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Need dental work but prone to dry sockets, is this dangerous???

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Torcol

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I am considering getting 24 teeth extracted all at once and immediate dentures.
I have had about six teeth pulled over the years and four got dry sockets. What happens if I get a mouthful of dry sockets??? I have extreme anxiety and have literally gotten up and left after the doctor gave me novacain and left the room! I take no meds due to medical anxiety so I am petrified!!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
Hi Torcol, sorry you didn't get any replies till now.. it might be a good idea to talk to your dentist about exactly this. There might be some precautions or a course of treatment that makes it less probable or make it possible to treat complications without you having to suffer.
A good relationship and communication with your dentist is even more important if you can't take any anxiety meds. Did your dentist recommend you to get the teeth extracted?
 
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did you consider an overdenture? They are more comfortable
 
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