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[oyceter]

I would just like to say that dentistry sucks. Went in for my first examination in a year or so, since I used to get my teeth checked every time I went home, and I have five cavities. Five. And one is a bad one.

The dentist took care of two today, and now half of my mouth is completely numb, and so I drool somewhat if I'm trying to rinse. Yay anesthetic.

I used to have braces as a kid, and I had a root canal before, and something about the high-pitched whine of the drill drives me crazy. I cringe. It is possibly the most painful sound in the world. But, as stated before, yay anesthetic, because it hurt less than usual (which does seem to be the point of anesthetic, after all).

One time I had this much local anesthetic in my jaw, I chewed up my cheek thinking that it was pizza. It's very strange to not quite be able to move about half of your mouth, and the tongue numbness is especially odd.

I'm sure everyone was quite interested in this ;).

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[veejane.livejournal.com]

You can ask your dentist to prescribe you Valium beforehand. My dentist calls in a scrip for 5 pills, I pick it up, I take two an hour before the appointment, and I become remarkably calm about all things being done to my head. Valium doesn't interact with the anaesthetic (to my knowledge); it just allows you to not worry about anything, possibly including sounds that make you cringe.

Valium is habit-forming, so they don't prescribe it for everyday use, but for special occasions like dentistry-torture, I am all about the benzodiazepines.

[oyceter]

Hrm, will definitely consider that. It was a little better this time around, because I knew I was anesthesized... in Taiwan, I don't think the dentists give anesthesia to you quite as much, ergo my extreme reaction.