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cedarwater
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Would you let a general dentist extract your tooth without any sedation besides a valium and some local anethetic other than novacaine (he didnt tell me what it was) or would you demand an oral surgeon?
My husband and I are at odds with each other due to all this. He likes the price of $70 to extract a tooth and has no concept of dental phobia or even anxiety. I've said it would just be easier for me to trust the procedure if I went to an oral surgeon, but he keeps saying "yeah but it'll cost more." I don't think that he really understands what I'm going through and I didn't know general desntitsts did extractions. He says to me that I'm the one who doesn't understand what he's going through. He insits I'll be fine and that this dentist seems like he knows what hes talking about.
I saw a dentist lastnight over a tooth that broke Sunday afternoon. When it broke I began weeping all night because I knew it had to be pulled. I went to a dentist (I didnt have one so I had to choose one yesterday) lastnight who refuses to do sedation dentistry because he insists that its bad for me and that I'll have to be woken up..but his website promotes sedation dentistry. So there is no gas. I told him novacaine does not work on me and he said that they dont use novacaine anymore; they use soemthing different. Then he gave me a lesson on pain versus pressure. But pressure is what sets me off too. So I was sort of in shock thru the whole appt, and I had tot talk him into giving me some valiums at the very least. I just didnt feel like the guy was listening to my fears. So when I left the office, as soon as I shut the door, I started crying. I cried all night. I woke up crying.
All my husband can say is it has to be done urgently (which it does) and that shopping around from dentitst to dentist is not an option right now. My mom told me to relax and drink tea. If this dentist hurts me, Im afraid its going to set me back further. If thats the case, I won't be able to get myself in for a cleaning ever. I've tried to get help for the phobia but my husband doesnt want to spend the money on it. He's not a bad guy, hes just overly concerned with money I guess. lol He sounds worse than he really is.
I'm just curious of what you all would do in my situation. I'm on limited time with a broken tooth. In fact its broken all the way to the bone, so it has to be taken care of asap.
Thanks for being there in advance....
My husband and I are at odds with each other due to all this. He likes the price of $70 to extract a tooth and has no concept of dental phobia or even anxiety. I've said it would just be easier for me to trust the procedure if I went to an oral surgeon, but he keeps saying "yeah but it'll cost more." I don't think that he really understands what I'm going through and I didn't know general desntitsts did extractions. He says to me that I'm the one who doesn't understand what he's going through. He insits I'll be fine and that this dentist seems like he knows what hes talking about.
I saw a dentist lastnight over a tooth that broke Sunday afternoon. When it broke I began weeping all night because I knew it had to be pulled. I went to a dentist (I didnt have one so I had to choose one yesterday) lastnight who refuses to do sedation dentistry because he insists that its bad for me and that I'll have to be woken up..but his website promotes sedation dentistry. So there is no gas. I told him novacaine does not work on me and he said that they dont use novacaine anymore; they use soemthing different. Then he gave me a lesson on pain versus pressure. But pressure is what sets me off too. So I was sort of in shock thru the whole appt, and I had tot talk him into giving me some valiums at the very least. I just didnt feel like the guy was listening to my fears. So when I left the office, as soon as I shut the door, I started crying. I cried all night. I woke up crying.
All my husband can say is it has to be done urgently (which it does) and that shopping around from dentitst to dentist is not an option right now. My mom told me to relax and drink tea. If this dentist hurts me, Im afraid its going to set me back further. If thats the case, I won't be able to get myself in for a cleaning ever. I've tried to get help for the phobia but my husband doesnt want to spend the money on it. He's not a bad guy, hes just overly concerned with money I guess. lol He sounds worse than he really is.
I'm just curious of what you all would do in my situation. I'm on limited time with a broken tooth. In fact its broken all the way to the bone, so it has to be taken care of asap.
Thanks for being there in advance....