Loretta: The dentist really has no business in the bedroom of this family or any other for that matter. I appalled at the liberties of health care professionals who invite themselves into peoples bedrooms and saddened that they have been allowed in... On a gentler note I think it is appropriate to let parents know that their health care professionals do not belong where the parents do not care to allow them to be. There is some excellent work now out that substantiates that caries are not a result of night nursing... you can add to the recommended reading for this practice the thesis of Patrick Torney bds : Prolonged, on-demand breastfeeding and dental caries - an investigation. .. all 199 pages. Patricia