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freakinaht
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I have kept up on my dental treatment, mostly my periodontal appointments. Unfortunately I haven't seen a regular dentist in years (perio cleans my teeth) because the hygienist I finally trusted left the practice.
This past year I developed a painful sensitivity in my back right molar and need a numbing shot to get cleaned which has increased my anxiety. Perio says its just normal sensitivity but it depresses me. Sensitive toothpaste doesn't help. I'm curious as to what this could be, because it makes me nervous to find a new dentist and ask them to inject me just to clean...
Last Wednesday (today is Tuesday) I had a filling in my back left molar fall out. I went in on Thursday to get it filled in at the old dentist (a dental chain, which i now realize isn't the best place l) and it went poorly. First, the hygienist seemed hostile about office billing practices. Then they numbed me with 4 shots but I still felt sharp pain. Dentist tried to change drill heads (?) and she couldn't get it to start so hygienist snatched it up and got it running. Super awkward. Finally the hygienist just asked if I usually got sedation and I said yes. So they said let's reschedule and put in a temporary filling for now. I was fine with that as I was panicky and although I was numb my tooth still felt sharp pains with the drill.
I don't feel they believed my pain and chalked it up to anxiety. I don't kniw... maybe it was just anxiety. But I am scared to go back tomorrow to get this thing filled. My jaw under the tooth had been tender along with the lymph node. I got a script for augmentin from my pcp in case of infection. I'm just tender still, a week later. Plus I now have a canker sore from biting my cheek at night (bruxism). The dentist who saw me is super young and new and seems overpowered by the hygienist, who seems irritated at her workplace. Very concerning she didn't know how to start the other drill....
I scheduled an appointment with a new dentist in about 3 weeks. He is in private practice, great reviews, uses nitrous which helps me a lot. But I don't feel I should wait with this temp filling so long. Just not sure what to do. Also not sure about this other sensitive right molar.
Is it normal for new dentists to not know how to start a drill?
This past year I developed a painful sensitivity in my back right molar and need a numbing shot to get cleaned which has increased my anxiety. Perio says its just normal sensitivity but it depresses me. Sensitive toothpaste doesn't help. I'm curious as to what this could be, because it makes me nervous to find a new dentist and ask them to inject me just to clean...
Last Wednesday (today is Tuesday) I had a filling in my back left molar fall out. I went in on Thursday to get it filled in at the old dentist (a dental chain, which i now realize isn't the best place l) and it went poorly. First, the hygienist seemed hostile about office billing practices. Then they numbed me with 4 shots but I still felt sharp pain. Dentist tried to change drill heads (?) and she couldn't get it to start so hygienist snatched it up and got it running. Super awkward. Finally the hygienist just asked if I usually got sedation and I said yes. So they said let's reschedule and put in a temporary filling for now. I was fine with that as I was panicky and although I was numb my tooth still felt sharp pains with the drill.
I don't feel they believed my pain and chalked it up to anxiety. I don't kniw... maybe it was just anxiety. But I am scared to go back tomorrow to get this thing filled. My jaw under the tooth had been tender along with the lymph node. I got a script for augmentin from my pcp in case of infection. I'm just tender still, a week later. Plus I now have a canker sore from biting my cheek at night (bruxism). The dentist who saw me is super young and new and seems overpowered by the hygienist, who seems irritated at her workplace. Very concerning she didn't know how to start the other drill....
I scheduled an appointment with a new dentist in about 3 weeks. He is in private practice, great reviews, uses nitrous which helps me a lot. But I don't feel I should wait with this temp filling so long. Just not sure what to do. Also not sure about this other sensitive right molar.
Is it normal for new dentists to not know how to start a drill?