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SolitudeIsBliss
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Hi all,
As some of you may have read a while back, my dental journey became derailed when I had a panic attack during a Cone Beam CT scan. I need to have my wisdom teeth removed, along with some broken teeth extracted. I wanted to get the broken teeth extracted by the dentist, rather than the oral surgeon, but my dentist didn't seem to want to do them.
I have anxiety and new experiences become difficult. I'm quite tall and it seemed to take a while to get me in the perfect position to do the scan, which put me in an uncomfortable position and just drew out the process. The technician told me that I had to stay very still while doing it and suddenly it seemed like it was impossible to stay still. It's like when someone says "don't think about an elephant" and you immediately think of an elephant. I was asked to bite down on a wooden bite piece. This was quite difficult because my teeth on the bottom are quite crooked and not even in height. I also have two teeth missing. I couldn't keep the bite piece stable, causing it to rock in my mouth and my jaw to shake.
I've read some articles on the web that claim that a Cone Beam CT scan is over very quickly (10 - 20 seconds). I needed both my jaws scanned which may have made it longer but my experience with it was that it lasted quite a while - long enough to make remaining perfectly still quite a large ask. It seemed to take 10 - 20 seconds just for the machine to warm up.
What's other people's experiences with Cone Beam CT scans been? Did you find it difficult? How long did it take for you? Any tips on how to do it successfully?
Thanks.
As some of you may have read a while back, my dental journey became derailed when I had a panic attack during a Cone Beam CT scan. I need to have my wisdom teeth removed, along with some broken teeth extracted. I wanted to get the broken teeth extracted by the dentist, rather than the oral surgeon, but my dentist didn't seem to want to do them.
I have anxiety and new experiences become difficult. I'm quite tall and it seemed to take a while to get me in the perfect position to do the scan, which put me in an uncomfortable position and just drew out the process. The technician told me that I had to stay very still while doing it and suddenly it seemed like it was impossible to stay still. It's like when someone says "don't think about an elephant" and you immediately think of an elephant. I was asked to bite down on a wooden bite piece. This was quite difficult because my teeth on the bottom are quite crooked and not even in height. I also have two teeth missing. I couldn't keep the bite piece stable, causing it to rock in my mouth and my jaw to shake.
I've read some articles on the web that claim that a Cone Beam CT scan is over very quickly (10 - 20 seconds). I needed both my jaws scanned which may have made it longer but my experience with it was that it lasted quite a while - long enough to make remaining perfectly still quite a large ask. It seemed to take 10 - 20 seconds just for the machine to warm up.
What's other people's experiences with Cone Beam CT scans been? Did you find it difficult? How long did it take for you? Any tips on how to do it successfully?
Thanks.
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