EdgarusQPFC Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 So tomorrow morning I'm going to be having some work done, some root extractions and a few fillings. Problem is I'm terrified of the Dentist, had a really bad experience as a kid. During which my mum heard me swear for the first time as I apparently said "Get this fucking needle out of me" (I was 6) refused to go back til my late teens, had another bad experience, this time with the Dentist knew I was scared, didn't care and wasn't generous with the anesthetic. Then outside of a emergency extraction due to a abscess perhaps 5 years ago I've not been back. I requested sedation for the procedure and now that it's looming I'm bricking myself. Has anyone here had any positive experiences with sedation? Is it true you remember nothing? What was the whole procedure like? Any encouragement appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 If it's worrying you that much, go for sedation. Best thing I ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 If you're worried about something and are looking for encouragement on P&B, you're mental. On a semi-serious note, sedation is pretty awesome. I've been sedated twice for a knee op and re-set of a dislocated ankle and remember the sum total of nothing. I woke up from both feeling pleasantly spaced out, and within about half an hour, ravenously hungry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, EdgarusQPFC said: So tomorrow morning I'm going to be having some work done, some root extractions and a few fillings. Problem is I'm terrified of the Dentist, had a really bad experience as a kid. During which my mum heard me swear for the first time as I apparently said "Get this fucking needle out of me" (I was 6) refused to go back til my late teens, had another bad experience, this time with the Dentist knew I was scared, didn't care and wasn't generous with the anesthetic. Then outside of a emergency extraction due to a abscess perhaps 5 years ago I've not been back. I requested sedation for the procedure and now that it's looming I'm bricking myself. Has anyone here had any positive experiences with sedation? Is it true you remember nothing? What was the whole procedure like? Any encouragement appreciated I had root canal and 6 replacement crowns, 20 appointments and 36 hours in the chair. Suck it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarusQPFC Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, kilbowie2002 said: I ask them to not let me see the needles That's a must for me. I can't stand needles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I had sedation as well a few years ago as i'm not a huge fan of c***s poking about in my mouth with pointy things. You're aware of whats going on and are able to follow instructions, then afterwards you're a bit woozy and don't really remember much. You'll get a cracking sleep when you get home, too. Don't plan anything in for the rest of the day as you'll be no good to anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 They gave me nitrous oxide when I was about 5 because I needed a couple of baby teeth removed. I wasn't entirely unconscious, as I remember being able to see what was going on in the room, albeit through a haze akin to looking out of the window when there's a heavy rain on, and I certainly couldn't feel anything at all, nor understand anything that was happening. Woke up absolutely pishing myself laughing too. So, aye, you'll be fine. Much better than a general anaesthetic; I always wake up with a nuclear hangover from those fuckers, and it lasts for days, but they affect everyone differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarusQPFC Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 10 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said: I had sedation as well a few years ago as i'm not a huge fan of c***s poking about in my mouth with pointy things. You're aware of whats going on and are able to follow instructions, then afterwards you're a bit woozy and don't really remember much. You'll get a cracking sleep when you get home, too. Don't plan anything in for the rest of the day as you'll be no good to anybody. That's reassuring, cheers bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I would suggest you get together with DDCups and have your dental appointment on an airplane. Then you can have a competition to see who is more scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 24 minutes ago, Zen Archer said: I had root canal and 6 replacement crowns, 20 appointments and 36 hours in the chair. Suck it up. Zen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 You know you've got something to worry about when the dentist looks in your mouth and then asks if you would mind paying up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Odontophobia. That's what it is called. What a relief. I thought I would lose sleep wondering what it was called. Phew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I was under something when I had to get some baby teeth out. Woke up with my hand jammed firmly in the join of the chair between the seat and the back. I was aware of that before I woke up, like when you've got pins and needles in a dream. I'm not afraid of the dentist however, as I don't have baby teeth anymore and I'm not a complete bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geronimo Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Got given laughing gas as a kid for a dental thingymabobber. Couldn't feel my face afterwards so spent the rest of the day chewing at my bottom lip. The stuff felt amazing but I was painfully forced to talk like Bubba from Forest Gump for a few days due to my self-inflicted injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffenThinMint Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 59 minutes ago, EdgarusQPFC said: So tomorrow morning I'm going to be having some work done, some root extractions and a few fillings. Problem is I'm terrified of the Dentist, had a really bad experience as a kid. During which my mum heard me swear for the first time as I apparently said "Get this fucking needle out of me" (I was 6) refused to go back til my late teens, had another bad experience, this time with the Dentist knew I was scared, didn't care and wasn't generous with the anesthetic. Then outside of a emergency extraction due to a abscess perhaps 5 years ago I've not been back. I requested sedation for the procedure and now that it's looming I'm bricking myself. Has anyone here had any positive experiences with sedation? Is it true you remember nothing? What was the whole procedure like? Any encouragement appreciated I'm tempted to ask HOW long since you were last at a dentist in terms of years/decades? They're far different creatures than the butchers of yesteryear. The needle for starters - if they do have to stick the novocaine (synthetic cocaine) in an awkward spot, that area gets numbed up before the needle itself goes in. It's still uncomfortable, but not the horror show of the past. The bad old days of dentists taking the piss with children & seeing them as little cash cows they can drill, brace, fill & pull away (the cause of most people's terror of the dentist) are long gone - even in the scummiest areas there's plenty of checks in place to root out (pun intended) those more interested in drilling for gold than dental care. If you go for sedation, prepare for the trippiest day of your life. Hypnoval (synthetic valium) doesn't knock you out, but makes you feel you're floating and are completely immune to pain. The dentist could kick f**k out of you with steel toecap Docs & you'd feel the impact, but not the pain. It also lasts a very long time, so make sure someone else is with you, as you will not be safe to wander the streets whilst on it (think of Richard Ashcroft in the "Bittersweet Symphony" video for how you are likely to behave - on second thoughts Paul Kaye in the "Vindaloo" one is more accurate). If you get a tooth pulled this way, it feels like someone pulling a Legobrick out of your jaw. What I would say with dentists nowadays is you get what you pay for, and it pays to be prepared to try different ones until you find a good one - never "put up" with one you think is a c**t, your instinct is probably right. Be prepared to go out to the "better" areas if need be - the dentists usually have the most modern equipment and tend to take customers less for granted. They'll cost you less in the long run as that £200 treatment you cursed them for three years ago will repay itself in six visits every six months of nothing needing done except a scale & polish, and ultimately far less treatment which would have cost more in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 During which my mum heard me swear for the first time as I apparently said "Get this fucking needle out of me" (I was 6) Top parenting. Anyway, my only dodgy tooth to date involved a double root canal (dentist found this quite entertaining as my first bit of dental surgery, the rest being perfect) to which I just had the anaesthetic injection (nothing more than a few few seconds of nippiness) and that was the end of any unpleasantness (keeping mouth open for a while below some scaffolding aside). [insert deal with it dog gif here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 You'll be fine. (just as long as you waken up again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Just now, supermik said: You'll be fine. (just as long as you waken up again) Then he'll wish he was dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I don't know what it was specifically but I was put completely out cold when I was younger as I had to get 6 teeth taken out at once, with a couple being molars. Just woke up afterwards and felt a bit shite for the rest of the day, but better than just the jags. Had a couple out with the jags, and the sound of the tooth crunching as it's ripped out of your jaw is bone chilling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Having watched Tom Hanks in Castaway and the improvised solution with an ice skate and a rock - I think going to the dentist is a much better option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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