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sincitysoul
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Well, as hard as it is, you need to relax. You could even ask the dentist if you could take something for anxiety the night before - The practice I'm looking into allows use of 1 pill the night before and 1 the morning of, as long as there's someone to ensure you get home safely. These dentists are pretty well trained in the different types of pain relief, be it more of a local or a nerve block, if there's infection or not, etc. If at any point you feel like the anesthetic isn't work enough and you can still feel it, you can always put your foot down and refuse to get the tooth pulled until it IS sufficiently numb (and if the dentist can't handle that, they may refer you to oral surgeon or something for a more intense anesthesia, but it CAN be done).
Extractions really aren't as bad as everyone tends to make them out to be - It's a few brief seconds of pressure (and I'd say pressure, not even really pain at all - and I'm a huge crybaby over things like that LOL) and then it's all over. Your eyes might water so have a tissue handy, but other than that, there's really nothing to worry about.
Extractions really aren't as bad as everyone tends to make them out to be - It's a few brief seconds of pressure (and I'd say pressure, not even really pain at all - and I'm a huge crybaby over things like that LOL) and then it's all over. Your eyes might water so have a tissue handy, but other than that, there's really nothing to worry about.