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suzieQ
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I usually have no problem whatsoever with visiting a dentist....my dentist is particularly patient and caring, so I do not have injections for fillings, root canals or crowns. It is 15 years since I had a dental injection and today I had to have a tooth which I damaged beyond repair removed. Was I a nervous wreck, to say the least?
I visited this site, and other dental sites looking for information on local anaesthetics, the potency of them, and I became a specialist in all the adverse effects which can happen, the various anaesthetics used today etc etc. I found this board very useful for looking at what everyone has been through because of dental phobias and I sympathised with everyone who has this fear. I know some people would rather put up with bad teeth, smelly breath etc rather than seek attention, and it does take a stoical stance to overcome such fears.
Well the reason I have just joined this board and the point of my posting is to say to everyone with fear of a dentist.....PLEASE, PLEASE find a sympathetic dentist who will take the time and trouble to talk his way through all the treatment options, the way anaesthetics work etc etc, before he even comes near with any instruments.
My dentist was surprised when I saw him today to find that I was literally shaking when I arrived at the surgery, he couldn't understand when I have had such treatment without injections that I was so uptight and anxious about having one today. But, of course, I had to have one because it was an extraction and he wouldn't even consider doing that without first numbing me up.
Because I was so anxious he suggested I have an injection without epi (adrenaline) in it, as he thought I had enough of my own circulating already! So, I had an anaesthetic called Mevipicaine plain, it numbed me up within seconds (took me by surprise that), I had the tooth extracted and my mouth was un-numbed and back to normal before I left the surgery. I had the whole procedure done in 45 minutes!! He explained that it was the epi that made most people twitchy but the benefits of epi made the anaesthetic numb for longer if more extensive surgery was required. Well from now on, I shall request this Mepivicaine as I had no side effects whatsoever........it really was a walk in the park!
Just wanted to share that with you. I am not bragging by any stretch of the imagination, I was totally freaked out before I got to the surgery and I even thought of cancelling the appointment. But when I thought of the alternative of living on pain killers for the toothache I suffered, I bit the bullet and went. As I type this, I don't even have any post dental pain, just a slight thin blood loss mixed with saliva which I can tolerate.
Good luck to anyone who is scared by treatment to come, or who is putting it off because of fear. If my posting makes just one person go for treatment, I shall be happy!
I visited this site, and other dental sites looking for information on local anaesthetics, the potency of them, and I became a specialist in all the adverse effects which can happen, the various anaesthetics used today etc etc. I found this board very useful for looking at what everyone has been through because of dental phobias and I sympathised with everyone who has this fear. I know some people would rather put up with bad teeth, smelly breath etc rather than seek attention, and it does take a stoical stance to overcome such fears.
Well the reason I have just joined this board and the point of my posting is to say to everyone with fear of a dentist.....PLEASE, PLEASE find a sympathetic dentist who will take the time and trouble to talk his way through all the treatment options, the way anaesthetics work etc etc, before he even comes near with any instruments.
My dentist was surprised when I saw him today to find that I was literally shaking when I arrived at the surgery, he couldn't understand when I have had such treatment without injections that I was so uptight and anxious about having one today. But, of course, I had to have one because it was an extraction and he wouldn't even consider doing that without first numbing me up.
Because I was so anxious he suggested I have an injection without epi (adrenaline) in it, as he thought I had enough of my own circulating already! So, I had an anaesthetic called Mevipicaine plain, it numbed me up within seconds (took me by surprise that), I had the tooth extracted and my mouth was un-numbed and back to normal before I left the surgery. I had the whole procedure done in 45 minutes!! He explained that it was the epi that made most people twitchy but the benefits of epi made the anaesthetic numb for longer if more extensive surgery was required. Well from now on, I shall request this Mepivicaine as I had no side effects whatsoever........it really was a walk in the park!
Just wanted to share that with you. I am not bragging by any stretch of the imagination, I was totally freaked out before I got to the surgery and I even thought of cancelling the appointment. But when I thought of the alternative of living on pain killers for the toothache I suffered, I bit the bullet and went. As I type this, I don't even have any post dental pain, just a slight thin blood loss mixed with saliva which I can tolerate.
Good luck to anyone who is scared by treatment to come, or who is putting it off because of fear. If my posting makes just one person go for treatment, I shall be happy!