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My 17 Year Old Daughter Got A Night Guard From
My 17 year old daughter got a night guard from her dentist for nighttime teeth grinding.
The day she went to the dentist to pick it up, they fitted it in her mouth and also fixed a filling that had an air bubble in it, by drilling it out and adding more filling. They did not use any anesthetic.
That night, 8-10 hours latter, she had an anaphylactic reaction with swelling of her lips and welt like hives on her neck, wrists, hands, behind her knees and shoulders. We were in the emergency room at 1:30 am the next morning. Fortunately there was no swelling of her throat or tongue!
Because we could not pinpoint any new or different foods or medicines the doctor said it was an unknown allergen and prescribed my daughter to carry an epipen at all times in case she is exposed again, since a subsequent reaction could be more severe.
My daughter thinks it was a reaction to the night guard and does not want to put it in her mouth again. What do you think?
The day she went to the dentist to pick it up, they fitted it in her mouth and also fixed a filling that had an air bubble in it, by drilling it out and adding more filling. They did not use any anesthetic.
That night, 8-10 hours latter, she had an anaphylactic reaction with swelling of her lips and welt like hives on her neck, wrists, hands, behind her knees and shoulders. We were in the emergency room at 1:30 am the next morning. Fortunately there was no swelling of her throat or tongue!
Because we could not pinpoint any new or different foods or medicines the doctor said it was an unknown allergen and prescribed my daughter to carry an epipen at all times in case she is exposed again, since a subsequent reaction could be more severe.
My daughter thinks it was a reaction to the night guard and does not want to put it in her mouth again. What do you think?
