Daisy Lynn Torres died this week after a routine dental visit. The 14-month-old girls mom says that her little girl stopped breathing while being put under anesthesia to have a routine cavity filling done. Even though the little girl was rushed to the North Austin Medical Center following the dental procedure, she could not be saved. The tragic death of Daisy Lynn Torres is the second dentist fatality reported within just a few months.
Daisy Lynn Torres was put under anesthesia during her dental visit at Austin Childrens Dentistry in Northwest Austin, Texas, this week. As reported by WNCN on April 1, the little girls dental visit was supposed to be just a routine visit to take care of some cavities.
Betty Squier, the girls 26-year-old mother, took her daughter to the dentist for a first check up when she was just 6 months old. Two weeks ago, she was told by the dentist that Daisy needed to come back on Tuesday morning to have two cavities filled.
"They told me that they were going to put her under and the procedure was going to take 40 to 45 minutes and I should go to the waiting room.
Even though the mom was hesitant to have her daughter sedated, she trusted the dentist. When he came out just after 10 minutes of having worked on Daisy, the dentist reported that Daisy had more cavities than expected and that more extensive work needed to be done.
"I trusted the dentist. I said go ahead and take care of it. Then 10 minutes after that, he came over and said please come into this room and then he told me, 'Something went wrong and she started having trouble breathing and went into cardiac arrest. We did CPR and she's fine now. We called EMS to monitor her because that's standard."
The dentist told me that they had done two fillings in the bottom of her teeth, but when they were doing her four teeth on top, thats when she wasnt doing so well, Squier added. Thats when she started losing oxygen.
They told me that its something that they do all the time and its not a big deal, said Daisys mom, but when Austin-Travis County EMS arrived at the dentists office at 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning to pick up her little girl, she knew Daisy wouldnt make it.
When EMS came, they told me to give her a kiss bye before they put her in the ambulance, Squier said about the moment her little girl was wheeled from the dentists office into the ambulance. "I got really sick to my stomach. In my heart, I knew she was already gone. I kissed her and laid my head on her.
Daisy was declared dead at North Austin Medical Center and her mom wants answers:
After the dental procedure had started on Tuesday morning and complications began, Squire was told by the dentist office that the situation was under control even though they had already performed CPR on Daisy. Squire found out only later that her daughter had stopped breathing and had gone into cardiac arrest.
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) is the authority on children's oral health and dental care and recommends dental decay be treated in young children. In regard to sedating young dental patients, the AAPD writes that it recognizes that a population of patients, because of their need for extensive treatment, acute situational anxiety, uncooperative age-appropriate behavior, immature cognitive functioning, disabilities, or medical conditions, would benefit from deep sedation or general anesthesia.
While the AAPD states its guidelines in regard to the recommended training for dentists or the presence of a trained anesthesiologist (who was allegedly present in Daisys case), neither one appears to prevent children from dying at a dental office.
Caleb, a 6-year-old California boy, went to a dentists office near Berkeley, California, to have a tooth removed in March 2015. Like Daisy, Caleb stopped breathing while under anesthesia, his oxygen levels dropped too low, and he went into cardiac arrest.
Calebs parents are advocating for Calebs Law which seeks to increase the safety of administering and monitoring general anesthesia/deep sedation to dentists in elk grove ca 95758 children during dental procedures:
1. Informing parents and guardians of the increased risk when general anesthesia or deep sedation is provided without a separate anesthesia provider, or without the recommended monitoring equipment and;
2. that the California Dental Board collects, studies and shares anonymized scientific data about deaths and injuries from dental anesthesia.
Caleb's Law, AB 2235, is scheduled for a vote in the California State Assembly in Sacramento on April 5.
http://www.examiner.com/article/deadly-dentist-visit-14-month-old-girl-dies-after-cavity-filling-anesthesia
Daisy Lynn Torres was put under anesthesia during her dental visit at Austin Childrens Dentistry in Northwest Austin, Texas, this week. As reported by WNCN on April 1, the little girls dental visit was supposed to be just a routine visit to take care of some cavities.
Betty Squier, the girls 26-year-old mother, took her daughter to the dentist for a first check up when she was just 6 months old. Two weeks ago, she was told by the dentist that Daisy needed to come back on Tuesday morning to have two cavities filled.
"They told me that they were going to put her under and the procedure was going to take 40 to 45 minutes and I should go to the waiting room.
Even though the mom was hesitant to have her daughter sedated, she trusted the dentist. When he came out just after 10 minutes of having worked on Daisy, the dentist reported that Daisy had more cavities than expected and that more extensive work needed to be done.
"I trusted the dentist. I said go ahead and take care of it. Then 10 minutes after that, he came over and said please come into this room and then he told me, 'Something went wrong and she started having trouble breathing and went into cardiac arrest. We did CPR and she's fine now. We called EMS to monitor her because that's standard."
The dentist told me that they had done two fillings in the bottom of her teeth, but when they were doing her four teeth on top, thats when she wasnt doing so well, Squier added. Thats when she started losing oxygen.
They told me that its something that they do all the time and its not a big deal, said Daisys mom, but when Austin-Travis County EMS arrived at the dentists office at 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning to pick up her little girl, she knew Daisy wouldnt make it.
When EMS came, they told me to give her a kiss bye before they put her in the ambulance, Squier said about the moment her little girl was wheeled from the dentists office into the ambulance. "I got really sick to my stomach. In my heart, I knew she was already gone. I kissed her and laid my head on her.
Daisy was declared dead at North Austin Medical Center and her mom wants answers:
After the dental procedure had started on Tuesday morning and complications began, Squire was told by the dentist office that the situation was under control even though they had already performed CPR on Daisy. Squire found out only later that her daughter had stopped breathing and had gone into cardiac arrest.
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) is the authority on children's oral health and dental care and recommends dental decay be treated in young children. In regard to sedating young dental patients, the AAPD writes that it recognizes that a population of patients, because of their need for extensive treatment, acute situational anxiety, uncooperative age-appropriate behavior, immature cognitive functioning, disabilities, or medical conditions, would benefit from deep sedation or general anesthesia.
While the AAPD states its guidelines in regard to the recommended training for dentists or the presence of a trained anesthesiologist (who was allegedly present in Daisys case), neither one appears to prevent children from dying at a dental office.
Caleb, a 6-year-old California boy, went to a dentists office near Berkeley, California, to have a tooth removed in March 2015. Like Daisy, Caleb stopped breathing while under anesthesia, his oxygen levels dropped too low, and he went into cardiac arrest.
Calebs parents are advocating for Calebs Law which seeks to increase the safety of administering and monitoring general anesthesia/deep sedation to dentists in elk grove ca 95758 children during dental procedures:
1. Informing parents and guardians of the increased risk when general anesthesia or deep sedation is provided without a separate anesthesia provider, or without the recommended monitoring equipment and;
2. that the California Dental Board collects, studies and shares anonymized scientific data about deaths and injuries from dental anesthesia.
Caleb's Law, AB 2235, is scheduled for a vote in the California State Assembly in Sacramento on April 5.
http://www.examiner.com/article/deadly-dentist-visit-14-month-old-girl-dies-after-cavity-filling-anesthesia