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Well I went for an emergency appointment yesterday at the special care dentist ( I’ve moved from Manchester to the West Midlands) my original appointment is in October but I was allowed to go for an emergency due too pain in a different tooth !
Anyway when I went wow the difference from going too mainstream dentist is just so noticeable and also nice .
I was allowed too cry , I was allowed to ask when they were going to look in my mouth etc .
Anyway I have a small mouth and need some fillings ( Deep ones hopefully I’ll be okay having that done ?) and I also need this poorly tooth sorted but the way she discussed it all just made me feel more able too manage the mess off my teeth until I go back in October and sort out a treatment plan which I’m going too write down . She took a few notes like the fact I do not want local anaesthetic with adrenaline, I also need the wand and if I need sedation it needs further discussion, they were so nice and listened too everything.

Honestly I know it will take a while for everything too be done as I also need more dentures but I know I need all the treatment done first .

Good thing is no infection present, I will just take ibuprofen when I feel pain again and also keep up with salt washes like the dentist said just to help things .

All in all I believe this will be the best thing for me and how ever long it takes then that’s okay as I know that my needs and adjustments are valuable, I even thanks them for being kind and nice and they said please don’t that’s what we are here for .

I still can’t look in my mouth and I get flashbacks of when dentist have said things or attempted to do things and I can not go through that ever again .
 
I love reading your posts. Everything you say is so real.

I think you're on the right path and I'm so happy to see you are getting the respect your feelings deserve
 
@MagicDuck12 oh wish you could be referred too them .

Honestly try speaking to the dentist and ask them too refer you . It may take some time but will be so worth it .

I’l never go in a mainstream dentist!
At least with the special care team they care about your needs

Honestly my teeth are not great and am still scared and still get upset but knowing these dentists actually care and are trained to deal with vulnerable people helps so much .
I didn’t cry walking out of there .

Keep
Pushing the dentists to refer you or tell your doctor and they may be able too ask them .

I love reading your posts also as they always truthful
 
In terms of having local anesthetic without adrenaline, in my experience this is usually not an issue on the lower jaw, but on the upper jaw it can be because it's very short acting and can be unreliable.

I went through this with my (previous) dentist (he unfortunately just passed away) and unfortunately we had to resort to using one with adrenaline for work on the upper jaw after a lot of trial and error.

You can, however insist on something with a lower concentration of adrenaline. If you are having work done on the upper jaw, you should ask for 4% Articaine with 1:200,000 adrenaline.

Where I am there is also 4% Prilocaine with 1:200,000 adrenaline, and this is actually what worked best for me - I didn't really have any issues with the racing heart unlike 2% Lidocaine/Lignocaine with 1:100,000 adrenaline, which did give me the reaction. Because it is a 4% anesthetic, they can use less of it, and this may be why I didn't really have any issues. I seem to recall them using around half a cartridge with The Wand and that's it.

For the lower jaw, the 3% Mepivacaine plain works just as well as anything else - just has a shorter duration. I was told that articaine (or any other 4% anesthetic) should not be used for the "block" on the lower jaw - hence why Lidocaine and Mepivacaine are the two that are most commonly used down there.

Hopefully this is helpful.
 
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