Is there a way to treat dental cavities without any pain? I have PAINophobya and I hate dentists.?

Answer 1

Well, yes and no. There are some dentists who can put you entirely out. But that is extremely expensive. There are others who use gas which relaxes you before you get an injection. But, the truth is, sometimes the shots hurt and sometimes they are not all that bad. It depends on where in the mouth it is. Trust me, I work for a dentist. We don't use gas or put anyone out. Most of the time they just get all worked up for nothing, and then say, "it wasn't so bad after all". Plus, you have to find a dentist who is very nice. If you think they have a nice bedside manner, then chances are they will be gentle with you. After you DO go through with this. PLEASE work on your dental hygiene in the future, with better brushing and flossing so you won't have to deal with this anymore. K?

Answer 2

In my experience once a tooth that has a cavity,that starts hurting badly, it's nearly or already too close to the nerve of the tooth. Once you have a cavity you can't really reverse it but definitely helps to keep brushing it.

Answer 3

Yes, just ask the dentist to knock you out for the procedure. He will give you an anisthetic to put you to sleep for a little while. It may cost a bit more but would be worth it for someone with your fear.

Answer 4

Nope!! There is no way without a dentist. No safe and intelligent way. Now, let me tell you the "trick" about dealing with fear of dentists. And I once tried this, so don't think I'm just bullshitting you. I once had a small cavity in a lower back tooth, and I, just like you, was afraid of dentists and did not go to get it filled. I took a couple of aspirin and went on to bed. The next night I had the same small pain problem and couldn't fall asleep and so I took a couple of aspirin and went on to sleep. This went on night after night until I was taking at least half a bottle of aspirin a night so the pain would go away and I could get some sleep. BUT, the pain never would go away because the cavity kept getting bigger since it went untreated. Finally, after several months of this, the pain was SO HORRENDOUS that when I went home for the weekend from my college dorm, I agreed to go to the dentist. The dentist said, "Well, if you'd come to me when it was a small cavity, I could've filled it and gone on. Now the cavity is so big that, if you want to keep your tooth you'll have to have a root canal." Was I scared then. HELL YES!!!!! I was scared of the pain in my mouth, the fact that I was at a dentist's office AND of the size of the bill for a root canal vs. a filling. Thank God for my dad who said he'd pay for the root canal if I'd get it. I succumbed to the offer, and the pain I was enduring, and got the root canal. And you wouldn't believe how wonderful it was. The dentist had music of my choice as he was doing his work, and he had a dental assistant that was so beautiful as she leaned over to assist the dentist working in my mouth that I couldn't even remember any pain. AND, the dentist had given me a shot or two of that novacaine, but then I wasn't afraid of the shot because YOU SHOULDA SEEN THAT ASSISTANT. She wasn't about to fall out of her uniform, but the view down her top was so fantastic as to make it a DREAM COME TRUE to be there. I began to think they did that on purpose just to redirect my attention to the dental work he was doing. Anyway, after all the work was done, I was disappointed he didn't reschedule me to come back for more work, AND there was no more pain EVER from that tooth, and I could sleep easily as before. So, what's the moral of this story? It's this. You can live in your pain and misery, which, if you're not feeling any now, YOU WILL!! Or, you can realize that my experience I describe above happened back in the "Dark Ages", before you were born most likely, when dentistry was in its primitive stages. Now, in 2006, you've got the most advanced practice on planet earth, and truly, your fear is the only thing you need to deal with. The dentist is no problem at all, especially if he has those BEAUTIFUL BABE assistants that many of them do who can put you off into LA-LA Land easily as they bend over to your mouth with their beautiful bodies coming oh so close to your face. Now, all this may not be "politically correct" to say, but, the facts are still the facts. And now, I have no problem at all going to see a dentist for whatever the problem. Now, my wife, on the other hand, is scared shitless about it, and the dentist takes her blood pressure and pulse readings before he begins because she is so damned scared. But she gets the same service I do. Maybe she'd like a man as an Assistant to the Dentist in order to please her more, but I can promise you, as the old saying of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt says, "The only thing you have to fear is fear itself." Go get the filling and don't fear the shots of novacaine and drilling the dentist needs to do. And just don't make a fool of yourself as you oogle over his office staff, and most especially his Assistant as she leans over you and puts her breasts almost within kissing range, lololololoolooloolol. And remember, don't beg to come back. They'll know she got to you if you do since they don't need to see you again for just a cavity. Have fun, and God Bless you.

Answer 5

I don't like pain and dislike dentists offices myself. But what I do if they have to work in my mouth is I bring my own music and headset. I listen to my music while they do what they have to do. The music drones their sounds, and relaxes me at the same time. It makes the entire ordeal bearable.

Answer 6

I just had a cavivtie. I thought that they would just stick a needle in my gum but...they put a numbing agent (like Ora-Jel) on first and then you don't feel when they put in the needled with novocaine. After and during the procedure you will NOT feel a thing.

Answer 7

I wish there was a pain free way, If you find out let me know!!

Answer 8

brush your teeth 3x a day and floss every day. best way is to not get them. i hate going to the dentist.

Answer 9

i can tell you this much ...the pain from letting cavaties go is way worse than the little bit of pain from getting them fixed

Answer 10

meeeeeee too