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Are you a wimp like I am and demand a shot of Novocane for even the smallest of fillings?

Today, when my dentist asked me did I want Novocane for two little fillings, I gratefully accepted!

My dentist is very good and has never inflicted terrible pain upon me but it's the THOUGHT of going there - the terrible anticipation of it all!

Goodness knows what state I'd be in if it were an extraction or, horror of horrors, a root canal!

WAAHHG - I can't even think about it!

I used to spend the days before a dental appointment freaking out and trying to come up with excuses not to go. I am so glad I found out about a new kind of dentist in my area, (have no idea how widespread they are) who will put you right to sleep for any procedure. She gives me a pill to take half an hour before my appointment, (I have to be driven to and from my appointments, but who cares??!!!) and I am sound asleep for the whole thing. Even cleanings.

I had gone for years and years not going to the dentist because of my hatred of pain. I had never had braces, (even though I needed them) and when I finally started going again, I found that I could get near perfect teeth in about 4 visits. Because of all the advancement in the field, I got 3 root canals, a couple deep cleanings, 2 extractions, whitening, and my teeth reshaped to look almost perfect in less than 2 months. I was sound asleep for every visit and remember nothing. That's the way to go if you can find a dentist that does it!

BabyRider wrote: I used to spend the days before a dental appointment freaking out and trying to come up with excuses not to go. I am so glad I found out about a new kind of dentist in my area, (have no idea how widespread they are) who will put you right to sleep for any procedure. She gives me a pill to take half an hour before my appointment, (I have to be driven to and from my appointments, but who cares??!!!) and I am sound asleep for the whole thing. Even cleanings.

I had gone for years and years not going to the dentist because of my hatred of pain. I had never had braces, (even though I needed them) and when I finally started going again, I found that I could get near perfect teeth in about 4 visits. Because of all the advancement in the field, I got 3 root canals, a couple deep cleanings, 2 extractions, whitening, and my teeth reshaped to look almost perfect in less than 2 months. I was sound asleep for every visit and remember nothing. That's the way to go if you can find a dentist that does it!


But I'm a wimp about being put to sleep as well!

What if I didn't wake up!

I have to have nitrous when I go to the dentist. Happy gas!!

The sound of a dentist's drill makes me break out in a cold sweat. I HATE going to the dentist and have no idea why.

I have the most sensitive teeth of anyone I know.....cold sensitive that is. The thought of cold water being sprayed on my teeth to rinse them gives me cold chills up and down my spine. Anytime I have fillings done, I have to have twice as much novacaine as normal patients. I have a really nice dentist though and she is always nice about giving me more. I wish she had the nitrous though, that would be nice.

Philadelphia Eagle wrote: Are you a wimp like I am and demand a shot of Novocane for even the smallest of fillings?

Today, when my dentist asked me did I want Novocane for two little fillings, I gratefully accepted!

My dentist is very good and has never inflicted terrible pain upon me but it's the THOUGHT of going there - the terrible anticipation of it all!

Goodness knows what state I'd be in if it were an extraction or, horror of horrors, a root canal!

WAAHHG - I can't even think about it!Damn right i'm a wimp,anything so i dont feel the pain!

((((GIMMEE-GIMMEE-GIMMEE))))

Look, where else do you get the offer of a guy with full medical training, properly equipped with safety gear and a backup hospital down the road, who can legally take you into unknown territory and explore your pain thresholds for an hour at a time?

I've not had a dental injection for decades. I've had Lorraine - my dentist is female, which helps - explore, drill, fill, the works. She hated doing it the first few times, she tells me, but she appreciates that I have my reasons and she obliges quite happily now. We drilled out three roots to a single tooth, one day, it was wild. All she insists on is that I don't move. All I insist on is that she uses no painkillers on me, and that she eases off for a few seconds whenever I tell her to. I don't think I could do it if I didn't feel in control of what was happening.

Take away the sensation inside

Bitter sweet migraine in my head

Its like a throbbing tooth ache of the mind

I can't take this feeling anymore

Drain the pressure from the swelling,

The sensations overwhelming,

Give me a long kiss goodnight and everything will be alright

Tell me that I won't feel a thing

So give me Novacaine

Out of body and out of mind

Kiss the demons out of my dreams

I get the funny feeling, that’s alright

Jimmy says it's better than here,

I’ll tell you why

Drain the pressure from the swelling,

The sensations overwhelming,

Give me a long kiss goodnight and everything will be alright,

Tell me that I won't feel a thing,

So give me Novacaine

Oh Novacaine

Drain the pressure from the swelling,

The sensations overwhelming

Give me a long kiss goodnight and everything will be alright,

Tell me Jimmy I won't feel a thing,

So give me Novacaine

Green Day - Give me Novacaine

When you touch me, when you hold me, when you kiss me, it’s just like Novocaine.

I remember every cut and scrape I’ve been numb so long, something’s wrong so I'll take anything.

I slap my face, I pull my hair, just to see if something’s there.

It should hurt like hell, I miss the pinch, I miss the pain,

That shock sensation in my brain.

Cause when you touch me, when you hold me, when you kiss me, I don’t feel anything.



Alice Cooper.

spot wrote: Look, where else do you get the offer of a guy with full medical training, properly equipped with safety gear and a backup hospital down the road, who can legally take you into unknown territory and explore your pain thresholds for an hour at a time?



I've not had a dental injection for decades. I've had Lorraine - my dentist is female, which helps - explore, drill, fill, the works. She hated doing it the first few times, she tells me, but she appreciates that I have my reasons and she obliges quite happily now. We drilled out three roots to a single tooth, one day, it was wild. All she insists on is that I don't move. All I insist on is that she uses no painkillers on me, and that she eases off for a few seconds whenever I tell her to. I don't think I could do it if I didn't feel in control of what was happening.
a masochist, i see. how telling.

anastrophe wrote: a masochist, i see. how telling.If you choose to interpret it that way. It's not how I see it and I am, after all, the one in the chair.