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Hi, it took me 2 years to finally get referred to the specialist dental clinic in Edinburgh (Duncan St). The first time I was there we discussed me getting IV sedation if I needed treatment and I was told I'd have to go to X (I think it might have been Haddington) because that was the only place they could do it; it wasn't available at Duncan St. Yesterday I was back for a follow-up visit and the dentist told me she'd 'since discovered they don't offer IV sedation. It's no longer available'. I was a bit thrown, combined with being on Diazepam, so I didn't really question it as I should have, but I'm thinking now - what do they do with people who have autism, or have severe retardation and who can't sit through dentistry? Are they putting them under general anaesthetic or just throwing them to the wolves - go private or go home?
I'm suspecting now what she really meant was that people in the dental fear clinic, like myself, don't get the option of IV sedation, which makes me wonder, why bother having the clinic? If the dentist can't offer me any help that my normal dentist can't offer, why is it even there? I find it a lot more stressing to go there, because it is so far away (another NHS strategy, putting everything in one, distant, place) so frankly I don't think I'll bother going back if they can't offer any additional help.
So, short form, what I want to know is:
a) Anyone had IV sedation from NHS Scotland?
b) Does anyone know if they are offering it to ANY patients or has it genuinely been stopped, and
c) Am I right in saying an ordinary NHS dentist can give gas & air, because that's all she was offering me as an option.
Any information, or if there is somewhere better to post this, most gratefully accepted. Thanks!
I'm suspecting now what she really meant was that people in the dental fear clinic, like myself, don't get the option of IV sedation, which makes me wonder, why bother having the clinic? If the dentist can't offer me any help that my normal dentist can't offer, why is it even there? I find it a lot more stressing to go there, because it is so far away (another NHS strategy, putting everything in one, distant, place) so frankly I don't think I'll bother going back if they can't offer any additional help.
So, short form, what I want to know is:
a) Anyone had IV sedation from NHS Scotland?
b) Does anyone know if they are offering it to ANY patients or has it genuinely been stopped, and
c) Am I right in saying an ordinary NHS dentist can give gas & air, because that's all she was offering me as an option.
Any information, or if there is somewhere better to post this, most gratefully accepted. Thanks!