My 6 year old had vomitting and diarrhea for 72 hours 2 weeks ago. He had been to the dentist 2 days before?

He ended up dehydrated and they gave him an IV therapy and he did great. He went to the dentist again Thursday night and by Friday afternoon was sick again. Does anyone know if having dental work can get you sick? I have a call into doctor but just wondering if anyone has heard anything like this or if it is just a coincidence.

It is just a coinicidence and has nothing to do with the dentist. Sounds like his immune system is weak and he needs a better multivitamin and needs a good anitoxidant supplement to build his health back up. He seems to be picking up every bug that comes along.

Sounds like this is probably a coincidence but it's going to be hard to tell after the fact. It's probably a question you should have been asking at the time because he could have had a serious infection. Anytime your child is ill after a medical procedure you should always check the IV sites and the site of where the procedure was done, in this case the mouth for signs of inflammation or infection. However, being that it seems to have cleared up on its own, sounds more like he caught some bug than an infection.

did you ask the family Dr to check and see if your 6 year old might be allergic to Novocaine=It.s a simple blood test=good luck

It probably a coincidence, however, it is possible that the anesthetic used may be intolerable to the child's system. It is not a common reaction, and it doesn't sound like an allergic reaction. A true allergy will usually present with rash or hives.

Sometimes Nitrous oxide, if used, can cause stomach upset, but it does not usually last beyond the time of exposure. Nitrous is a contact-sedative, easily washed from the system with oxygen.

More than likely your child is just sick, but check with your doctor and it couldn't hurt to question the dentist too. Perhaps he might know why the child has reacted this way. Some dentists (especially children's dentists--Pedodontists) use mild oral sedation. If this is the case, the sedative could certainly be the reason for the sick stomach.

P.S. Mercury poisoning does not present immediately. I would say that is not a huge worry here. If the filling is tooth colored it is not a concern at all. There is controversy regarding mercury poising and amalgam fillings, but it is rare, and in twenty plus years in the dental profession I have never seen a case.

These symptoms sounds like the child has mercury poisoning.

Did your child receive a filling and was it a filling a silver filling which is also called a mercury amalgam filling.
If so then your child has mercury poisoning and you need to take your child to a doctor and explain he has mercury poisoning and needs to be detoxified. The doctor might argue how your child was poisoned but that is irregardless. The mercury needs to come out. Feed him sulfur foods whatever that means. I personally do know that eating garlic helps. Garlic is a good toxin remover.
Get your child tested for mercury poisoning then sue the dentist who poisoned the child. And from now on only take your children to a Mercury Free Dentist.
Most dentists will claim that the mercury amalgam filling metals are chemically bonded. This is a load of crap. Dentist are not metallurgists. For example stainless steel is resistant to rust. But I have still seen stainless steel rust and that is because everything oxidizes.

In my opinion it should be illegal to put mercury amalgam fillings in anyone under the age of eighteen. Insurance companies want to take the cheapest rout, so that means the consumer has to make up the difference in cost to get a composite filling.
Three years ago I charged over $5,000 on my credit card to have all my mercury amalgam fillings removed and now I have more energy, can concentrate better, and my digestive system is better.
Please research the Internet to find out the hazards of mercury. Then wonder how it is legal to put this bio-hazard in the mouths of people.

a lil odd mabe you should take him to a new dentist it could be due to nervs if hes a lil nervous of the doctor and what not