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  1. C

    IV Sedation - Please Help

    Hello, this is my first time writing in a forum so I am sorry if I did anything wrong x I have a dentist phobia due to severe trauma and haven't allowed a dentist to touch my teeth since I was a kid, I'm 23 now and I need to get 2 extractions and 2 fillings. I wanted to get general anesthesia...
  2. J

    Another IV sedation Thread, but stay with me...

    Hey all, This is a big one so, you know, stick with me. I'm an emetaphobe and that phobia has spread into a full fledged-fear of panic attacks themselves (because I'm worried I'll get sick). The irony, of course, is I haven't been actually sick in over thirty years. And I've never been sick...
  3. M

    Emergency question - iv sedation in 6 hours and I have severe acid reflux

    Help! I’m scheduled for iv sedation with midazolam in 6 hours and I woke up about 2 hours ago with intense acid reflux. I did eat a heavy meal last night, thinking I wouldn’t be able to eat again for a while so I may as well enjoy it, and now I’m so worried about potential reflux aspiration...
  4. M

    IV Sedation Journey

    Hello all, I’ve posted on here quite a few times and here I am again 😰 on Thursday at 11am I will be undergoing iv sedation for a molar extraction/bone graft and 5 fillings on my right side. To say I am nervous is an understatement. I have put off dental treatment for years and ended up with...
  5. A

    Do the IV Sedation for the love of all things!

    I posted a couple times here about my appointment and it came to pass yesterday! A whole year of putting off the inevitable. Sitting in the chair THREE time at three different appointments to get it dealt with but bailing every time before they laid me back. Finally I opted for Midazolam IV...
  6. M

    IV sedation - so scared

    Hello all, This is my third post about this, and as the day draws closer my anxiety grows as well. I think I’m actually having a nervous breakdown. I cannot stop feeling like I will certainly die with IV sedation. I am writing letters to my daughter and husband, making sure to have everything...
  7. M

    Really really scared, crying everyday, lost job over this anxiety of being sedated

    Hello all, I have a lower molar that is infected under a large filling on my left bottom side and has to come out. I also need 10 fillings and another broken molar on my right side but that one isn’t giving me problems yet. I have put off dental work for so long now I’m hysterical thinking of...
  8. A

    Molar Extraction coming up using midazolam! How is your experience with it?

    I am very anxious for my appointment. I’ve bailed on so many root canals it’s time to get this puppy extracted 😩 The only way I can do it is to be sedated. My dentist will use midazolam and I am terrified of it! I hate feeling out of control and worried it will make it worse not better. I...
  9. M

    Dental Phobia - Iv Sedation

    Hello all, I have developed pretty extensive dental phobia over the years to having my lower jaw numb. So much so it has caused me to avoid the dentist all together unless it’s an emergency…and of course, it’s an emergency now 😭 I have a lower molar with a large filling that last week become...
  10. J

    Wisdom teeth IV sedation in US - terrified

    I'm in the US. I have a wisdom tooth that is horizontal impacted with a cyst, oral surgeon wants to take this one out and do a bone graft and also remove the other horizontal one. I have never had sedation before and one of the OS I consulted with wanted to do deep sedation (which terrified me...
  11. C

    Is IV sedation available from NHS in SCOTLAND?

    Hi, it took me 2 years to finally get referred to the specialist dental clinic in Edinburgh (Duncan St). The first time I was there we discussed me getting IV sedation if I needed treatment and I was told I'd have to go to X (I think it might have been Haddington) because that was the only place...
  12. pinyonjay2

    IV Sedation for fillings finally scheduled

    Hello everyone, So I finally have my IV Sedation appointment scheduled for August 26th at 8 am for the broken amalgam + amalgam and cavity next to it (so two fillings total, the back-most molars on my lower left jaw). Yes...these are the exact same ones I posted about in 2019. Not sure how I...
  13. L

    IV Sedation Fear

    Hi My dentist doesn't do implants but has said my options are full dentures or possibly (based on a scan) all on 4 implants with a referral. I am so down at the thought of having to have dentures (it is really affecting my life). And my families, it's all I can talk/think about. I would love...
  14. S

    Pain during IV Sedation?

    I'm having 2 root canals done tomorrow and this is my first time with IV Sedation (Medazolam). I've had general anesthesia for 6 root canals at once and obviously there was no pain during that. Is it common to use other pain killers during an IV sedation procedure besides novacaine?
  15. M

    Large job, terrified!

    Hi All So next week, due to avoiding the dentist for many years, I am having my entire top jaw of teeth removed, bone levelled and implants fitted. I am having IV sedation and after all the work is done I know that it will change my smile and my life for the better. My dentist and anaesthetist...
  16. L

    Sedation Question

    If I already take Xanax daily for anxiety, can you still get IV sedation? Or will it interact with the medication I already take?
  17. F

    Scared But Trying

    My appointment is the 15th, or Wednesday, two days from now. I had a previous appointment that I canceled. I had a consult with a new surgeon and clicked better with him and made plans to have them removed. I’ve posted before, I’m incredibly scared of being sedated but under his advice agreed to...
  18. C

    Need support after many failed attempts ?

    I am 16 years old and my front teeth are very far forward and they have made a MASSIVE impact on my self confidence. I live in the uk so therefore I am able to get a brace for free through the NHS but to get my brace I need to get my two baby teeth out so my front teeth can move. Unfortunately I...
  19. F

    IV Sedation appointment in 4 hours please help!!!!

    So ive been down a long road for around 10 years now working on overcoming my dental phobia. To keep it short i managed to overcome it with 2 extraction appointments and 2 IV sedation appointments and came out dentally fit for the first time since i was 9. However that all came to a end 4 years...
  20. M

    Root canal with IV SEDATION. HELP.

    Hi there, i would love some advice and by advice i mean please help my worrying. I was informed i needed a root canal about two months ago, reluctantly made the appointment for the procedure a week following diagnosis. I wasn't too afraid. Upon receiving the root canal, I wasn't going numb...
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