Pain relief while getting dental work?

Question

I have had numerous bad experiences with dentists. I had a tooth pulled and it wasnt numb, the dentist told me that he could not give me any more oral sedation and that I couldnt possibly feel it. Well, I screamed it was horrible. Basically I have come to the assumption that I will have to have IV sedation for everything on that side of my mouth. Apparently my nervous system isnt were its supposed to be, but only on the right side of my mouth.
Anyways, is there any alternative to IV sedation? And, is there a limit on how many procedures you can have done all at once?
I am thinking, if I pay for IV sedation, I want it all done.
Thanks for serious replies.

Answer 1

The common reasons for poor anaesthesia are:
1. Lower teeth where the dentist has missed the location of the nerve. It happens sometimes, but there are simple tests to check before starting the extraction.
2. If you have been nursing a sore tooth for a week or more before seeing the dentist, then the hyperactive nerve pain will "push thru" the anaesthetic. There are ways to effectively manage this with different anaesthetic techniques.
3. Your nervous system on that side of your mouth is different? No, that's a cop-out which means he doesn't know what to do. Theoretically it's possible, but very unlikely, and again, there are techniques to cover tough situations.
4. IV sedation? Well, not my qualified field, but you're still going to want local anaesthesia.
Talk to friends, relatives, and workmates to find a nice dentist. Go for a checkup to find problems before they give you pain. To help with your nervousness, ask about nitrous oxide or a pre-med diazepam. If there's work to do, start at the simplest and work up to harder problems as you gain confidence in your dentist.
We truly do care, but some people make it hard on themselves (and stress out the dentist too!).

Answer 2

1-sedation, whether oral or iv, does not make you numb it sedates you.
2-get a new dentist, ask friends or co-workers for a good dentist
3-IV sedation is expensive but you can get all your dental work done at one time, unless there are things that need to be done in two visits, like a crown.
good luck! there are dentists out there that are patient and hear what you are saying, you may need a different type of anesthetic.

Answer 3

i have had A LOT of work done at the dentist, and i am studying to be one. first of all you may be so freaked out you may think you are feeling pain but is actually just the pressure you still feel even when you are numb. second you may be right about not being numb i had the same prob. the dentist had to cut my gums and and stich them back together i told him i wasnt numb and he said the same thing, i refused to continue because i knew i was right so he tried to trick me and said he would poke my gums on the count 3, he poked me at 2. he relized i wasn't making it up. some people have weird nerves in their mouth and take to numbing different. i couldn't get numb because my upper jaw bone was broke and full of puss( puss blocks the anesthetic from getting to the nerves) just remember it is your mouth, speak up. if your dentist won't work with you and your difficult mouth take your choppers else where.

Answer 4

You can be put under, but there is the ever-present danger of death then. Something to investigate is finding a dentist that uses nitrous oxide. It puts you in a dream-like state where you are kind of outside of your physical experience--why the hippies like it recreationally--so while you are still feeling pain, you don't really care.

Answer 5

I am scared to death of the dentist, all those drills and things. Plus I think that to become a dentist you have to be a little sadistic and they are never very sympathetic. However, once I went to a hypnotherapist and it did help. Once I got over my nerves I wasn't so touchy and it did hurt less. Good Luck and Good Drugs.

Answer 6

Youve got exactly what ive got! I just had my wisdom teeth + bone graft surgery 3 days ago. You cannot get a bone graft and a dental implant on the same day because you need to wait for the Bone graft to heal in the area that it is needed. For me, they took some bone from where one of my wisdom tooth was and then put it in where my implant is gonna be, then they put a little screw just to hold the graft in place. Now I have to wait 3 months for that to heal, then I get the actual implant screw. And then I believe you need to wait another 3 months for that to heal and then finally you get the fake tooth attached to it. Its a really long process.. In the end hopefully its worth it!

Answer 7

I've been through that, and my current dentist did do IV sedation because of my bad experiences. I don't know of an alternative. He only did the work (root canal) that he intented to do at the time.