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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
then the dentist calls the police and shows them the footage from the hidden camera of you smacking your kid in the head , and your kids go straight to foster parents  
but seriously there are some easier solutions without having to get agro..
#1 solution.
Simply practise with your kids. normally when you brush/clean they are standing up at the bathroom sink , not in a dentist chair tilted back with a bright light in their face and some wierdo poking pointed stuff in their mouth. SO practise the way they will actually have it done , tilt them back in a chair , put a napkin over your face and shine a maglite in their mouth, so its not so unusual when a dentist does it. |
This is great advice. My brother has a 6 year old who is very afraid of anything new and hates the doctor and dentist. My brother practiced with her for the dentist and it really helped her out. Last year she got stepped on by a horse and broke her leg. The first visit when it happens she was find because she was hopped up on pain meds, but the visits after that to get it checked and get the cast cut off she was very nervous. My brother actually talked to her and did some "practice run" showing her what they were going to do when they x-ray her and when they cut it off. It really helped her out a lot. When she started to freak my brother just showed her that they were doing exactly how they had practiced so it wasn't a big deal.