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Tooth pulling, shot?
I need to get a tooth pulled for the first time, and I was wondering if I have to have a shot or if there's another alternative to numb it? I'm deathly afraid of needles..... Please help :(
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Ask the dentist to give you laughing gas it will help you relax. The dentist should also put a topical numbing medicine on your gum so you will not feel the needle.
You really, really do not want a tooth removed without novocaine which can only be given by injection in to your gum. This is not only for your comfort during the removal but for after as well.
Since you don't like needles I would guess that a shot in the arm to put you to sleep before the procedure is something you would not want either. So you could also ask the dentist if he or she would administer a pill to put you to sleep before the procedure is started.
You would still need the shot but you would be a sleep and not have to see it administered.
I don't mind shots, I get plenty of them for back pain. The darn needles are as big as tree trunks. I swear after one of the pain procedures that if I drink water I will leak like a sieve. They use plenty of pain meds and I don't feel much and of course I don't see the needle so it doesn't bother me much.
That dentist needle is another story though. My dentist uses a topical pain medication first, then gives me the shot. I just close my eyes when he is ready. My dentist is really good about it and takes his time knowing about my phobia. He gives the medication time to take hold be for he proceeds with the total numbing of the area he is working in.
My advice is tell the dentist you are scared. Ask for the laughing gas first to relax you, it really does work. Ask him if he/she will use a topical numbing medicine first and to give the first push of the injection time to take hold before proceeding.
Most dentists today are trained in pediatric dentistry and peoples fear of dentists. When I was your age they were not. It was a whole other world back then. So just tell the dentist how you feel and I am sure he or she will do everything the can to make you comfortable and calm your fears.
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