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Eddy10
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Just need to vent my spleen and to get a bit of support. This is my recent experience at a dentist to whom i was referred to, not my normal dentist, it isn't meant to frighten people as i know there are lots of lovely, patient dentists out there but i just need to vent!!
I was referred to a dentist to have a tooth extracted under IV sedation. The tooth has been giving me a number of problems since the original root canal failed (its a molar). I have always had teeth out under GA (wisdom and one other molar) and so my own dentist didn't think i would be able to cope with just a local and for it to be taken out.
I can just about cope with the dentist for routine stuff but i am very, very phobic of needles and therefore need lots of patience, time and numbing gel for the dentist to come anywhere near me with a needle, this is something that i have got totally tied down with my own dentist so i know there are good dentists out there. I also struggle to cope with major work (root canals, extractions etc) and will freak out in the chair if rushed.
The dentist today is supposed to be a OS but was just awful. The tooth has been feeling a little better past couple of days (might be because i was so nervous about having tooth out?) so when i went to the clinic i really wanted some time to chat about it first before just getting straight in there and having the tooth out, if it can be saved i would much rather have that. The OS clearly didn't want to spend time and just said "OK, don't have it out then" rather than discussing all options with me. He also did not allow me to fully read the consent form he just said "please sign this" while he kept hold of the form. He took an X-ray but when it came back he stated that the tooth would need to come out at some point so i decided to have it taken out now although i still was not entierly sure and was feeling very rushed.
He then stated as we had used up about 10mins of a 30mins appointment already he just wanted to give me locals and take out the tooth!!!! No chance!!! I told him that there was no way he would be able to get the tooth out with just locals which was the whole point with me being referred at which point he agreed to sedation "but we have to be quick". I had already told him a couple of times that i was needle phobic (and it was on my referral records) but he just came at me with this great big needle, no numbing gel, nobody else in the room with me (no nurse, just me and the OS), no time and of course i freaked out completely. The OS was not at all patient just saying that i needed to calm down, i'd had fillings before so what was the problem and it wouldn't hurt, all very good but when i'm phobic it does hurt!
Needless to say i was in such a state i just told him i couldn't go through with it . I have come away with a tooth that hopefully is getting better but will need to come out at some point before it starts giving me tons of pain again and i have lost a lot of trust i had built up with dentists by an idiot that should not be allowed near phobic patients. i now have no idea what my options are anymore, limited i know as i think i will only be able to have GA for which there is a huge waiting list on the NHS and i can't afford private GA.
Sorry for the ramble but i'm so upset as i feel a failure for not going through with it and don't know whether i'll ever be able to have it out. Help....
I was referred to a dentist to have a tooth extracted under IV sedation. The tooth has been giving me a number of problems since the original root canal failed (its a molar). I have always had teeth out under GA (wisdom and one other molar) and so my own dentist didn't think i would be able to cope with just a local and for it to be taken out.
I can just about cope with the dentist for routine stuff but i am very, very phobic of needles and therefore need lots of patience, time and numbing gel for the dentist to come anywhere near me with a needle, this is something that i have got totally tied down with my own dentist so i know there are good dentists out there. I also struggle to cope with major work (root canals, extractions etc) and will freak out in the chair if rushed.
The dentist today is supposed to be a OS but was just awful. The tooth has been feeling a little better past couple of days (might be because i was so nervous about having tooth out?) so when i went to the clinic i really wanted some time to chat about it first before just getting straight in there and having the tooth out, if it can be saved i would much rather have that. The OS clearly didn't want to spend time and just said "OK, don't have it out then" rather than discussing all options with me. He also did not allow me to fully read the consent form he just said "please sign this" while he kept hold of the form. He took an X-ray but when it came back he stated that the tooth would need to come out at some point so i decided to have it taken out now although i still was not entierly sure and was feeling very rushed.
He then stated as we had used up about 10mins of a 30mins appointment already he just wanted to give me locals and take out the tooth!!!! No chance!!! I told him that there was no way he would be able to get the tooth out with just locals which was the whole point with me being referred at which point he agreed to sedation "but we have to be quick". I had already told him a couple of times that i was needle phobic (and it was on my referral records) but he just came at me with this great big needle, no numbing gel, nobody else in the room with me (no nurse, just me and the OS), no time and of course i freaked out completely. The OS was not at all patient just saying that i needed to calm down, i'd had fillings before so what was the problem and it wouldn't hurt, all very good but when i'm phobic it does hurt!
Needless to say i was in such a state i just told him i couldn't go through with it . I have come away with a tooth that hopefully is getting better but will need to come out at some point before it starts giving me tons of pain again and i have lost a lot of trust i had built up with dentists by an idiot that should not be allowed near phobic patients. i now have no idea what my options are anymore, limited i know as i think i will only be able to have GA for which there is a huge waiting list on the NHS and i can't afford private GA.
Sorry for the ramble but i'm so upset as i feel a failure for not going through with it and don't know whether i'll ever be able to have it out. Help....