Autistic girl faces ‘frustrating’ year wait for tooth removal

Mr Mailey told BBC Radio Foyle’s North West Today his daughter is unable to sit still to have dental work done and that she is non-verbal.

“The dental team identified a hole in the tooth and that the tooth had to come out,” he continued.

“But because of her needs and that she would not be able to sit still, then the procedure would have to be done under general anaesthetic,” he said.

He was then told that the waiting list for this was over a year which “really shocked us”.

Maisie was given an antibiotic, but according to Mr Mailey it provides little relief and “when she is eating you can definitely see that it is upsetting her”.

He explained that the toothache is having “a knock-on effect”.

“It’s deregulating her, in terms of having to come out [of school] for two or three days.”