… I had 3 Cerec restorations and 2 amalgam fillings replaced with white in one sitting.
I’m not the must articulate of people so please bear with me ;-)
I couldn’t have done this without the help and skill of Dr Mike Gow, I honestly can’t praise him enough, he is in my eyes a Legend. Ashley (the dental nurse) has really helped as well, even offering to lend me her ipod if needed. What a Team.
I emailed Mike about 11 months ago (possibly more) in a bit of a panic as my old dentist had moved and the practise wouldn’t give me any contact details. After a few threads on this board I discovered Mike Gow and to be truly honest I have never looked back.
I’ve visited Mike a few times before we decided on a treatment plan. That included replacing all my Amalgam fillings with Cerec and those that were too small with a white filling. We discussed sedation options and since I’m not a huge fan of needles (one of the things I fear the most) we decided on oral sedation. Mike organised a telephone call to another patient (Cheers Jamie) who he had treated a few weeks before with oral sedation, after speaking with him I felt great and very positive about the appointment we had made.
Now then that was a few months ago, yesterday was my appointment.
I had sent Mike an email just to ask a few questions on Monday and Ashley (hope I spelt the name right) called me late afternoon, we had a quick chat and she reassured me I’d be fine, Thank you for calling me, it made a huge difference.
Later that night Mike called me and we discussed what was going to happen and he answered the questions I had emailed him earlier, this again made a huge difference and helped my get a good nights sleep.
My lass had driven me up the practise early, after a short wait all was set. I went in and sat on the chair and Mike talked through what we were going to do, I was feeling a little nervous at this point. I got my blood pressure taken and then was offered a orange drink (which included the sedation), it took me a few minutes to pluck up the courage to drink it but I managed it in a few sips, it tasted fine, in fact I’ve drank a lot worse tasting alcoholic beverages (of which I’ve sampled many), after a few minutes of talking DSLRs and Lens I felt really relaxed and all of my anxiety and nerves had gone, Mike suggested numbing me up which I was happy to go ahead with. By the way, Mike is superb at giving the best pain free injections in the world! I can’t truly honestly say every time I’ve had an injection by Mike it has been painless and those include times when I’ve not been sedated, he truly is a brilliant.
The rest of the appointment went just as well, totally painless and relaxed, I watched the Cerec being designed which was cool and after 3 hours (which went by quickly) I was done and my teeth looked great.
I can’t recommend Mike and the team enough. Without the patience (and I think I must have pushed his patience a few times, although Mike has never made me feel as though I have) of Mike I know I would have had a lot hard of a time and must likely still be in pain.
Thanks Mike, Ashley and the team at the Berkeley Clinic, an exceptional bunch of people that have helped me no end, I only wish I could describe in words how brilliant they have been.
I feel i've come on a long long way with trying to overcome by phobia and that feels good
Take care and have Fun
Garrie