Sedation for having your teeth out? (Dentist Phobia)

belfastgirl23

blue_monkey wrote: »

I am back and I survived!! LOL!! I think I would have rather had an hours notice as I would not have been thinking about it. I was in there for ages though, had 4 x-rays and a scale - but the dentist and her assistant really put me at ease. Ooh, and I had 4 fillings done and only gagged on 3 of them. They were so nice when taking the x-rays and waited for me to be ready rather than ram them in my mouth.

I've got to have a small filling though - I am going back for that next week but I think it will be fine. The injection scares me but it is one minute of sharp pain and that is done and she said 25 minutes, I shall take the Foos on my MP3 so I do not have to listen to anything though. Ha ha.

The 2 big teeth are coming out. I've been referred to a different practise to have it done privately as they do not do it there, it is about 2 miles from my home so that is OK. It is going to cost £15 for the consultations, £90 for the Sedation and either £60 or £80 to have the 2 teeth out dpending on how hard they are to remove. So now I just have to make the appointment. They tried to get me to cap and I said no as it would have meant 3 HOURS of work under a local and she said that there was no guarentee and they could possibly snap off :shriek: I do not think I could cope with that option so it is coming out. If the gap does not close they will build me a small densture but I do not think that matters to me to be honest. I'll see how I feel. Not sure I want that feeling of something in the top of my mouth.

And, get this...... next time I am in I am speaking to one of the private chaps about having a clear brace put in - once I have the teeth out the others will have room to move, so I am going to consider this once we have some money and fix what should have been fixed when I was younger. Are you impressed?? LOL. I feel so brave!!

The dentist was lovely and hopefully it is the start to regaining my confidence. I do not think I'll have to have another tooth taken out - and hopefully if I look after them it should not come to this, it has only got this bad because I have not been for so long. I'll let you know what happens once I've had the extraction though. If I have anything to tell you, I am told I will not remember.

Wow get you, brave as a lion :T :T :T well done!

Horace

blue-monkey - I am glad you are regaining your confidence with your dentist. I also hate having injections so despite my age (47) I ask my dentist for the 'magic cream' that he uses on kids, it is a local anaesthetic that he rubs on to the spot where he is going to give the injection, it tastes like banana and isnt too bad and it works so I get pain free injections. My dentist also moves the syringe so that I don't see it which also helps.

Cazza

Hats off to you, no way I'd have the guts to have a local into my gum! X

hethmar

I dont like the injections but I really have found they rarely hurt and if they do its only for a second.

blue_monkey_2

That is what I am focusing on, it jabs for around 30 seconds and then it'll be pain free for the rest of the day.

I got my call from the other dentist today - I was offered the tooth out next week but hubby cannot get time off work that quick - then in the half term but no-one to look after the kids so it'll be around 3rd/6th March, exact date escapes me but I've consultation on Tuesday so I'll find out then. When she called I asked about the c'tation and she said none was needed and then later on in the conversation I asked how long would it be before the sedation wears off and she said 'oh, it says nothing about the sedation on here' :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: so I am glad I mentioned else I'd have turned up next Monday for them to take my teeth out.......

pb3

becca2008 wrote: »

i don't remember anything about having the tooth out. i remember them giving me the injection in my hand and a white sheet being put completely over my head and face (this didn't happen, i'm sure - how would they have taken the tooth out if i had a sheet over my face? - but i remember it clearly!) and i remember someone taking the little plastic covers off my shoes afterwards... but that's about it.

my boyfriend drove me home and i certainly gave him a few laughs - i was very confused for the rest of the day. i couldn't focus my mind on anything for hours and it was really upsetting - my boyfriend had to remind me several times that i didnt need to think about anything and i didn't need to do anything, because i had this constant feeling that i'd forgotten to do something!

I guess sedation affects people in different ways. Just had a molar removed under sedation and like you I cannot remember anything after the agent was injected into my vein. I also can't remember leaving the surgery or the drive home, though apparently I reminded my friend who was driving of the turnoff to my house as he almost missed it

In my case no side effects at all. I was fully alert once home - no problem in remembering stuff before the extraction and no co-ordination issues. The sedation did cost a bit (£180 privately) but I do prefer to go this route. I am OK with fillings but I had a bad experience with an extraction when I was young, and I guess this has grown into a phobia.

blue_monkey_2

I was lying in bed last night wondering how it will affect me. I have my consultation today and will probably have it done 1st week in March. I'll be glad to get it over and done with. What I am finding strange is the thought of being awake and being able to feel all the pulling (and snapping - eek) but actually having no recollection of it. I think it is the THOUGHT of it that is reaking me out more than anything.

I went to the dentist yesterday and the dentist put some of that gel on my gum (she just did it without me asking). How great is that stuff?? I could feel a bit of moving which was weird but could not feel anything from the injection but I stuck my MP3 player on and it was over and done with in 10 minutes. I've got to go back in 3 months but I really cannot believe how understanding the dentist was and she really is lovely - the last one I saw was awful, no bedside manner at all. Maybe this is what is important.

hethmar

I think so too - if the dentist is brilliant but rough and gruff then you feel so much more frightened. My latest chap is lovely, like visiting a mate, not a scarey dentist.

JenC

Hi, I've just found your thread and had a quick scan thru.

Good luck for your appointment, after a bit of butchering by an NHS dentist, and a lovely private dentist trying to repair the damage with me shaking and in tears, I went for a sedation. Its fab! I had an injection in the arm, and have absolutely no recollection of the procedure or much for a couple of hours after! Make sure you have someone with you for the rest of the day, and take time to sleep it off.

I hope all goes well, I'm sure it will :-)

bundance

blue_monkey wrote: »

She had her knee on the arm of the chair and her foot on the actual chair to pull my damn tooth out as it would not come out. Thank you. It was a good job you was there to clarify that I was lying about it. Good for you on being such a great dentist!! However, mine clearly was not and I am not prepapred to undergo 2 hours of teeth pulling if the same thing happens. I'd rather be out of it so they can butcher me quicker if that is the truth.

What reason I have for lying about that for heavens sake? To boast?!!!! Once you are in that chair and the work has started it's not like you can say 'actually, you know what, it's been longer than 5 minutes that you said' and get out and leave, you are in there for as long as it takes. I was quite happy to have my tooth out the first time with her - had it been ';quicker and easier' than a root canal do you think I would be posting this??

Once I speak to the dentist it will mean making an appointment to have the work done and I need to prepare myself. If you are great at the dentist then good for you, I am not, I need to prepare myself for it.

Thanks to those that answered my question, I never thought about the critical care side was just thinking it would be better to get the teeth out - but I will enquire to it being done in hospital instead as I know I cannot go onlike that forever and if it takes a long time and is hard to pull I do not know if I can face that.

I had a dentist, have to lever himself with his knee to get a tooth out.
As the tooth was broken, and there wasnt much 'tooth' above the gum line, I guess the guy had no choice, as it really was a nuiscance for him to pull out.
It came out in bits.
He was a good dentist, though. Just the tooth was awkward.
I am phobic of dentists, I need one now.