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Post by letsconnect on Sept 28, 2005 9:58:44 GMT -5
Vishous - just wondering how things are going ? Have you had any word on the medical assistance yet? Hope the latest antibiotics have eased the pain.
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Post by vishous on Sept 29, 2005 0:37:51 GMT -5
update): today oh my go was stressful well lets just start from the begining of my week... for starters the lady at the medical assistance office who said she was going to send me papers for medical assistance didnt send them so i had to go get them today and turn them in tommorow and then on sunday i had to go to the emergency room because that doctor at the clinic who shoved wax up into my tooth really hurt me and i was in alot of pain and then they found out i was dehydrated so i had my first iv ever that was kinda stressful and then i got some good painkillers finally and i can actually go 4 hours at a time without pain but... now i have a really really sore throat and will probly be going in tommorow to get it looked at but heres the most stressful and worst part of my week today was my girlfriends oral surgery (tooth pulled) for starters i couldnt sleep...well i did sleep for like a half an hour but i had a nightmare about her surgery somthing along the lines of them taking her away and never bringing her back so then i was worked up all night when it finally became time to go (9:00am) my heart was racing but i was so sure of myself that i could handle it even though i havent even been in a dentist office in 11 years when we got there i just got soo pale and dizzy and light headed i help my girlfriends hand so hard and so tight every time a nurse came in to call a patient i almost broke down because i hoped theyd forget about her and then the time came where they called her name and we went back at first i was led back to the room with her only to be kicked out so im just shaking and having an anxiety attack (or so thats what my mom says it was) as im walking back to the waiting room all of a sudden all the smells all of the sounds all of the sights were too real i couldnt handle it it all came back to me so fast my body couldnt take it all the fear was real everything i was scared of surrounded me i didnt know what to do i couldnt breath i blacked out a little bit while i was walking and i was really really scared not only for her but for me (but mostly for her) i fianlly got back to the waiting room and i was shaking so hard i grabed a crappy magazine i would never read (i think it was oprah) and i thought it would help take my mind off of it but i couldnt focus on any one thing my mind and heart were racing i felt like i couldnt move i was petrified i couldnt breath and then a single tear rolled onto one of the pages of the magazine and i then knew that i was truly truly scared i didnt want them to hurt her i didnt know what they were going to do to her they wouldnt let me in the room for the consultation only her mom and i have been looking this stuff up for weeks and knew way more then her so i had to get out of the waiting room so i went to the bathroom and got a drink of water then i just burst out crying i didnt know what was wrong with me i couldnt controll myself i was slipping in and out of reality i was so confused (if youve ever seen the butterfly effect and when ashton kutchers character goes back to another memory and chages everything and then all his memories rush into him and he has a seizure well tthats what it felt like) then i splashed my face with cold water and went out to the waiting room then out of the cornor of my eye i saw a nurse walking my way she told me they needed me back there again my heart sank in relife but i was still freaking out and couldnt calm down so she took me back and once again all the sights,sounds,and smells rushed back and i was shacking and my legs got all rubery but then i saw the chair and the chair out off anything i saw scared me the most she was sitting in it crying she wouldnt let them do anything till i was there i they pushed her till she cried so were sitting in this room surrounded by everything i fear most including a dentist and im holding her hand in tears and the dentist starts talking ...and he is an A$$ hole he was only going to give her novacaine while he was pulling her tooth and she told him novacaine doesnt always work on her even when she gets a filling and he reassured her it would work and bs'ed so i told him no way you give her somthing else or were leaving then he asked me what i had in mind he asked me im not the dentist he is so the laughing gas being the first thing i saw i said how about laughing gas and he said okay and told the nurse to give her a mask and then he left so i held her hand for a bit longer and the laughing gas was working till the hose kinked and i pointed it out to the nurse she quickly fixed and michelle (my gf) was relaxed and confused because this was a new feeling to her and i held her hand til they covered her with that blue paper stuff and then i rubed her leg still freaking out myself (i wish i could have had some of that gas to relax me) then the dentist comes in and bs's some more and gives her novacain now this is a scary thought/sight for me because i hate needles especially near my mouth but now i have to watch it go into michelles mouth and then he puts the second injection in and she starts moaning in pain and strugling so they hold her legs down and at this point im almost past out everything is getting very hard for me to focus on im trying to figure why its hurting her and why in the hell they are holding my girfriend down and then he tells us its time to leave so on my way out i grab her hand and ask her if she still wants to do this and if he f***ed up and hurt her and she just looked at me sadly (she doesnt remeber geting the secon novacaine injection so she couldnt tell me afterwards) and i kissed her hand and left and the dentist said its okay well take good care of her and i said somthing rude to him under my breath and went straight to the bathroom and sat on the toilet and all of a sudden everything went black my body just shut down all the fear and anxiety was too much but there was nothing i could do and i was so scared i woke up about a minute later quickly reaching for my cell phone to call my mom i got ahold of her and went outside to get some fresh air hopeing that will help me but.. it didnt i just opend up to my mom crying panicing and just ..its hard to explain i dont think i realized just how bad my fear was and just how badly no one understood but then i went into the bathroom again to talk to my mom because i just couldnt handle the waiting room so i was talking to my mom for 15 minutes because they said it would take 25 mins and then all of a sudden i get a knock on the door "honey" i heard and i just paniced told my mom goodbye opened the door huged her and broke down i was freaking out all day from about noon to 5 and i still cant sleep because of it and i get so mad at myself because i feel like there should be somthing i can do or that im being a big baby and my gf is just geting slowly frustrated at me because i keep asking for her help and she cant think of anything to do and im trying to take care of her to all day and shes just miserable and in pain and im still freaking out (did i mention i also fainted/passed out when i got home) i just well this is really hard for me to type and i really need help from someone anyone who understands im crying out whats wrong with me can anyone answer is this a serious matter i cant even go to an appointment with my gf how can i go for myself what am i supposed to do how can i fix myself and most of all what in the hell is wrong with me im a wreck and i cant help it and one last thing that freaked me out a bit is that i found out what kind of insurence my gf has and its not insurence at all its exactly the same medical assistance im applying for and well the reason she wasnt offered anything other than novaciane is because the medical assistance wouldnt cover it and the reason she had to get her tooth pulled is because her mediacal assistance wouldnt cover a root canal and the tooth thats bothering me is one of my frony molars and its visible when i smile and i really dont want it puled but what am i supposed to do if i cant get a root canal plus if mediacal assistance wont even cover laughing gas for oral surgery how will i get it for lets say a filling at the rate im going ill need somthing to realx me even for a filling and if i have to get anything pulled i want to be asleep but medical wonty cover that either im about ready to just give up the world has turned its back on me how am i supposed to get special care when my medical wont even cover it and i consider my fear quite serious (at least now i do) so doesnt that count for anything cant i get specail medical assistance so that everyhting is covered so i can be as comfortable as possible what am i supposed to do im so lost my family cant afford to have me on somthing to relax me everytime i go in and medical assistance wont cover it and i know that i wont be able to handle it without for god sakes i cant handle being in a wiating room i dont know i dont expect any answers i just needed to post and get it off my chest and just to cry on someones shoulder ive been avoiding posting so i dont becoem an annoynce but i just couldnt help myself here i needed to tell someone other than my girl friend thanks for listening and i really mean it thanks
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Post by vishous on Sept 29, 2005 0:38:14 GMT -5
i apologize for it being so long
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Post by SoSoScared on Sept 29, 2005 3:17:13 GMT -5
Vishous - I am so sorry you have had to go through this.
If it is any consolation, and it may not be, I actually worry more for people I care about at the dentist than myself. My boyfriend has to have work done starting this week and I am petrified for him.
He couldn't care less! He is not afraid of the dentist one jot, and it doesn't bother him at all.
When I have treatment myself I actually feel better because then I am in control. If I am uncomfortable etc. I can say so - it is hell to watch someone you care about suffer, even when your own fears magnify their distress! And believe me I can sympathise with everything you have said in your post.
The panic attacks you mention don't normally last as long as your's did so you were unlucky. Mostly they start to tail off sooner than that.
I am also so sorry that your and your GF's treatment is dictated by the insurance cover you have not to mention the amount of sedation.
Well at least that tooth will never cause her problems/expense again!
As I said, I am so sorry for your experience. In this day and age no-one should have to experience what you have been through - the drugs exist, counselling can help in some cases.
My BF told me something the other day which sort of makes sense. In life shit happens. If you want good teeth you have to pay through the nose and have the courage to get it done and suffer some pain if it happens. If you are happy with your teeth leave them as they are - or if the good teeth don't outweigh the pain cost.
In a way that makes it fairly clear for me. There is grotty stuff in life. At most he will suffer half an hour of discomfort - when I go I will worry for 2 weeks before and be paniking like you all through the procedure. But at the end I will still be alive and it is half an hour out of my life. Bloody ridiculous when you think about it isn't it???
But, just to say again.....I know how you feel. It is over now. You both survived, try and put it behind you if you can. That tooth only had to come out once......it is over as far as that is concerned. xxxx
[edit: offensive sentence and scare-mongering removed. Please re-read posts in discussion section which explain the concept of "lab costs", and note the "no scare-mongering" rule. Such material can be posted in the "Discussion" section of this board.]
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Post by letsconnect on Sept 29, 2005 9:00:32 GMT -5
Dylan - I'm sorry you are experiencing this amount of anxiety . As SoSoScared mentioned, counselling can help a lot when dealing with dental anxiety. Are there any such services in your area? The problem with a message board is that there is no face-to-face contact. It can make things much easier to talk through your fears with someone who is both experienced in helping people with phobias and able to give immediate feedback. Maybe you could discuss this with your mum and see if there's any such service available for you? This would be my recommendation. Regarding the nitrous - it *is* really neat to have it, but most dental work (including extractions) is done without it, because the local anesthetic can take care of any pain. Once the tooth is properly numbed, no pain impulses can be transmitted to that area. What I'm saying is that sedation is a cool extra for people who are scared about specific dental procedures - and if you feel it would help you, then you should definitely try and get hold of it. But it's actually not the "norm" (for example, I don't know any dental practices in my area who offer it). Please have a think about my suggestion re. counselling - it's a great way of obtaining the support, personal attention, and help to deal with fears .
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Post by vishous on Sept 29, 2005 12:09:30 GMT -5
actually to tell you the truth i am considering counselling i talked to my mom a little bit about it and well she isnt the most understanding person in the world and she never knew that a person could get this worked up over a dentist so its hard for her to understand but she said shell call around and see if she can find one covered by my medical insurence and also today the pain has started to grow worse again i dont know why the antibiotics havent helped at all yet but they havent wel.. aside from feeling light headed and sick from lack of nutrition i have felt a little better im not as sick or feverish as i was before them but with the paine no they havent helped at all and its really really crapy for me the painkillers i got at my last ER visit say this on the botole hydrocodone/apap 5/500 and they worked really well for the first 2 days but the pain was just getting slowly worse and now the incline in pain hs sped up and i can take up to 2 of these and it wont do anything for me at all anymore (the pharmacist also said they should knock me out if i take two which is a bonus because i can sleep altogether in the past three days if had 4 hours of sleep and well these pills arent helping me sleep) so im going to have my mom call the ask a nurse hotline and see what they think i should do so there might be another hospital visit tonight but i dont know what theyd do the doctor told me last time everyonce and a while they have a dental surgeon on call so im hoping that hell be on call tonight if i go and maybe by some chance will just pull it since thats probly what would happen even if i went to a dentist so this way i can just stop it all right here so lets keep our fingers crossed here i know it wont really help with my dental phobia to just get it pulled at a hospital emergency room but ill ask to get something to relax me and just get it over with because i cant stand the pain anymore even now im holding my cheek with one hand and typing with the other so get those fingers crossed...for me
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Post by SoSoScared on Sept 29, 2005 14:13:57 GMT -5
I'm so sorry Vishous, this endless pain is draining you and it desperately needs to be sorted.
I know myself that ongoing pain (not dental in my case) takes away your strength and your spirit. The situation with your GF was made so much worse by your weakened state.
I wish I could do something to help you, I really do. No-one should have to go through what you are enduring (but that is all I can say on the subject or LC will delete me as she does not appreciate my views!!).
I was actually reading on the net today of the numbers of people who actually go from the US and Europe to have dental treatment in India!! Can you believe it? But apparently with the flights etc., you can get top class treatment at much less cost that in the West.
India seems to have cornered the market in cheap good service across the whole spectrum - including financial services which is my own field. Good for them, it brings prosperity to them and affordable dental treatment for many.
(Hope that is not contentious LC - it is fact).
xxx
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Post by letsconnect on Sept 29, 2005 15:13:48 GMT -5
SoSoScared - it's true that I don't appreciate some of the things you say. So it would be a lot easier for everyone involved if you could find a forum where your views ARE appreciated. I don't think this forum will ever satisfy your needs. The following list will give you a starting point (for obvious reasons, I can't guarantee that your views will be appreciated there, either, but it might be worth a try): * Beyond Fear (moderated): www.beyondfear.org/group/default.asp* Google Groups (unmoderated): groups.google.com/group/alt.support.dental-phobia* 000-Fear-of-Dentists (pretty much unmoderated): health.groups.yahoo.com/group/000-Fear-Of-Dentists/* dentalfear (don't know if moderated): health.groups.yahoo.com/group/dentalfear/I'm sure there are also internet groups that deal with issues such as social equality, dental tourism, and the like. Do a Google for them. I hope the above will help.
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Post by letsconnect on Sept 29, 2005 15:19:22 GMT -5
actually to tell you the truth i am considering counselling i talked to my mom a little bit about it and well she isnt the most understanding person in the world and she never knew that a person could get this worked up over a dentist so its hard for her to understand but she said shell call around and see if she can find one covered by my medical insurence Hope it all works out for you and you can avail of counselling ! Sorry to hear that the antibiotics didn't have much of an effect . I'm definitely keeping my fingers crossed for you - I know it's hardly the ideal solution, but pretty much anything is better than unbearable pain. Let us know how you get on in the hospital if you do go !!
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Post by SoSoScared on Sept 29, 2005 15:44:43 GMT -5
LC - I really have no idea why you are so 'scared' of my comments.
If you really care about people and their dental care then I think the whole subject of elitism, exclusion, profiteering, etc. needs to be addressed.
It is all well and good sending cuddly thoughts to people who need dental care, but if they can't afford it, they really are not helped at all.
And your reverence to the dental profession is not typical of the experiences of many people.
But fine, if you only wish to deal in smiley faces and platitudes I will take my leave.
Thank you for your err......open mindedness!!
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Post by letsconnect on Sept 29, 2005 16:06:53 GMT -5
There have been people on this board who received free NHS treatment (yes, it is available, depending upon income or lack thereof!); there have also been people who were very creative in "financing" treatment (e. g. one person in the US built a website for their dentist in exchange for part of the treatment).
Dentists refusing to give people dentures so that they can do lots of unnecessary and dangerous work and add yet another Ferrari to their collection - this may well be your "view". But this "view" is not supported by facts.
I'm not saying that unethical dentists do not exist, but that the picture you are painting bears absolutely no relationship to reality.
Thanks for your understanding.
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Post by vishous on Sept 30, 2005 3:56:20 GMT -5
i thank you sososcared for understanding and you to lc it helps me so much ive been feeling really alone latley and well i just cant get anyone to understand what its like to be this sared no one can belive it but for my gf that lil dentist apointment was a real eye opener for her now its just my mom i have to try to get to understand didnt get to the er today because the on call oral surgeon they hae their was not on duty today but i think they said tommorow and yes it isnt my ideal solution i wish i could do somthing else but i just cant stand the pain and im so sick of being as sososcared put drained im emotionally and physically drained and im geting depressed now too so somthing has to be done and i cant keep waiting for an understanding dentist to get me taken care of i need help and i need it now so lets hope it happens and sorry you guys disagree so much im not going to get myself involved but i wish you guys could put aside your diferencces and make up
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Post by letsconnect on Sept 30, 2005 10:09:03 GMT -5
Let's hope it happens and that you'll be out of pain soon ! Sorry for the fighting - didn't mean to "hijack" your thread .
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Post by vishous on Sept 30, 2005 15:47:08 GMT -5
o hey dont worry about it i knew you werent trying to hijak it
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Post by keith on Oct 6, 2005 5:05:12 GMT -5
Hey, im young guy but im 9 years older then you but i was on same boat as you. We didnt have alot of money and i was affaird of the dentist. But i had some teeth were broken apart to the gum. So after few of my friends said to me time for ya go to dentist get check up and when i got tierd of them telling me so a family friend and my co worker her sister ( passaway) visit a dentist and they were friendly and good to her. So i went to that dentist office my parents made a appointment after my few questions and they wrote down they are so friendly and dont mind people who has dental phobia and fear. So 1st appointment was exam and xrays since if ya havent seen a dentist for while and new one they will do it so they know what to do with ya. So 1st appointment was i scare or what and they calm me and i told them few times i didnt have much money and tight on cash and dont want dentures but i had so many bad teeth i had get denture for top teeth. so i had 22 extractions, 7 fillings, 3 teeth scraping/cleaning done and top denture. He give me couple ativan ( sedative) and it didnt knock me out but calm me down and after i went for denture check up last message i got him was i was good paitience and he told me i wasnt bad person doing the treatments. so now about your case: 1: do i have to get checked by a dentist before he can make an appointment for a root canal 1st appointment will be exam and xrays and its good and wont be painful. It will give them a idea on what ya need get down. 2:if a root canal is in order what do they do do i get put to sleep and if so how If ya get root canal you can ask for sedative like oral, iv, laughing gas but its depends on what your dentist office offers. 3:what can be done at a dentist to kinda relax me and make me not so unaware of whats going on cuz i also cant stand fingers in my mouth you should speak to your dentist and his or her assident and they will aware of ya fear. 4:after a root canal will there be alot of pain if so how long and will i get painkillers...what kind? Not sure but i think ya will have some pain for day or two and normal tyendol or advil will do good. 5:can i get someone to walk me through a visit at a dentist and a root canal from a first person point of view I think its upto your dentist if you allow to have someone inside the exam room with ya. I know i had my parents in waiting room on 1st visit then they took off in car on my treatments days. 6:before i go to the dentist should i have my mom inform the receptionist of my fear of the dentist if so how will this change the way the dentist treats me? Yes you should and when ya see your dentist that day you should remind them and he or she will help ya out . Your dentist will know how to treat people with fear. You should try go to hospital if they have a dentist in hospital i know in canada we do. My mom was in so much pain and the hospital give her some antibotics and pain killers. Then she went to a local dentist and they wanna do one way and not what she wants. Good luck and hope ya get your medical aid. If ya cant get it could you with your parents try get a medical loan to help pay your bill. I know i have disability benefits and it pays 1,000 on dental every 2 years and so i had my 1,000 plus 3,200 on a loan from a medical loan company and i pay monthy so much for 4 years. ( less then 100 ) but its killer for interest. You should ask your friends or your parents ask who is good dentist around and if they not painful and treat people with fear. Since they will be best choice for you since it did good for me that way.
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Post by vishous on Oct 10, 2005 20:42:14 GMT -5
well heres my update havent gotten anything taken care of yet but... there is good news at least for my teeth im scared to death tommorow (tuesday) at 4:30 pm i'm going to a dentist we found out about a free emergency dentist in the area they dont offer much besides fillings and extractions but.. they said over the phone that if the tooth is saveable and there arent alot of people they will do a root canal but its a first come first serve thing so i have to be there at least an hour early so lets hope i get in and the person over the phone said that there is one person who comes on tuesdays that takes care of phobic patients so if i tell the person at the desk im really phobic theyll set me up with her and thatd be great but for being free well i dont know what they can really give me to relax (i hope at the least laughing gas) but thats if i get in i did talk to my doctor when i went in to talk to him about my sleeping disorder (im just full of problems) i brought up my ordeal and he told me about a couple dentists in the area that are trained in treating phobic patients so that after i get on medical assistance i can see if i can go to one of them regularly but.. none of them will accept medical assistance its like the u.s. government works against people like us... but im still looking for someone that will take me in under medical assistance already half way through the dentists in the phonebook and only found one that will and heard he wasnt good so im well screwed and to add to that i think my lower wisdome teeth are coming "sigh" yeah behind the last tooth on both sides of my botom row of teeth are starting to hurt and get sore and swollen its getting worse every day but ill bring that up tommorow i know they wont do anything to help me but maybe they can at least tell me is i need to get it looked at or if my mouth can handle them (lets hope for the best but with my luck itll go for the worst) but yeah just hougth id post again im really really really scared about this dentist visit tommorow actually i havnet been able to sleep for the past week without a dentist nightmare and its driving me crazy they get worst and worst every night (when im not scared to sleep) but lets hope i can calm my nerves and dont have a panic attack right there in the chair but give me some words of encouragement and ill greatly appreciate it
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Post by letsconnect on Oct 11, 2005 6:30:35 GMT -5
Best of luck for this afternoon, Dylan - we'll be thinking of you Good to hear they've got a dentist who takes care of phobic patients - that should make things easier for you . Let us know how you get on!
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Post by vishous on Oct 12, 2005 12:11:40 GMT -5
okay well..... its done and over with the one tooth that has forever been bothering is no longer in my mouth but.. it wasnt at all how i planned i was hoping that they would let my mom or gf in the room with me but they wouldnt they said that with phobic patients its easier on them if no one they know is in the room ... but i should know better than them wheather or not it would help or not but i was far to petrified to even move let alone speak up i had a small panic attack while i was waiting for the dentist the nurse took my blood preasure and she said it was significantly high which well i expected and she said shed get the dentist that works with people like me informed of this and have him wor on me so i waited a good 20 mns in the chair (after they took x-rays and i was really really panicy the assistant said i was white as a ghost but eventually the dentist came in and he asked why i was scared of dentists and i told him then he asked "what can we do to help you relax" and i said is there anything you can give me to help me relax he looked at the nurse and asked do we have nitrous oxide?? (being he was a volunteer here and didnt know much) she said yeah but its not covered it costs then she whispered and i could still hear her $44 for 20 minutes which is ridiculous!!!! the dentist was shocked too and i asked can it be billed to us at all and they said no it has to be paid up front.... what kinda deal is that??? so he was a little angry himself cause he could tell i was ready to break down he frantically looked and asked if there was anything at all they could give me but he found nothing so he assured me that he could do it with just novacaine and that hed be extra careful so instead of speaking up once again i just stayed petrafied and said okay so he laid me all the way back which i felt really confined at that point but i didnt speak up because i feared that if i did id break down so i didnt say anything except umhmm, okay, and yeah so he explained to me how he was going to use the gel to numb my gumbs which quiet frankly didnt really do much just tasted kinda sweet when some got on my tongue then he very slowly inserted the needle (i closed my eyes at this point) and started to explain everything he was doing he started moving my cheek back and forth but the novacaine stung quite a bit more than as he described it would but i grinned and bared it i just wanted it over with then he went to the other side of my gum and did the same it didnt hurt as much on that side so it didnt bother me but the entire time i was freaking out on the inside i could feel my heart going faster and faster and i started feeling a little faint so then he told me he was going to try and loosen it up a bit with this scary looking hook thing so i closed my eyes again as i felt him digging into my gums around the tooth and in between the teeth on either side of it that didnt hurt at all it was just a really uncomfortable then he told me he was going to be really careful at this point and slowly losen it and ease it out and then i see this huge piece of meatal (which to me looked like a barbed wire cutter) going twords my mout then it clamped down on the tooth and he started to slowly ease it to the left adn the right then sometime pulling down (now this was extrmeley uncomfortable) i could actually feel my gum being pushed side to side then i could here/feel my tooth cracking and that was really scarry and actually hurt a little bit (i should have been given more novacaine and i know nitrous would have helped a whole lot) but then one hard pull down which also hurt a little and it was out he wouldnt let me see it he thought it would scare me morebut then he said you did good and spoke to me as if i was a child but then he left and onto his next patient (which hadnt it been for the lack of novacaine and nitrous he was a really good dentist but keep in mind this was a free emergency half ass dentist place so they didnt have alot) but then the nurse stuck gauze in my mouth gave me instruction to take care of it and sent me on my way and i almost fainted on the way out i was so scared and then i went home and just baisically passed out (i didnt sleep at all the night before) but thats how it went it wasnt bad btut it wasnt good it could have gone a whole lot better and i wish it had but being that my family isnt the highest of status i was deprived but at least the tooth is gone now and this part of the saga is over now i just have to wait till i get medical assistance and get a regular dentist and then see how big of a pile of crap branches out of that but i leave you with one last quetion are there and cheaper alternatives to nitrous oxide or somthing that can calm a patien or rather relax a patient that may be more cost efective and possibly covered by medical assistance because i find it hard to belive that nitrous oxide (and from what ive read works the best) is the only thing out there that can relax you and help you get through your visit without causing amnesia or knocking you out completley and i know that stuff like that will cost alot more and why is nitrous oxide so expensive?
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Post by letsconnect on Oct 12, 2005 19:06:33 GMT -5
YAYYYY !!! The circumstances weren't ideal, but you did it nonetheless - WELL DONE !! $44 for nitrous sounds about average, though one might hope it would be cheaper in a free clinic ... the cost is not just for the gas itself, but the equipment, training, etc. needed to administer it. Nitrous is about the cheapest sedation option going. Oral sedation tends to be more expensive in the US and can be less reliable (even though the pills themselves are cheap, an overdose would be dangerous so extensive monitoring and training is required, adding to the cost). "Rescue Remedy" is very cheap and available from pharmacies and natural health stores without prescription, but it seems to at least partly rely on the placebo effect (though some people swear by it, to relieve anxiety). Having said all that, some dentists provide nitrous at no extra charge, but somewhere along the line, it tends to be built into the final cost... But the main thing is that you did it, despite your extreme fear - and that's fantastic. Congratulations !!! Wishing you the best of luck in your search for a regular dentist !
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