can dentist put you to sleep before treatments
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Anyway, No, not at a regular high street dentist. But speak to them, and they will advise you of a more specialist places where they are able to knock you out for the job. It will essentially be a dental hospital of sorts. And it will likely cost 2 or 3 times as much as well I believe.
I enquired about this myself recently, But I had to wait 3 weeks for the specialist, and I was in quite some pain! So settled to be fully conscious at a regular dentist instead, as I didn't have to wait long then.
I truly hate going to the dentist, and I don't mind admitting I am a wimp when it comes to going there! But although I needed a fair amount of work too (2 stubborn wisdom teeth yanked in one sitting), I have to admit, it wasn't so bad in the end and I honestly didn't feel a thing, no pain at least anyway.
Felt like i'd been punched in the face the next day though!
The anaesthetic injections are the worst bit.. But once thats done, the rest is really no sweat..
P,
Anyway, No, not at a regular high street dentist. But speak to them, and they will advise you of a more specialist places where they are able to knock you out for the job. It will essentially be a dental hospital of sorts. And it will likely cost 2 or 3 times as much as well I believe.
I enquired about this myself recently, But I had to wait 3 weeks for the specialist, and I was in quite some pain! So settled to be fully conscious at a regular dentist instead, as I didn't have to wait long then.
I truly hate going to the dentist, and I don't mind admitting I am a wimp when it comes to going there! But although I needed a fair amount of work too (2 stubborn wisdom teeth yanked in one sitting), I have to admit, it wasn't so bad in the end and I honestly didn't feel a thing, no pain at least anyway.
Felt like i'd been punched in the face the next day though!
The anaesthetic injections are the worst bit.. But once thats done, the rest is really no sweat..P,
PJR said:
Wrong forum
Anyway, No, not at a regular high street dentist. But speak to them, and they will advise you of a more specialist places where they are able to knock you out for the job. It will essentially be a dental hospital of sorts. And it will likely cost 2 or 3 times as much as well I believe.
I enquired about this myself recently, But I had to wait 3 weeks for the specialist, and I was in quite some pain! So settled to be fully conscious at a regular dentist instead, as I didn't have to wait long then.
I truly hate going to the dentist, and I don't mind admitting I am a wimp when it comes to going there! But although I needed a fair amount of work too (2 stubborn wisdom teeth yanked in one sitting), I have to admit, it wasn't so bad in the end and I honestly didn't feel a thing, no pain at least anyway.
Felt like i'd been punched in the face the next day though! The anaesthetic injections are the worst bit.. But once thats done, the rest is really no sweat..
P,
Depends on if Nitrous Oxide is on the menu........ Anyway, No, not at a regular high street dentist. But speak to them, and they will advise you of a more specialist places where they are able to knock you out for the job. It will essentially be a dental hospital of sorts. And it will likely cost 2 or 3 times as much as well I believe.
I enquired about this myself recently, But I had to wait 3 weeks for the specialist, and I was in quite some pain! So settled to be fully conscious at a regular dentist instead, as I didn't have to wait long then.
I truly hate going to the dentist, and I don't mind admitting I am a wimp when it comes to going there! But although I needed a fair amount of work too (2 stubborn wisdom teeth yanked in one sitting), I have to admit, it wasn't so bad in the end and I honestly didn't feel a thing, no pain at least anyway.
Felt like i'd been punched in the face the next day though!
The anaesthetic injections are the worst bit.. But once thats done, the rest is really no sweat..P,
I had to have a broken molar pulled and I'm really bad with dentists, especially having injections in the gum because it bloody hurts!
So I asked if I could be sedated and my dentist referred me to my local hospital, had to wait 2 months for an appointment for x-rays and was given my options (full sedation which they said was a bit OTT for this kind of work, mild sedation, and...something else) and ask for mild sedation. Then had to wait another 3 months until my appointment came round.
Had the sedation in my hand first and promptly fell asleep. Woke up when I felt the needle in my gum but rather than thinking "ow this really hurts!" I could only think "wow, that's pretty cool". Also woke up again just as the tooth came out and I mentally said "Coooooooool".
Was helped to the recovery room the third time I woke up, where I dozed a bit more, then when I was less sleepy I was put in a chair, then allowed to stand up to make sure I wouldn't fall over, and then my Dad was allowed to take me home. No problems afterwards, managed to stay awake for the whole day. Didn't hurt much after the next day either but then on the second day my jaw started to ache and stayed like that for a few days but some ibuprofen managed to keep it under control.
Overall, one of my best dental experiences ever.
So I asked if I could be sedated and my dentist referred me to my local hospital, had to wait 2 months for an appointment for x-rays and was given my options (full sedation which they said was a bit OTT for this kind of work, mild sedation, and...something else) and ask for mild sedation. Then had to wait another 3 months until my appointment came round.
Had the sedation in my hand first and promptly fell asleep. Woke up when I felt the needle in my gum but rather than thinking "ow this really hurts!" I could only think "wow, that's pretty cool". Also woke up again just as the tooth came out and I mentally said "Coooooooool".
Was helped to the recovery room the third time I woke up, where I dozed a bit more, then when I was less sleepy I was put in a chair, then allowed to stand up to make sure I wouldn't fall over, and then my Dad was allowed to take me home. No problems afterwards, managed to stay awake for the whole day. Didn't hurt much after the next day either but then on the second day my jaw started to ache and stayed like that for a few days but some ibuprofen managed to keep it under control.
Overall, one of my best dental experiences ever.
Shaw Tarse said:
Try hypnotism.
Two of my brothers are dentists, one has used hypnotism. The hypnotist one used it on his nurse as she was scared of the needle. Her mouth went numb just like having an injection and recovered in the same way over a couple of hours, fascinating.
The other capped my upper front teeth (six) in one go. One hour sitting in the chair wearing video goggles and watched two motoring videos. No pain, the needles are sharp these days and are never re-used. Just insist on local anaesthetic gel on the roof of you mouth if you need an injection there.
2something said:
If you go to a decent dentist, there should be very little to no pain. I have been to good and not so good dentists, there is a world of difference and one can be a world of pain.
Alternatively, go to an indecent dentist - he'll put you to sleep and you'll wake up with your fly's unbuttoned.PJR said:
Wrong forum
Anyway, No, not at a regular high street dentist. But speak to them, and they will advise you of a more specialist places where they are able to knock you out for the job. It will essentially be a dental hospital of sorts. And it will likely cost 2 or 3 times as much as well I believe.
P,
hi, my regular high street place does it and i pay extra for it as i am such a baby with my teeth.Anyway, No, not at a regular high street dentist. But speak to them, and they will advise you of a more specialist places where they are able to knock you out for the job. It will essentially be a dental hospital of sorts. And it will likely cost 2 or 3 times as much as well I believe.
P,
to the op, check some places obviously can do it.
I recently had to have a root canal done. I wasn't looking forward to it. So the dentist suggested a mild sedative (prozac), taken about an hour before the appointment. I took one and I have to say the whole thing was a breeze. He's a good dentist, and to be honest I didn't feel a thing, and best of all felt chilled about the whole thing, before, during and after. The effect of them is a bit like six pints of strong lager, without the hangover and falling over bit. Might be worth considering this as an option.
I have my dentist put me to sleep for every treatment I have, as I have one hell of a bite reflex and I hate things being put in my mouth (oo-er mrs)
When I researched this, I found loads of dentists that offer the service (google sedation dentists or dental phobics)
I had contact with
www.advancedentist.co.uk in Leeds, who sounded good
but as I live down south, I use St Michael's surgery in Bath
http://www.ukdentistsdirectory.com/Macpherson/home...
It costs £100 per hour to be sedated - they can do about 4 fillings in an hour and they insist that someone else drives you home - probably a good idea going on my experiences.
It's completely painless and when I woke up my first words were "when are you going to start"
I can't recommend the service highly enough, it's made such a difference to me.
When I researched this, I found loads of dentists that offer the service (google sedation dentists or dental phobics)
I had contact with
www.advancedentist.co.uk in Leeds, who sounded good
but as I live down south, I use St Michael's surgery in Bath
http://www.ukdentistsdirectory.com/Macpherson/home...
It costs £100 per hour to be sedated - they can do about 4 fillings in an hour and they insist that someone else drives you home - probably a good idea going on my experiences.
It's completely painless and when I woke up my first words were "when are you going to start"
I can't recommend the service highly enough, it's made such a difference to me.
Most dentists are trained in anaesthia, but you need to keep in date with the training which costs.... so a lot of them don't do enough to justify it or have to use NHS and therefore the waiting list builds up.
Agree with the rest of the sentiments - good local anaesthetic and hypnosis / NLP techniques will make it pretty bearable - I went 15 years without a dentist seeing my chops (through fear), but had no snags when I did need to go.
Agree with the rest of the sentiments - good local anaesthetic and hypnosis / NLP techniques will make it pretty bearable - I went 15 years without a dentist seeing my chops (through fear), but had no snags when I did need to go.
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