I would never, never, never allow my child to be put in a papoose. I would also never leave my child alone in the room with a dentist. We searched for a dentist that would allow us to stay in the room with our kids. The fact that many don't is mind blowing to me and the papoose thing is awful!!
@HotterThanYou:
We started taking ours to a childs dentist at age of two. They would let him lay in chair with me and just have him open mouth and peek in. No work done, just was to get him used to the dentist and mouth looking. Plus if they did see something to be concerned about was a good time to find out. Was up in Canada... 4951