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Quote: Originally Posted by Dentist hater Aww that was a very nice post pippin, glad to hear you have something to help with your anxiety. It was got smaller but has stopped now to the same bump, i have been givin anti biotics, i will wait and she if they help first and then take things from there. Is your tooth just midly painful, hope it isnt too bad, my other root canal tooth midly hurts too, but we can support each other by posting on how...

JoJo, You came to the right place for support. I think I speak for the rest of the forum in stating we all have a phobia when it comes to dentists. I am much like you....and others here....bad experience with a non-caring dentist from childhood which led to not even going for fear of pain or disdain. Finding the right dentist is the magic it takes and also taking that first step to keep the appointment. A good dentist will not make you feel...

I doubt the cavity needs serious attention and there is no need for dental treatment for a 5 year old to be traumatic or painful with the right dentist BUT I am concerned about what you have been told about no anaesthetic. You need to clarify this and take him elsewhere (pediatric dentist maybe? who is likely to have much better injection technique) if their plan is indeed to expect him to put up with pain during drilling. This is the last...

I am gonna cry when the novacaine wears off of me.

Right now I'm looking at sedation techniques for the removal of 4 wisdom teeth. In short, the idea of being knocked out scares the living crap out of me! My best option is IV sedation and I think that's what they're offering me, but in a hospital setting. But, from what I hear IV is similar to GA in the sense you don't remember much, if anything. That's my issue with it. I figure the only way I could go through with IV...

Hey Brit, He didn't say why he did the injections before but when I had spoken to him about all my problems I did tell him that when I had those teeth out all that time ago, I was not numb and after that I didn't go back for 14 years and he did say I need a few painfree appointments with him to help me realise that will never happen again. I started panicking as soon as he said to have the injections first!! But he said we need to do...

How wonderful Emma! You're an inspiration!

Quote: Originally Posted by Caramel Chanel I am gonna cry when the novacaine wears off of me. I had a lower wisdom tooth out and a shedload of big filligns and a crown - and since have had root canal - and trust me, it shouldn't hurt or even bother you afterwards. I took a painkiller (Ibuprofen? I forget) when I got home *Just in case* - but the discomfort I'd been imagining - never kicked in. A day or two and I felt back to normal...

Thanks Odette. So today I was parked outside the dentists early in the morning waiting for them to open. Yesterday, it was uncomfortable: side of my face hot, splitting headache and aching neck. Ugh. But the pain is too defuse to point to a specific tooth. So I jumped in the Chair and the nice kindly dentist had a look around and took an Xray of the cursed area and reveals a nice cauldron of nasties brewing away at the root of my Number 5...

I really feel for you as I had a similar experience after a root canal on an upper pre-molar, I had a bump that remained for A YEAR AFTERWARDS! It was gradually getting smaller and I was told by my dentist that some people's teeth just take a longer time to heal up, etc. In the end I saw another dentist who said that the original root canal was fine, but he suggested using a stronger dressing material (the stuff they put inside the empty...