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CJRUSS
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Dental injections hurt. I mean, seriously hurt. I'd rather break my ankle again than to have even 1 injection. Long story short, after an upper molar abscess that required 3 root canals (Endo drilled into the abscess - no anesthesia), dental procedures and injections cause me to cry and panic even more than before. My phobia and panic recovery time has increased exponentially. Imagine my dread when the new Dentist said I'm sorry but the crown (on the root canal) wasn't placed properly AND that caused a cavity in the upper back molar. So I needed TWO crowns.
God bless this poor Dentist. It was my first visit with him and I freaked out. He was so patient and told me that he would use a short acting anesthesia called Citanest for the first injections. He said it has a pH closer to the human body and doesn't hurt as much as Novocain. Well, I bawled and moaned during those first injections. BUT he was right, the Citanest didn't hurt as bad. In fact, think I was crying more for the anticipation of pain rather than actual pain. Then after that took effect, he gave the Novocain injections. I didn't feel a thing - WHEW!
So the tip is if you have not had the Citanest anesthetic, ask your Dentist to use it for the initial numbing. I still felt the needle sting but the slow injection of the Citanest was not terrible. I think I could bear it without a bucket of tears if there is a next time, God forbid!
God bless this poor Dentist. It was my first visit with him and I freaked out. He was so patient and told me that he would use a short acting anesthesia called Citanest for the first injections. He said it has a pH closer to the human body and doesn't hurt as much as Novocain. Well, I bawled and moaned during those first injections. BUT he was right, the Citanest didn't hurt as bad. In fact, think I was crying more for the anticipation of pain rather than actual pain. Then after that took effect, he gave the Novocain injections. I didn't feel a thing - WHEW!
So the tip is if you have not had the Citanest anesthetic, ask your Dentist to use it for the initial numbing. I still felt the needle sting but the slow injection of the Citanest was not terrible. I think I could bear it without a bucket of tears if there is a next time, God forbid!