NCR - Sedation Dentistry?

gayef · Jan 20, 2005

Has anyone tried it? What did you think? Were you actually asleep or were you woozy enough just not to care that someone had their hands in your mouth and were causing massive amounts of pain?

And the million dollar question ... would you do it again?

Thanks, considering this for myself and wanted opinions.

Gaye

rosiemac · Jan 21, 2005

I don't know if it's the same?, but over here they use what they call "twighlight sleep" for the really, really nervous patients.

It doesn't knock you out but it totally relaxes your body so even though your semi awake you don't know whats going on?!, does that make sense?

I only know a couple who have had it and yes they would do it again.

I'm nervous when i go to the dentist but he knows that if i need a filling he has to put a numbing gel on my gum before he even injects it to numb it properly!.

rockinrhonda · Jan 21, 2005

hi Gayfe,
i remember in 2000 i had to have surgery on my gums cause i had periodontal disease i was out of it and didn't remember a thing i do remember when i woke up and when i came home and the drugs stared to wear off i stared to fill pain in my mouth i had two choices with the surgery one was to be a wake but not fill any thing the other was where your out of it can't remember what they used but i would much rather be out of it when it comes to surgery on my mouth or anything for that matter but i also like to know whos doing the work on me theres alot of quacks out there in the world if ya know what i mean

Anyway this is what i would do if it were me

roundy604 · Jan 21, 2005

I can't even have a tooth filled w/o being partially knocked out. I don't know what my dentist calls it but I'm not knocked out completly, just kinda....stupified. Lol, that's the only way I'll let him get near my mouth with a needle. That's the only way I can have work done on my teeth, so yea, I'd do it again.

I'm even squirmy when I get my teeth cleaned. I've had bad expereinces with dentists and my teeth ever since I was 6 years old, so I'm scarred for life.

rockcat · Jan 21, 2005

Anyday, I would take that over novicane. Dentists scare me. I had something as a kid (don't know what though), that was so fun! I could feel the pain, kinda, but I didn't care. Everyone felt very far away too. Bizzare. I'd do it again in a heartbeat if it were available.

hissy · Jan 21, 2005

Gaye talk to your dentist about the new advancements in dentistry and see if he has any to offer you? Most of the new stuff coming out makes it virtually painless to have major dental work done. Latest survey shows that 50% of Americans do not go to the dentist out of fear. I am putting together a website about it, because i am one of those people who have major dental anxiety and I wanted to find out if I am alone. I am finding some interesting things about how to deal with this individually and how dentists are dealing with it as well-

momofmany · Jan 21, 2005

My husband is sedated whenever he has any work done beyond a cleaning and insists that they do that each time. I've been fully awake for tooth extractions and crowns. We were both raised with dentists that would drill for caveties without novocaine so I have no idea why we are different as adults. It's not that I like a dentist, I just don't have a phobia there. I have caught myself doing yoga meditation techniques while in the chair when things get dicey.

It would be interesting to see a poll on how many people are afraid of dentists, and how old they are. My dentist tells me that most people my age or older are most terrified because of the bad dental practices we went thru as children. I like him because he recognizes it and makes as many accomodations as possible to make the experience bearable.

yosemite · Jan 21, 2005

I also believe early training is part of it. I've never had an aversion to dentists - in fact I've been known to start falling asleep during a filling and the dentist had to wake me to keep my mouth open. I choose gas over needles simply because you come out of it faster and don't have that un-freezing thing to go through.

When our daughter was 2-3 years old, she would go with me to the dentist and sit on my tummy and watch while the dentist worked on my teeth. When she was 3 he would put her in the chair and just use the mirror and look in her mouth to get her used to the idea of a dentist. She is now 25 and has no fear of dentists - in fact she had very little trouble with getting her wisdom teeth removed or any kind of dental work.

Sometimes, we (as adults) cause our children to react based on our actions - i.e., if we are nervous/scared of the dentist, that seems to be transmitted to our children and they are afraid without even knowing why.

gayef · Jan 21, 2005

Gosh, thanks, y'all. I am the world's biggest baby when it comes to going to the dentist, and I guess I feel a little better knowing I am not alone. Hissy, I am very interested in visiting your new site when you are ready for me to. I think it is such a good and much-needed place!

I suppose I also have to agree with everyone who said it is a programming issue. My childhood experiences with the dentist were horrendous but it didn't change when I became an adult. When I went to have my 3rd molars removed, I went under "twilight sleep" in the Oral Surgeon's office and woke up being rushed into the operating room at the adjoining hospital because the surgeon had fractured both my mandible and maxilla! My face was wired together for about 7 months and take my word for it when I tell you, I am a little more than squeamish when it comes to going in for dental work now. But it is coming very close to the time when I will have no choice but to go in. *sigh*

~gf~

KittenKrazy · Jan 21, 2005

Funny, I don't have a lot of problems with the dentist, but that could be because I'm addicted to the nitrous oxide!

yosemite · Jan 21, 2005

Originally Posted by gayef

Gosh, thanks, y'all. I am the world's biggest baby when it comes to going to the dentist, and I guess I feel a little better knowing I am not alone. Hissy, I am very interested in visiting your new site when you are ready for me to. I think it is such a good and much-needed place!

I suppose I also have to agree with everyone who said it is a programming issue. My childhood experiences with the dentist were horrendous but it didn't change when I became an adult. When I went to have my 3rd molars removed, I went under "twilight sleep" in the Oral Surgeon's office and woke up being rushed into the operating room at the adjoining hospital because the surgeon had fractured both my mandible and maxilla! My face was wired together for about 7 months and take my word for it when I tell you, I am a little more than squeamish when it comes to going in for dental work now. But it is coming very close to the time when I will have no choice but to go in. *sigh*

~gf~

GOOD GRIEF! No wonder you have issues. I'm absolutely sure I would too if that had happened to me! You are very brave to even go back!

jcat · Jan 21, 2005

I had "laughing gas" way back when when my wisdom teeth were removed, and Novocaine for some gum work over the past few months (the needles were painful), but generally I refuse any kind of (local) anaesthetic for dental work. I really hate the numb feeling afterwards.

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