
Susanne
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Please forgive the long-winded post...
I have an appointment scheduled for this Wednesday to get started on my wisdom teeth. Since I am not comfortable with doing general anesthesia or IV sedation, I've chosen to split the process into separate appointments and do local only with perhaps a mild dose of anti-anxiety medicine to help (and someone to drive me home afterward). The dentist said I could also use nitrous along with the anti-anxiety medicine if I wanted to.
I had originally booked the appointment for my lower right wisdom tooth, which is chipped, and with the dentist who is my friend's brother. I had a consultation with him several months ago and liked him well enough. His wife also is a dentist and practices with him. I saw her last week when I woke up with a sore jaw and teeth on the opposite side. I was concerned those teeth might be the problem, but now I've figured out it's not the teeth, but TMJ issues and my jaw clenching. We still decided to switch and do the two left wisdom teeth first at my appointment this week.
Anyway, I found the other dentist to be more personable than her husband. He was kind enough, but she just seemed so much more comforting and reassuring and I felt really at ease with her. I'm considering rescheduling this week's appointment because of my continued TMJ/clenching issues and was thinking of asking the front office staff tomorrow if I might book the appointment with the other dentist instead. Would that be silly of me to do? I wouldn't want to cause them any trouble or offend my friend's brother by booking the appointment with his wife instead.
I have an appointment scheduled for this Wednesday to get started on my wisdom teeth. Since I am not comfortable with doing general anesthesia or IV sedation, I've chosen to split the process into separate appointments and do local only with perhaps a mild dose of anti-anxiety medicine to help (and someone to drive me home afterward). The dentist said I could also use nitrous along with the anti-anxiety medicine if I wanted to.
I had originally booked the appointment for my lower right wisdom tooth, which is chipped, and with the dentist who is my friend's brother. I had a consultation with him several months ago and liked him well enough. His wife also is a dentist and practices with him. I saw her last week when I woke up with a sore jaw and teeth on the opposite side. I was concerned those teeth might be the problem, but now I've figured out it's not the teeth, but TMJ issues and my jaw clenching. We still decided to switch and do the two left wisdom teeth first at my appointment this week.
Anyway, I found the other dentist to be more personable than her husband. He was kind enough, but she just seemed so much more comforting and reassuring and I felt really at ease with her. I'm considering rescheduling this week's appointment because of my continued TMJ/clenching issues and was thinking of asking the front office staff tomorrow if I might book the appointment with the other dentist instead. Would that be silly of me to do? I wouldn't want to cause them any trouble or offend my friend's brother by booking the appointment with his wife instead.