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jaime
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Last week I had a dental visit and something that went wrong with the numbing shot is still on my mind. When I got the shot for a tooth on my lower left side, immediately my upper jaw seized up. It became painful to open my mouth and there was a feeling of tightness across my cheeks and nose. This weirdness lasted only a minute or two. The dentist didn't have any explanation for it.
This isn't the first time I had a problem with a shot in this area. I chalked up the first bad experience (numbing went to my left ear) to an oddball thing since I've had a few shots in that area with no problem when I was younger. But now this second incident is making me fearful of the next time I have to get a numbing shot. Was the jaw pain with the shot a minor thing or does it indicate something more serious? Do I have to forgo future numbing shots in that area? Are there alternatives to getting the shot besides laughing gas?
(Sorry for all the questions. I hate that I'm stressing out now. I just completed this recent round of dental visits and shouldn't have to go back until the August check-up, but I'm fearful that some new tooth problem will suddenly come up and I won't know what to do about numbing.)
This isn't the first time I had a problem with a shot in this area. I chalked up the first bad experience (numbing went to my left ear) to an oddball thing since I've had a few shots in that area with no problem when I was younger. But now this second incident is making me fearful of the next time I have to get a numbing shot. Was the jaw pain with the shot a minor thing or does it indicate something more serious? Do I have to forgo future numbing shots in that area? Are there alternatives to getting the shot besides laughing gas?
(Sorry for all the questions. I hate that I'm stressing out now. I just completed this recent round of dental visits and shouldn't have to go back until the August check-up, but I'm fearful that some new tooth problem will suddenly come up and I won't know what to do about numbing.)