For the past few visits to my dentists my mouth has stayed numb for up to 4 hours after I get home. Is there any way to lessen these effects of Lipocaine?
2007-03-12 06:09:49 · 3 answers · asked by BOOM 1 in Health ➔ Dental
Tell the dentist about it, he may use less lidocain or change anesthetics altogether. It really depends on what your having done and how you react to treatment as to "if" he will reduce it or not.
Some decay (a moderate amount) can be excavated without any anesthetic being used and only have some slight sensitivity during the procedure. If your a jumpy nervous type of patient don't bother even asking to try. If on the other hand you don't mind "some slight sensitivity" (beats being numb for hours) then give it a try. It's not set in stone, if you "start to feel any pain" all you have to do is raise your left hand and he can stop and administer the anesthetic and then continue. I've had plenty of patients that try this and are glad they did saying the injection hurt worse than that little twinge of sensitivity they had. Now keep in mind, if the decay is "too deep" the dentist knows about how far into the dentin he has to drill just from looking at the x ray, he will advise against going without any anesthetic, in those situations take his advice.
I've had a lot of patients that complete the fill of a root canal without any anesthetic and several who have crown prep's without any. Not that I would advise the later but the root canal fill sure, the tooth is dead, no nerve left.
Hope I've been of some help today and good luck with your next visit. Just ask your dentist next visit about reducing or eliminating anesthetic for some procedures, or about what I've explained today, I'm sure he has some patients that don't use any anesthetic for small procedures. He will agree, explain further and let you try it when it's advisable.
2007-03-12 06:42:42 · answer #1 · answered by HeatherS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean liDOcaine. Tell your dentist that your mouth is staying numb for 4 hours. Ask him if he can use anything else that won't last that long. It really depends on what procedure he is doing. Maybe it is easier for him to give you 1 injection and then work and not have to stop and give you another injection. Or ask him to use a little less next time.
2007-03-12 17:56:51 · answer #2 · answered by Educated 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly no. The only way is to ask the dentist to use fewer shots. If you are only having one tooth worked on he should only give one or 2 shots max.
2007-03-12 06:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋