Where can I be fully sedated to have much seriously needed dental treatment done?

Question

I am extremely frightened of the dentist and have wo teeth that are in urgent need of work ( they are crumbling away in my mouth). I've tried the mind over matter thing but got as far as the drill going into the mouth, people have said to listen to music and stuff but I really am scared of the drill and pain. where can I be knocked out to have work done on the nhs?

Answer 1

If you wait for the NHS knock out treatment it will take 6-9 months and you will be in more agony from abscesses everyewhere in your mouth, so get it done asap under local at your dentist - why prolong and deepen the agony?

Answer 2

A little info I think should be considered about this drug Versed ( Midazolam ) that is used for Sedation for many medical procedures..Sedation and General Anesthesia are not the same and quite a few people being given Sedation
think they are being given General Anesthesia!

There is simply no good or valid reason to ever purposely induce amnesia during a medical procedure. It is only a recent development in medical thinking that amnesia is somehow a "benefit" to the patient. On occasion some
some patients will remember a bad experience. Forgetting does not mean it did not happen!!
I feel that if people were aware of the effects of this drug they would Opt For Another Drug!
Erasing someones memory of what was done to them is wrong!!
In fact, many people who use Versed for " IV Sedation,Conscious Sedation" Twilight Sedation, during a procedure are Awake For The Entire Procedure but remember nothing, often Believing They Were "Out" the whole time.

Versed (Midazolam) is an amnestic. It is also commonly used for minor procedures like setting broken bones,colonoscopies,endoscopies, dental procedures like extractions,conscious sedation,twilight sleep, so that patients won't remember pain and discomfort.HOWEVER THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE SENSATIONS WILL NOT BE EXPERIENCED!!!!

A note from an anesthesiologist
I agree that using midazolam alone in painful situations is wrong. I've heard people getting colonoscopies and screaming, and maybe they remember, maybe they don't.

A note I got from someone on Yahoo Answers who did have a bad experience..This is very disconcerting... My sister said she heard me screaming from the waiting room but assumed it wasn't me. When we left we heard another female patient screaming. I did a lot of research since your post, thanks so much for the info.

Here is a note from a Dentist Who uses Versed
I've used Versed 1000+ times during oral surgery procedures and I've never had a complaint. It's a miracle drug because it is safe and it causes you to not remember an unpleasant experience. My answer to him is isn't it better to have not experienced the pain than to have forgot it. No wonder you have had no complaints they have no memory of the procedure.....

I feel that giving a drug for amnesia is cruel I would not want it done to me!

A strange development in medical thinking that it's okay for a patient to have
pain as long as they don't remember it and think they slept thru the procedure..


Here is a link for some info

http://www.freehelpforcancer.com/manages-meds/sedation

Answer 3

Hello,
You need to find a dental anesthesiologist or call the dentist's office to see if arrangements can be made to bring one in.

Answer 4

Try to find the nearest dental training hospital. You'll get the best treatment you can get, they'll do as you ask and it'll be free or very inexpensive.

Answer 5

any dentist can do this, ime frightened of the dentist as well so i always have an injection, which puts me to sleep and when i wake up its all over.