Our pediatric dentist wanted to sedate dd#1 to do a couple fillings on her baby teeth. Actually go to the hospital, be admitted, and put under general anesthesia, while he did his work. Something just seemed wrong about that to me, and I flatly refused. We have come to find out that this dentist does a LOT of work with patients on public assistance (and Medicaid). Is that easy money for him? I don't know, but I have suspected it is, because I see a lot of kids from lower income households (in the schools) with silver caps on many of their lower teeth. He seems to be a competent dentist, otherwise. He put silver caps on two of my daughter's molars, explaining that she would be 10 before the adult ones came in. I wasn't too happy about that, but apparently, if the teeth fall out before they're ready, and the new ones have years before they come in, it can lead to serious shifting of the teeth, so the teeth with the caps act as a place holder, while protecting current tooth from further decay. I spoke to my regular dentist, and asked what he thought about the dentist's original wishes to put her under general anesthetic at the hospital, and he said he would never advise putting a young child under general anesthesia to do dental work. I don't know what kind of sedation this child had, but I will never have my children put under - either in a hospital, or a dentist's office.