Nottingham, Notts.

[scaredsusan]

My dentist:

Mr Brian Snape, BDS

Mapperley Dental Care

431 Woodborough Road,

Mapperley

Nottingham

NG3 5FF

Tel: 0115 9605282
​

He's very good with nervous patients like me, and I recommend him without hesitation.

 

[kelly gornall]

hi i am writing wondering if youput paitents to sleep as i have a big phobia of being awake and i am in very much pain with my back tooth please contact me. xxxxx

 

[brit]

hi i am writing wondering if youput paitents to sleep as i have a big phobia of being awake and i am in very much pain with my back tooth please contact me. xxxxx

Kelly
You would need to contact them yourself (or have someone else do it for you)...that recommended dentist is unlikely to log in and see your message. I have deleted your phone number so you don't get nuisance calls.
I/V sedation is a great alternative to being 'put to sleep' with a general anaesthetic (only available in hospitals in the UK)...there is more information about sedation here:

IV Sedation

Find out all about IV dental sedation: what does it feel like, is it safe, and how do the sedation drugs midazolam and remimazolam differ?

www.dentalfearcentral.org

In theory i/v sedation is available in some NHS Dental Practices but in practice it is much easier to find a dentist offering it in the private sector.
If you found a dentist you liked and trusted who could treat you in a painfree manner with just local anaesthetic, you may not need any sedation anyway.
Another option is just to get anti-anxiety meds from your GP to take before an appt or dentists can prescribe these as well in most cases.
Good luck.

 

[nowornever]

Hi susan,

have just read your recommendation about a dentist you use, does he specialise in nervous patients ? i live only 1 mile from him, but am trying to pluck up courage to phone him :[.
I have been scared of the dentist all ,life from a child. Any info would be much appreciated.

 

[scaredsusan]

NOWORNEVER:
Sorry I didn't answer before, I have responded to your PM.

To the other poster:
This dentist won't put you to sleep but he will prescribe sedatives if you can take them.

 

[magic8ball]

I just spoke with Mapperley Dental Care to ask about sedation and was advised that they do absolutely no work with sedation.
I also called Impressions who said they wouldn't be able to see me at all for over three weeks (I need a root canal or extraction) and was told 'well at least it's not hurting now, is it?' in reference to it having kept me up all night with pain. Not impressed.

I'm now going to be having the procedure done by Alison, the endodontist at Park Dental Care on the 22nd. It's costing a lot of money but they seem to be very sensitive to nervous patients. They've prescribed me 3mg of lorazepam as a sedative and have already talked to me at length about my phobia during a diagnostic appointment.

 

[scaredsusan]

Hi susan,

have just read your recommendation about a dentist you use, does he specialise in nervous patients ? i live only 1 mile from him, but am trying to pluck up courage to phone him :[.
I have been scared of the dentist all ,life from a child. Any info would be much appreciated.

Sorry I took so long to reply, yes, he deals with nervous patients like me and you all the time. If you haven't got the guts up to go yet, please try him, he's very kind.

 

[scaredsusan]

He does prescribe sedatives.

 

[scaredycat54]

Just to say I have made an appointment with Mr Snape, thank you Susan. He is private only for adults, by the way.

 

[scaredsusan]

Very pleased and proud, well done, you'll be fine, he is lovely and you've taken that first step now xxx

 

[Dogbert]

Hi all. Wow - what I site! I am in tears, I didn't know such a thing could exist! Scaredsusan - yours was the first post I read, from 2008. So glad it worked out for you!