Frightened About Big Surgery On Friday

[Sweet Tooth]

Friday I'll be having four molars extracted and six implants placed in my upper arch. I'm frightened that my dentiat who is a resident, will drop my molars, (or pieces of them), if they are sectioned, into my throat. A dentist in the past has dropped two temporary crowns that were connected into my throat. It's so hard for me to trust my dentist because of this. I feel very vulnerable laying back with my mouth open at their mercy. I'm also dreading the pain during the palate injections. In June when I had my last upper arch surgery, the supervising dentiat told my dentist to inject slowly. This was after I let them both know before they started the surgery about my previous palate injection experiences. It didn't help I still had tears in my eyes from the pain.

I hoping the Triazolam will help take the edge off my anxiety and fear.

Wondering if anyone else has ever had anything dropped into their throat at the dentist or are you frightened that something will fall into your throat?

 

[letsconnect]

Hi @Sweet Tooth, just wanted to wish you all the best for tomorrow! Have you shared your concerns about things being dropped down your throat with your dentist? They should also be able to use some tricks such as putting on numbing gel and applying pressure with a cotton swab or similar (and of course injecting slowly) to make palate injections much easier on you. With a bit of luck her technique will have improved since June .

The triazolam should help a lot! (p.s. I don't think having things dropped into your throat is a common occurrence - it sounds as if you were just really unlucky with your past dentist.

Best of luck for tomorrow, I hope everything goes great for you - you're on the home stretch now

 

[Sweet Tooth]

@letsconnect Thank you so very much for wishing me luck. I have told the resident dentist about my concerns about things being dropped down my throat. I know that not many people have had this kind of thing happen to them. I appreciate it so much that you are there checking in with me. Maybe I will ask the "real dentist" if he could do the injections. I did share with both of them about the injections being painful. Last time, he just told her to inject slowly and walked out of the room. Getting ready for my appointment right now It will start around 8:00 am. It will take longer because it's a dental school and the "real dentist" has to go to different rooms and oversee the different surgeries. Thanks again

 

[Dr. Daniel]

Hi sweet tooth,

What can help is not to be treated laying all the way back, but in a semi-seated position, this easy the danger of swallowing is much smaller and you will more comfortable. The question is whether the dentist is willing to work like that. In surgical procedures dentists often prefer that way so it is worth asking.
Another thing that can help is to tilt the head to the side (the dentist can choose which side) and then the danger of swallowing is almost gone.

 

[Sweet Tooth]

@Dr. Daniel Thank you for responding.
They did lay me back so that I was horizontal for the procedure. My anxiety was higher because of this. My BP was up when they started. For the lower arch, I was sitting up more which I liked. I had to get a termprary denture for the upper arch. Having a CP makes it not fit as well. I will be going back on Monday to have it relined. They put the implants totally under my gum tissue so I think this will mean more injections on the top once they intergrate The "real dentist" loosely put gauze in my mouth when he was doing a certain thing to protect from dropping whatever it was down my throat.
I hope I'm not bleeding too much today.

 

[letsconnect]

Hi @Sweet Tooth, well done !! I hope your recovery is going well, and that you haven't experienced too much bleeding or pain. How are you doing now?

 

[Sweet Tooth]

Hi letsconnect , Thank you for being so kind and checking on me The bleeding is better. I was a little worried about it last night. I've been taking 400 mg of Advil and 500 mg of Tylenol at the same time to keep on top of the pain. I can take it every six hours but I haven't had to. It seems to be helping. Last night I couldn't sleep. I had many injections yesterday. Do you think this could have kept me awake last night? Thank you for being available and supporting all of us.
I hope you are doing well