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Alani
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My next appointment is a regular check up and clean plus fixing a failing filling. I have a few questions
1. my last filling I had was extremely uncomfortable I could feel the drilling even though I was numbed twice, is there a reason why I couldn’t get numb? It was like it wore off as soon as the treatment started it was 2 so the first one was fine after about 5 mins I felt a sharp intense pain but it kept happening frequently but was fine after the drilling part was done. I was then numb for almost 5 hrs on my cheek and lips. This is something I’m extremely worried about as I don’t want to feel any pain at all. The injection part was fine I actually didn’t feel any of that probably because he left the topical on for a little longer then he usually does which helped significantly
2. my filling is on the upper right second last back molar, how long should I expect to be numb for and what areas will be numb? Will it be my cheek, lips ect or will it just be my tooth?
lastly this is causing the most anxiety for me and I have a fear of unknown situations is how will this appointment be structured would it be better to do the check up, cleaning, and polishing first without the numbing then do the numbing for the filling? Or vide versa? I would hate to be numb and not being able to rinse and spit properly making a total mess and fool of myself.
would it be beneficial to take paracetamol and ibuprofen before my appointment to help with decreasing the pain incase the Local anaesthetic wears off halfway through? I’m so nervous about This and I’ve already rescheduled the appointment once already I don’t want to keep on putting it off because I’m terrified.
1. my last filling I had was extremely uncomfortable I could feel the drilling even though I was numbed twice, is there a reason why I couldn’t get numb? It was like it wore off as soon as the treatment started it was 2 so the first one was fine after about 5 mins I felt a sharp intense pain but it kept happening frequently but was fine after the drilling part was done. I was then numb for almost 5 hrs on my cheek and lips. This is something I’m extremely worried about as I don’t want to feel any pain at all. The injection part was fine I actually didn’t feel any of that probably because he left the topical on for a little longer then he usually does which helped significantly
2. my filling is on the upper right second last back molar, how long should I expect to be numb for and what areas will be numb? Will it be my cheek, lips ect or will it just be my tooth?
lastly this is causing the most anxiety for me and I have a fear of unknown situations is how will this appointment be structured would it be better to do the check up, cleaning, and polishing first without the numbing then do the numbing for the filling? Or vide versa? I would hate to be numb and not being able to rinse and spit properly making a total mess and fool of myself.
would it be beneficial to take paracetamol and ibuprofen before my appointment to help with decreasing the pain incase the Local anaesthetic wears off halfway through? I’m so nervous about This and I’ve already rescheduled the appointment once already I don’t want to keep on putting it off because I’m terrified.