Couple ?s about anxiety and shots for numbing

[Catalano]

I have high BP due to my panicky mind only at dentist. Really have normal numbers when I'm calm at home. Should I still get the shot for a root canal for a molar with Epinephrine? Or better to get a different shot? I heard Epinephrine helps the shot numb longer. Just that if my pressure is high due to anxiety will getting that shot be a problem? The side effects from it happen mainly from it being done wrong in the patient?

Also is it dangerous to have had three cbct x-rays and several x-rays of my molar between a few dentists within a month?

 

[Gordon]

Should I still get the shot for a root canal for a molar with Epinephrine? Or better to get a different shot? I heard Epinephrine helps the shot numb longer. Just that if my pressure is high due to anxiety will getting that shot be a problem? The side effects from it happen mainly from it being done wrong in the patient?

Personally I'd want the one with some Epi in it, the amount of Epi in a local anaesthetic cartridge is pretty trivial. The "side effects" are mainly down to inadvertent injection into a blood vessel and are very transient and honestly more scary than anything actually harmful.

Also is it dangerous to have had three cbct x-rays and several x-rays of my molar between a few dentists within a month?

No, it's not ideal because it's a fair dose of radiation but it's not dangerous.