HELP! Now my daughter is terrified of going to the dentist! :-(?

Hello: My daughter who is almost eight years old,is terrified of going to the dentist now,because she has had to have four baby teeth extracted on two different dental visits to make room for her permanent teeth to come in. My husband and I are always telling her how brave she is and how the dentist is our friend because they help to keep our teeth healthy and pain free,but she is still scared to death to go. We have a WONDERFUL woman dentist who is very patient and kind and so is her assistants and office staff as well. We don't have dental insurance and both times that the dentist pulled our daughter's teeth,she didn't use gas or any pain killers before the procedure. I don't know if it was the fact that the dentist knew that using gas or pain killers was very expensive and she wanted to save us the extra cost? We don't want our daughter to be scared of the dentist,but there are some procedures that have to be done. Please share any tips or suggestions that you may have.
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Guys...for the idiots who answered before...nowhere in this persons question does she mention not using a local anesthetic. Pain killers is not the same as an anesthethic and most likely an anesthetic was used...oh and it probably it wasn't novacaine since novacaine isn't used anymore...hasn't been used for years. As for your daughter, unfortunatley she probably does need sedated...talk to this dentist about your issues. If they do not offer sedation (most general dentists do not offer it) then you may want to consider someone who does. Most often they will give her something to drink and she will fall asleep and they will take her back. Nitrous is minimally effective, it helps those who are not nervous not care as much about the pain involved in the procedure. It doesn't anethitize a tooth or get rid of pain...just helps you care less about it. The toughest thing for you will be forcing her to go. She won't want to go...Nobody WANTS to go have teeth worked on. Continue the accolades when she does well at the office and things will get better. Good Luck!!
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