Tooth Extraction: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

[vickster]

I make sure to book the first session in the morning at my dentist, which is just before 9 am!

Yes - good luck Phil. Come back on here later and tell us how you got on.

Pain threshold is usually lower in the morning though

 

[ColinJ]

Pain threshold is usually lower in the morning though

That's what the anaesthetic is for! I didn't feel any pain at all. Well, yes, much later on I did, once the anaesthetic had worn off, but nothing that paracetamol couldn't deal with.

 

[vickster]

I find the injection for the anaesthetic about the worst bit

 

[ColinJ]

I find the injection for the anaesthetic about the worst bit

I had a gel put on my gums first which numbed them so I couldn't feel the injections. I was very impressed by that!

(It didn't taste very nice, but that is a small price to pay.)

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Tell them your fears, ask for everything (the gel, the injections, the gas and air, anything else!!), close your eyes, take in music if you can so you can't hear what's going on.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

Currently still in waiting room still

 

[alicat]

Good luck - I'm thinking of you!

 

[Andrew_P]

Currently still in waiting room still

bollards, I was going to post you were probably in and being done if not out by now earlier but then realised it was NHS and probably by the afternoon running behind (not knocking NHS btw)

Deep breaths and all that, remember counting backward from 399 in 3's to take you mind off

 

[PhilDawson8270]

Well. The dentists and nurses were extremely understanding.

But anxiety got better of me with heart rate of 135!

I asked if it was too late to request sedation. They were very nice and understanding.

I have now been referred to a specialist sedation clinic and will have them all done with IV sedation, just got to wait for appointment for pre-op.

Sorry to disappoint with no outcome yet, but it leaves me with a thread to put updates on.

 

[raleighnut]

Well. The dentists and nurses were extremely understanding.

But anxiety got better of me with heart rate of 135!

I asked if it was too late to request sedation. They were very nice and understanding.

I have now been referred to a specialist sedation clinic and will have them all done with IV sedation, just got to wait for appointment for pre-op.

Sorry to disappoint with no outcome yet, but it leaves me with a thread to put updates on.

 

[the_mikey]

I paid £400 and went to a private dentist for sedation when I needed a number of extractions, the process from my point of view was relatively simple, a quick X-ray was done, a short wait in a waiting room. I was soon horizontal in the chair, without any fuss they had installed a cannula in my right arm and asked me to count to ten, I don't recall going past 7... I was in a fairly sleepy state through the procedure, I recall having a sensation of something happening, like I could feel the teeth being pulled but I was so out of it that it felt pleasant rather than painful. And then I recall waking up slightly and being guided out of the dentist and into a car, you'll need a trusted friend or partner or family member to take you home, I was fairly dozey for the rest of the day, and had the following day off work as a precaution.

They stitched my gums which healed quickly without any problems.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

I paid £400 and went to a private dentist for sedation

Wow! Seems I got a bit lucky with NHS doing it without question!

 

[Stephenite]

I know I posted 'Don't worry. You'll be OK'. But afterwards i was thinking 'Sheeoot! He's having 6/7 out!' You're doing the right thing in asking for a general anæsthetic.

Don't worry. It's gonna be OK!

 

[Andrew_P]

Well. The dentists and nurses were extremely understanding.

But anxiety got better of me with heart rate of 135!

I asked if it was too late to request sedation. They were very nice and understanding.

I have now been referred to a specialist sedation clinic and will have them all done with IV sedation, just got to wait for appointment for pre-op.

Sorry to disappoint with no outcome yet, but it leaves me with a thread to put updates on.

Bummer, how did they find out about your heart rate?!? Never had mine monitored in a Dentist\Max Fax - I can't stand sedation lack of control and all that. It was the afternoon appointment plus sitting in the waiting room for a long time that pushed you over. That's the other benefit to mornings they can't start the day behind. Gawd the waiting room is the worst. I have been known to drop the receptionist my mobile and ask them to call me when they are ready and I wait in the car park lol The smell and sounds and waiting do my head in, take me to the limit! I arrive bang on my appointment time never before

 

[ColinJ]

Gawd the waiting room is the worst. I have been known to drop the receptionist my mobile and ask them to call me when they are ready and I wait in the car park lol The smell and sounds and waiting do my head in, take me to the limit! I arrive bang on my appointment time never before

I live less than a 10 minute walk from the surgery so I can time my arrival very accurately and get there with 2 minutes to spare.

I am one of the first patients in so there are never many others waiting when I get there.

The sounds of dentistry would not yet have started and anyway they would be masked by loud music played from my phone through earbuds.

I play Sudoku on the phone until I am called in and that helps prevent negative thoughts.

You are right about the smell of dental practices though. I had a 30 year gap between dental appointments but was immediately transported back to youthful trauma by the first whiff of it! I reckon a dab of perfume on the upper lip might help with that?