instrument in the doctor's hand, but he couldn't help crying.

What shall we do? The patient who made an appointment outside has arrived. The doctor gave me a suggestion, "I'll pull out another patient's tooth first, and you can do his ideological work." Adults can take out their teeth quickly. How about it? " I agreed.

The child relaxed as soon as he saw the doctor leave. One minute he wants to go to the toilet, and the next minute he wants to walk in the hospital. When I took him to the bathroom, I passed several consulting rooms. I have a plan to take her to every consulting room on my way back. There are his uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters, and younger children. Most of them lie on the treatment bed with their mouths open. I told him that dental diseases were common and that treatment was necessary. We should learn from those brave people. Being brave means overcoming inner fears and doing things that are beneficial to us.

There are several dental magazines in magazine rack, and we also picked up two to read. Although I don't understand those papers very well, fortunately, there are many pictures of sick teeth in them. I pointed to an oral picture with missing teeth and told the baby that this person might just have failed to take care of his teeth. If we leave it alone, will our teeth be like this in the future? The baby said, that's terrible

We watched and talked for about 20 minutes, and the doctor was still busy there. The baby was a little bored sitting on the treatment bed, and I suddenly thought of a good idea: "Let's play house. Now you are a patient and I am a dentist, okay? " The baby agreed happily.

I imitated the appearance of the doctor just now, pretending that there was nothing in my hand. I'm cleaning your teeth now? May I blow dry your little teeth now? It will hurt a little, so be patient. Okay, rinse your mouth? Come on, shall we continue? I need a filling now. I need to put something in your teeth. This process is painless. Ok, great! He smiled happily.

Then the role changed. I am a patient, he is a doctor, and he pretends to give me orders. After I became a brave patient, I became a timid patient. He encouraged me seriously, you should be brave, and I will try to be as light as possible to make your teeth no longer hurt.

After a while, the doctor came and the baby bravely opened his mouth. I'm not afraid. I can't wait for the treatment. The doctor said approvingly, did you take courage pills? That's great.

The next treatment is much more convenient. Whenever she wants to cry, I comfort her in time and grab a pill of courage for him in the air. Wow, your energy is back! He deserves to swallow with me, and then open his mouth and close his eyes.

After the treatment, I took him to the supermarket and chose a gift as a reward for the brave child.

In summary, I think the key to the success of children's cooperation is as follows:

First, we should choose reliable professional hospitals and doctors who are patient with children. In fact, many doctors in regular stomatological hospitals have experience in treating children's teeth. Their tone of voice and the steps of treatment can greatly alleviate children's fears.

Second, parents should be patient. It is best to do psychological construction for children before going to the hospital, and tell them that there will be some pain in the process, but it is also tolerable. During the treatment, parents will always be there to protect you. You can simulate the treatment through role-playing games, so that you won't feel strange during the treatment.

Third, don't force your child if he has fear and resistance during the treatment. When he calms down, you can take him to other consulting rooms to see how other patients cooperate. You can also take him to see pictures of dental diseases, let him know that he will be more sad after not treating, and let him know that his parents and doctors are for his own good. In fact, children are like angels, completely reasonable.