3rd Phase of Implant- Impressions.

[Rusty213]

I have to go Monday afternoon for the impressions... I have the WORST gag reflex... They scheduled me to be there for 1 and a half hours! How am I going to get through this without gagging and freaking out? I try to breathe through my nose the whole time, but then it just creeps in..

 

[Rusty213]

I DID IT!!!! I went today for upper and lower impressions... The uppers are a killer... I gag every time and hard. Sends my anxiety into over drive! The assistant did the lower one and I gagged 3 times. It was bad. I usually never gag with the bottoms. They didn't come out right so I had to do it again. The dentist did the top one. He only used a little compound and didn't do the top palate. And they put some numbing gel on it (that made me gag)..... It had to stay in there for 5 minutes. Ugh.... I didn't gag once... I breathed thru my nose and I held my hands in a fist and he counted down. I was so relieved when he hit the 30 second mark. Then he redid the bottom impression.... No gagging... I go in 2 weeks for more work..
I will have new teeth in 4-6 weeks!

 

[Colin65]

Well done for going through with it. I had impressions taken a few weeks ago, I didn't gag but it felt like I was going to choke and of course as soon as the gel stuff was in place I wanted to swallow.

Good job though, I bet you're excited about your new smile!

 

[comfortdentist]

@Rusty
No you aren't the worst. I had a patient once who vomited when I touched his nose. He was sitting up and I had nothing in my hand.

 

[zombiegroupie]

5 minutes? ??!!

 

[Rusty213]

5 minutes? ??!!

Yup.... I had no idea it was going to be that long. But he counted down for me and it helped a lot.. The bottom was only a minute or so..