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shymeeee
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I think I'd now be classified as someone with extreme dental anxiety after what I've been through in the last year. From what I know, they've been using shots of Lidocaine and Epinephrine for numbing. I've had also had a tooth removed by this new dentist and had several treatments to a crowned tooth, and each time (within 2 hours as the numbing wore off) an increasing burning sensation at the injection sites was taking hold and quickly grew until it felt like there was actual acid inside of my gums, in the areas where these injections were made. This last time, I was so overwhelmed with pain that I almost headed for the emergency room. After that last procedure, when it became clear that the injections were causing said pain, I called my company's on-call nurse who mentioned that maybe there was a buffering agent missing. Then I made a call to the dentist, who listened and said he'd made a note on my chart to use only Lidocaine minus Epinephrine. Any suggestions? This has me really uptight.
FYI: I'm pushing 60, and had many anesthesia (Novacaine as I recall) shots from the time I was a kid, and everytime it wore off I was fine. I've also had 2 teeth removed in the distant past (with other dentists), each time using local anestesia, and never had a problem.
FYI: I'm pushing 60, and had many anesthesia (Novacaine as I recall) shots from the time I was a kid, and everytime it wore off I was fine. I've also had 2 teeth removed in the distant past (with other dentists), each time using local anestesia, and never had a problem.
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