Preventing risk: what parents should know before taking their child to the dentist

For many parents, the very word "anesthesia" during a child's dental appointment sounds like a death sentence. And this is not surprising, because from time to time, the news reminds us how dangerous even a planned procedure can be.

Today, December 4, the Kyiv police reported about another tragedy: in March, a 7-year-old boy's heart stopped during anesthesia administration at a dental clinic in the capital. Unfortunately, the child could not be saved. This is not an isolated incident — similar stories have occurred in Lviv, Ternopil, and Cherkasy.

So, it's natural that parents are looking for an answer to the main question: how to make a child's visit to the dentist as safe as possible? Together with Lesya Sherengovskaya, the chief pediatric dentist of the Perfect Dent kids clinic, and allergist Maya Ruselevich LIGA.net It addresses all the questions that parents have before their children's dental treatment.

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