Connecticut dental care, Pediatric dental care and general anesthesia
My question is that I was just told that my three year old son has two big cavities in his back top molars. Our family dentist is advising that I go to a Pediatric dentist that can give him general anesthesia to have the fillings done. He is advising this due to my son age.
Otherwise he will do the filling under laughing gas but that it may be a harder way for my so to go since he has two fillings to be done and he may have some discomfort. Also my son may be moving around too much for them to be able to do both fillings in the same day and he would need to go though this twice with them.
I get it and it makes sense but I have two problems. First and for most I am afraid of general anesthesia because of the possible risks. I was always advise never to go under unless you had no choice. Second I have to admit that cost is a factor too.
Since my current insurance will cover the fillings to be done only by a family dentist and not a specialist like a pediatric dentist. If I do go to a pediatric dentist I will have no coverages and will have to pay it out of pocket. So I would like to hear some advise about my two worries.