Guest guest Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Jane, I too have a very hard time getting pain free at the dentist and need 2-3 shots and ½ hour before they can work on me. I was never afraid of the dentist and now I am petrified. I have a high tolerance for pain, but not the dentist. I need a root canal and too scared to get one although I know the dangers of not having it. If they would knock me out, then I would do it. Anyone else experience this? I do not recall this happening to me years ago and it seems to more pronounced in the last year. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 I too need extra shots at the dentist too. This has been for about the past 15 yrs now. And I've always had a very high pain tolerance. I've also learned as I've gotten older that this is not a good thing. My age is 55. Barb ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Yes, yes, yes! So has my son. Luckily when having my first root canal, I was an employee of the dentist doing it so he knew I wasn't a cry baby and scaredy-cat. He said if it was anyone else he would have thought they were just panicking. I felt everything in that tooth until he was able to open it and squirt lidocaine directly into the canal before I had relief. I once had 12 shots of lidocaine in one sitting which numbed everything but that tooth and made me really loopy for a while. I now have a dentist in LA who has been able to get me numb everytime. I asked him how and he said he uses a " ligajet " . I don't know what that is, but maybe you can ask your dentist about it. If you are in the LA area you can check out Dr. Barrett in Brentwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Thank you; I will ask my dentist; I actually ran into my old dentist who retired today and told him how much I miss him and how much pain I feel now! Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 thanks for your quick reply > > > > > > From: pearltooth32@... > Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:49:52 +0000 > Subject: dental pain > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you know which pain increases with the change in posture is it sinusitis > > hi pearltoooth !! yes its definatly sinusitis happens most usually when a person bows down > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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