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They should have been monitoring blood pressure and breathing if they were giving IV medications.
IV medication is not necessary for such a procedure, especially with the Nitrous Oxide AND a local anethetic. My daughter had a filling done when she was 4 yrs old and never had IV medication. Granted a cap is not necessarily a 'filling' but should not require much more medication. DEFINATELY not without monitoring.
My daughter's dentist gives me a form to sign stating what procedures he will be using and if any restraints will be used. I am required to sign the form agreeing to the medications, procedures, and practices. I know my daughter's dentist very well as I used to go to the same dentist. I don't go into the office with her but I know I don't need to.
Research your dentist, KNOW what will be happening in your dentist's office, and only agree to what you are comfortable with. There's no reason to panic about not being IN the office with him. If there is any complication, unless you are trained as a first responder, there's probably little that a parent could do besides panic or cause distraction.
This dentist was not as careful as he should have been. It does not mean that the parent should have insisted on staying in the room, as was said already, there's likely little she could have done.
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