A costly "Sweet" Bribe - Beginning

We had a six year old boy come in today for his first ever visit to the dentist. He was in pain.

Both his parents work and they drop him off at his grandparents' home every morning. In the evening after work, his parents would have dinner at his grandparents' place before the boy and his parents go home as a family.

While under the care of his grandparents, they would bribe in with sweets several times a day. It got to the stage where the boy was addicted to sweets. This all came to a head when he started complaining of a toothache. Mummy looked into his mouth and saw that one of his tooth had a big hole.

When he was put in the dental chair, he was gripped with fear and was thus unco-operative despite all attempts to distract him by coaxing and watching a movie. After an exasperating hour, his parents decided to have the dental procedures done under anaesthesia.