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Dental Phobic
The dentist knew this & promised that It would be ok & I believed her.
I have never felt pain like it ! She was digging around in my face. I kept saying that it was excruciating but she got very shirty with me & told me that it could not be hurting...OH YES IT COULD !
I have never had a dental experience like it ever... I was wishing for something dredful to happen so I could be out of it ( and that is not me at all). In the end my husband made her stop. She refused to give any more injections & said that I would have to be referred to the hospital, which would take 4 weeks or so to be seen. How could I wait 4 weeks with bits of tooth and a hole in my gum/bone ?
She was bullying me into letting her continue but I walked out. My husband took me home & spent an hour phoning every private dentist in the area to find one who would sedate me to finish the job. At 6pm last night I had the rest of the tooth extracted under sedation & paid �255 for the privelege.
My question is twofold really -
1. I have always felt dental procedures (hence the phobia) & was told once that some people have a problem where the anaesthetic does not work properly. I would like to read some research about this to understand why I have this problem.
2. in the 21st century why do some dentists brutalise us & what can I do about it?
mollymoo
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.change dentists. I did so a few years ago for the same reason as you: root canal and the anesthetic didn't work. It's not just the pain, which was excruciating, it's that the dentist disrespected you by not believing you, as if they're better judges of pain than the person experiencing it.
There are plenty of gentle, considerate dentists around. I found my new one by asking around the office. Write it off to experience of professional arrogance but don't get phobic about it; there are good dentists, honest. Good luck.
Yeah I think some of them do their training by watching marathon man!
I changed for similar reasons, I had this woman dentist, I think she just like inflicting pain on men, or maybe it was because I've got this gag reflex that can bite!
There are some good ones out there, mine's ok at the moment but he will insist on trying to have a conversion when he's got half a dozen implements in my gob!
And dentist wonder why we don't go very often. Mollymoo, you poor thing I feel so sorry for you. You ought to make a complaint to the BDA -British Dental Association.
I worked as a dental nurse for 4 years and saw many different things going on. There are such a variety of dental techniques even between the dentist in the same practice. You should never have to feel out of control and in pain when in the chair and you have every right to ask for more local anaesthetic. I'm glad you stood up for yourself and walked out.It's right that some people need more anaesthetic than others in the same way that some people can drink more than others. But it does also have less of an effect if you're nervous because your adrenalin is pumping. If you need to go again at any time try and take a couple of painkillers 45 mins before as they help with inital pain. I would suggest you change your dentist and when ringing up to register ask lots of questions about the surgery and if they deal with extremely nervous patients etc. They want you money so you can ask all you want. If you don't feel comfortable with what you hear move on to the next one - always trust your instinct.
There are also surgeries on the NHS you can go to (maybe only under referral from your own dentist) where they will give you general anaethestic for every visit. So you can sleep through the whole process.
Good luck and I hope you won't ever have to experience a butcher like that again.
So I ended up having both done. Cost? Plenty, thanks. Let's just say I didn't have a holiday that year, but at least the job got done properly and painlessly (apart from the hole in my bank balance).
Not at all acceptable mollymoo. Look up the NHS website (presuming she was an NHS dentist) and check on the procedures for registering a formal complaint. As your husband was with you you have a witness to what happened. Noone should have to suffer like this at the hands of a dentist.
It happened to me once. Fortunately, I am not a dental phobic and had always had good treatment from past dentists. It nearly ended up in a fist fight because he hurt so much!
As jno rightly says most dentists are very good and very gentle and will be especially caring to those who are scared.
Whilst I sympathise with you Mollymoo, can anyone who has posted anti-dentist setniment honestly say they have ever tried to extract a tooth? It is not easy and there will always be some elementy of force/brutish ness in order to get the tooth out.
It is unfortunate that you felt your dentist was, lets say stroppy, but, lets face it we all get stroppy with people who don't let us do our jobs, especially when it is like, well... pulling teeth.
Perhaps you should change dentist, but in doing so maybe find a dentist who is able to give you consultation and advice on your phobia and discuss alternatives to anaesthesia. Good luck.
I can't help wondering if this isn't a form of battery? I may be way off base but I can so sympathize with you. I feel just like you do about dentists and I'm afraid we would have gone to blows over this. There is NO excuse for this kind of mistreatment and I am so sorry you experienced this, it is horrible! God Bless.
There are some medical conditions that make you 'immune' to local anasthetic - I've got one of them, which is part of the reason for my phobia. Anyone who says 'it's impossible to feel pain after the injection' is talking through their... well, not out of their mouth! Don't really have much advice - if I knew how to overcome a phobia I would have done so by now, but just wanted to sympathise.
There are many good dentists sympathetic to phobias about. I know xos I go to one who is brilliant!!
All the very best Molly.
HI mollymoo, I was so shocked when I read your thread infact I read it " TWICE " I couldn't believe my eyes!, it must have been an absolute nightmare for you, and we pay good hard earned money for the privlage of being subjected to this torture. Like the other Abers have said, change dentists fast and report her in the process, dentists like her shouldn't be allowed to get away with way she practices, this isn't the middle ages! :-)
Hi patriciather, well done! have given you more than just a smilely. :-)