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I spent 25 minutes just thinking about a title to this submission, as to be so flummoxed in the anxiety of needing fairly extensive dental work, while unfortunately, reading these threads does little to instill calm.
Obviously, I am odontophobic coupled with a mild form of autism (manifesting in a hypersensitivity to light and sound) and some horrific childhood dental experiences. The idea of sitting in a dentist chair for 3 hours of staring into a bright light, scrapping, drilling, suctioning and pulling and I become suicidal in my thoughts. I don't know if I could even handle the so-called "deep sedation" of being mildly awake, so I have inquired as to general anesthesia in a dentist office as to discover the services to be so highly specialized as it not to be a viable alternative due to availability.
So my questions are, as follows:
Did I get bad information from my recently acquainted dentist office as to the rarity of general anesthesiologist in the course of oral surgery?
Am I overreacting in thinking deep sedation will be inadequate for a session of tooth extraction, root canal and 4 quadrants of deep cleaning?
Are the risks greatly magnified with a dentist administrating a coma-inducing sedative vs. a specialized anesthesiologist?
Unfortunately, I do not have family to express my heighten dental anxiety as even my spouse mocks my fear and previous experiences. In fact, I will not notify anyone in my family as to my dentist visits to avoid insensitive comments afterwards. The Board's insights would be greatly appreciated.
Obviously, I am odontophobic coupled with a mild form of autism (manifesting in a hypersensitivity to light and sound) and some horrific childhood dental experiences. The idea of sitting in a dentist chair for 3 hours of staring into a bright light, scrapping, drilling, suctioning and pulling and I become suicidal in my thoughts. I don't know if I could even handle the so-called "deep sedation" of being mildly awake, so I have inquired as to general anesthesia in a dentist office as to discover the services to be so highly specialized as it not to be a viable alternative due to availability.
So my questions are, as follows:
Did I get bad information from my recently acquainted dentist office as to the rarity of general anesthesiologist in the course of oral surgery?
Am I overreacting in thinking deep sedation will be inadequate for a session of tooth extraction, root canal and 4 quadrants of deep cleaning?
Are the risks greatly magnified with a dentist administrating a coma-inducing sedative vs. a specialized anesthesiologist?
Unfortunately, I do not have family to express my heighten dental anxiety as even my spouse mocks my fear and previous experiences. In fact, I will not notify anyone in my family as to my dentist visits to avoid insensitive comments afterwards. The Board's insights would be greatly appreciated.