Right age of child to pull-out his teeth using anesthesia?

Question

Is it ok to pull out a teeth of a six-year child through dentist using anesthesia? Does it affect the child's brain? or can he be intellectually affected?

Answer 1

As long as proper levels are used it should be fine. They do it at 1-3 years old all the time. To be extra safe you may want to go to a Pediatric dentist who specialize in not only seeing children only, but also have had special schooling to know proper and safe levels for children.

Answer 2

As long as they use anesthesia... although he might suffer some emotional trauma... including a fear of dentists.  But this is common.

Answer 3

We anesthetize children for dental procedures frequently.  It's nearly impossible to keep a kid still for hours, if hours of work need to be done.

I recommend having an anesthesiologist (NOT a dentist) administer the anesthetic.  Some dentists get a little training in anesthesia, but pediatric anesthesia should be given by an MD who has had years (instead of months) of training, IMHO.

Anesthesia will not adversely affect your child - it is probably more emotionally traumatic to deal with a dentist while awake.  We anesthetize children safely all the time.  It's part of what we are trained to do as anesthesiologists.