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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
This is a real test of pain-free dentistry! I've had several done, and two dentists did it well, while two others nearly lost their lives... I don't 'do' pain well...
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Luckily I can deal with pain quite well, my main worry is the anaesthetic, but since he listens to his patients I'm not really afraid of it.
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Originally Posted by Stichawl
Often, the best thing about Wisdom teeth is not having them any longer! I had all four removed at once, under a general anesthesia, so I didn't experience any pain during the removal. And as you can imagine, having four raw, empty holes in my jaw wasn't fun for the first few days, but not really painful. Then... pure joy when I realized my head no longer felt as if it was being clamped in a bench vice! I didn't realize it while I had the teeth, but I sure realized the joy afterwards!
I think you will do fine!
Stitchawl
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My two upper wisdom teeth are already taken out, that where I got the very bad experience. My old dentist didn't believe me when I told him the anaesthetic wasn't working. When after the extraction his assistant told him that due to my reaction she believed that I was correct he got angry with me that I didn't tell him, during the extraction (!), that it hurt.
After those two were taken out I had a lot less problems with jaw pain and ear problems. I still have lower jaw pain occasionally, especially when I'm stressed) so I'm very happy they're going to be taken out and hopefully that will be the next thing that's going to be done after the root canal.
He was very careful to break the news about the extractions and gave me the choice to have him do it or have them extracted surgically. I opted for the first choice, I trust him enough the believe it when he says he can do it. As I said, I'm not afraid of some pain, the main problem with my old dentist was that he didn't communicate, didn't have any people skills and that after several incidents I didn't trust him any more.
Also, my new dentist is quite cute, which also helps
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