USA247
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What is the best medicine to try to ease fears & phobia before going to the dentist to get 4 tooth removed.Sorry if this is OT.I wonder if anyone else besides me that are have very bad fears or phobias before going in to have dental work perform?Thanks in advance for your replies & understanding.
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TexasT
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Ask your dentist about sedation (sp) prior to your visit. I had a problem once when I was having 1 tooth pulled. I could still feel the pain when they were trying to remove it and my Dr said she thought it was from being tense so she prescribed some halcion and 2 other pills to take prior to the next apointment. I had to get my husband to drive me because you take the meds 1 hr before appointment. I barely remember getting to the office and nothing of the extraction. You may have to go to your appointment and discuss this with your dentist and come back a 2nd time. Hope this helps.
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USA247
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TexasT,
Thanks,that is what I rather btry the sleep option before the dentist begans.I was concern that I was the only person here that had dental fears.Glad to hear that your dental visit went great & many Thanks,again for your helpful help.
Have a great day
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dhc_60
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there is only one way to not be tortured by your dentist. GENERAL ANESTHESIA if you can afford it. good luck.
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kintzer
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I had my dentist give me valium. I took one the night before so I could sleep and then 2 the morning of on an empty stomach. And then when I get there I have him start the nitrose(sp) oxicide and all the fear is gone.
good luck. Try it you'll like it.
katy
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USA247
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dltc_60,
Thanks for the suggestion.My insurance will pay for all of my dental work so I was told today.The problem is finding a dentist that uses a mask or iv to put me to sleep before the dental work.
Thanks again for your respond
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USA247
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kintzer,
I will also ask about meds before the dental vist.I am happy that your dental visit went well.Thanks,for your respond & for wishing me good luck,because I need all the good luck that I can get. lol
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Trampy
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What is the best medicine to try to ease fears & phobia before going to the dentist to get 4 tooth removed.Sorry if this is OT.I wonder if anyone else besides me that are have very bad fears or phobias before going in to have dental work perform?Thanks in advance for your replies & understanding.
I won't let a vet anesthetize my older cat unless they do a blood panel first to make sure he's up for it. General anesthesia is more dangerous than local anesthesia.
Dentistry has gotten much better about how they use local anesthetics compared to when i was a kid. Also, nitrous oxide is not used much these days. My dentist doesn't even have nitrous available; but he stocks Valium. Valium is a wonder drug for the anxious.
It's perfectly reasonable for you to call in advance and discuss your fears and find out how understanding they are and what they'll do to accomodate you.
If you do have general anesthesia, it should be an oral surgeon doing the job and the office should be fully equipped (like an ER is) to handle any adverse outcomes. I personally would only trust a Board Certified Oral Surgeon if i was going to have general anesthesia for a dental procedure.
Trampy
Edited by Trampy (03/01/04 07:44 PM)
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gottadoit
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I am also a white knuckle flyer when it comes to dental work. I have absolute rotten teeth (literally!). I am one of those people that brushes several times a day religiously and flosses, yet I have had root canals on most of my teeth and do not have even ONE left that does not have a cavity/fillin in it. Bad genetics I guess. Anyway, I've had the same dentist since my teens and he is a God send. He uses nitrous oxide without me even asking for it. It COMPLETELY relaxes me and about two minutes after the mask is removed I am totally fine to drive myself out.
This depends on the dentist of course. Just like doctors, there are good and bad in this field as well. My dentist has a very busy practice, but always is personable, takes his time, gets on the phone if there is a problem, uses nitrous and will prescribe pain medications (hydro or percocet) if he thinks there will be a lingering pain.
I know that mine is one of the best, and I have had a fit in the office of one that I considered one of the WORST. My sister and her husband were away when my then 15 year old neice got an abcess on the roof of her mouth. I called my sis and she gave me the name of their dentist. I took my neice (who by then was crying in extreme pain and was VERY nervous because she has great teeth and has only seen the dentist for cleanings and her braces). When we walked in I asked for nitrous to calm her. He said that he had it but he rarely if ever uses it because it is just "not necessary". I said well, "she's hurting and she's scared so it's necessary" after giving me several dirty looks and asking me repeatedly "are you sure about this?" he grudgingly put the mask on her. He gave her the novacaine, waited about 2 seconds and started to use a scalpel to puncture the roof of her mouth to clear the abcess. Needless to say the kid came off the chair screaming. I told him to stop and asked him if he could give her a minute for the novacaine to kick in! He actually had the nerve to say "she's being dramatic, this should not hurt". Well, my neice is no drama queen. I had a fit. I grabbed my neice, pulled the nitrous mask off of her (I honestly don't even think he had turned it on) and said "come on, we're leaving and taking you to a "real dentist". The dentist looked like I slapped his face. He said "what do you think that you are doing?" I said "what does it look like I'm doing? You are a mean person and you are not touching this child again".
I put her in the car and drove her, crying the whole way to my dentist (which I kick myself for not doing in the first place). When we got there (without an appt. I might add) I asked the secretary if I could see the doc for a minute (as I said I have REALLY bad teeth and they know me by first name and my face). After about a 10 minute wait he came out and asked what was wrong (my neice is still sobbing - first with the pain, 2nd with the fear and 3rd because of the taste of blood in her mouth from the small puncture the barbarian managed to make before I pulled her out of there). I explained everything and what the other dentist did to her. He was appalled. Luckily by then it was the end of the day with only one other patient waiting. That other person (bless his heart) heard what was going on and graciously allowed us to go in before him). My dentist spent 5 minutes just soothing my neice and promising her that he wouldn't hurt her. He put the nitrous mask on her, actually turned it ON, left for 10 minutes to make sure she was "floating", numbed her, waited another 10 minutes and then took care of the abcess in about 2 minutes. My neice did not even know he had ruptured it!!! We left with a prescription for an antibiotic, tylenol with codiene (I requested that pain med, I didn't think she needed anything stronger because she'd never been on anything before) and his assurance that he would call that night to see how she was.
Luckily, she was fine. And my sister NEVER went back to that dentist again! THE S-O-B!!
I'm sorry that this turned into such a rant, but it still upsets me so much. The point of this mini novel is that dental procedures DO NOT need to be painful or anxiety riddled. Just as with your doctor, find the right dentist.
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USA247
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gottadoit,
Thanks,for the message.I agree that some dentists that do not wait until you are numb before they began.I have use the laughing gas before but as soon as the dentist walk in the room & remove the mask the gas no longer worked for me.Sorry that the dentist was so mean & very happy that you found a great pain-free dentist.I enjoy reading your post because I have wonder a lot if others people feel pain as I always have when they go to the dentist.Many Thanks Again !!!
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USA247
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Trampy,
I was told today when I call an oral surgeon that he must admit me in the one day surgery hospital to use the iv to put me to sleep.Also mention that when someone getting dental work done using iv that no shots are use at all.Many Thanks,for the useful information.
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meowsie
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I usually just get my teeth pulled with novicaine (sp) as I have really bad teeth, so I've had to get used to it! However, when I had my wisdom teeth pulled, and one regular tooth at the oral surgeon's office, he used a kind of "twilight shot" that knocks you out so you don't remember anything, and much easier than a general anesthesia, no nausea or anything, I would highly recommend this method, I think most oral surgeon's (at least where I live) use this method. It's much easier and safer for them, and it's FAST..they put an IV in my hand and I felt myself falling asleep in seconds...only problem, I woke up sobbing, I'm not sure why...speaking of phobia's, I am TERRIFIED of vomiting and vomit; it's a very troublesome phobia, especially having three small children, I was controlling it pretty well with compazine, I can deal better if I know that I'M not gonna puke, but for some reason my PCP just decided to cut me off of compazine, so I am now doctor shopping...in a real way!! anyway, just thought I'd let you know you're not the only one with a kind of odd phobia...at least you can control when you go to the dentist! LOL, I love the dentist, I actually just got a tooth pulled last night myself...I don't actually like going, I just like the "reward" (percocet) afterwards!!!
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