Deep clean anaesthetic

[SallyUK]

Hello, I posted in support but think my question should be here 😊

having periodontal treatment on interdental spaces between upper front teeth soon. Had it once before on a canine and seem to remember a lot of numbing and it lasting ages.

I have a fear of the numbing. Particularly my face and wide areas feeling numb, i once had some in throat, which made me panicky. I have non Adrenalin product and my dentist is aware of all my fears and is lovely. They just make me feel awful and I also panic there will be nerve damage and I’ll stay numb. so most of this I know is irrational.

the appointment is 30 minutes and I think he said my nose and lip would be numb. I’m getting it a right state about it when I’ve had a good run of managing my anxiety 😞

it would help me to know what sort of level of numbing might be needed? For fillings I often go without but I know this treatment will be working in sensitive areas. I’m most,y scared of a palette injection, I’ve had one before and it felt super weird as definitely more aware of needle, not pain exactly, but also just weird being numb here. Do you know what sort of injection I will need? It’s the gaps between the two central incisors and the next teeth.

all other areas are a 1 but pockets seem to have developed quick in this area, pretty down about aesthetics of this as the black triangles will get bigger. Bone is good on xray, so all in all dentist says it’s pretty minor preventative work.

 

[Gordon]

I think your best bet here is to talk it over with the dentist before they start... ask them to minimally numb the area and see how things go, they can always add more local if needed, it works very quickly for gum surgery.
It's not likely that they'll need to put a palatal injection in place at all, but again, you should discuss this with them.

 

[SallyUK]

@Gordon thank you, I appreciate your reply. he’s a great dentist and he will run through it all if I ask and I will.

Good to hear a palate injection unlikely.

This phobia has always been more anticipatory but felt I had a handle on it for a while now, so frustrating when it returns and feels overwhelming again. Maybe as too much time has past since I had much work done 😄 not that I am wishing more.

I know I want this work done, I want to keep ahead of things. thank you for your reminder to just say what I hope for , less numbing. It’s quite easy to forget you can ask for things when anxious and not the expert.