[quote=gn]UCGal, I took him to a pediatric dentist b/c I figured the dental office would be more appealing to children.
I just talked to the dentist. Novacaine will be used to numb his mouth. The plan is to have the dentist work on one quadrant of the mouth during each visit.
Thanks to everyone for the responses.[/quote]
See if you can get him/her to identify whether he/she is going to do novacaine on the entire side of the cheek or is it going to be a local shot at the tooth(teeth) with the cavity.
The one at the cheek basically makes one side of your face numb, and as a kid I’m sure that feel would suck. Novacaine at the shot(s) near the tooth/teeth would cause more pain on the initial shot but your kid won’t have to deal with a numbed cheek afterwords. It depends on the extent of the cavity i guess.
