Why can't I get numb?!
Question:
Why can't I get numb?
Whenever I have dental work done, it is impossible for me to get numb. I get the swelled up feeling to some degree, but I can always still feel everything. I know I'm not allergic or resistant to anesthetic; I once had to get my toenail removed and everything worked fine there, so is it possible that something's wrong with my mouth? I always have to just deal with the pain because dentists don't want to believe me when I tell them about this...
Answers:
Getting profound anesthesia is simply a matter of the doctor putting the an aesthetic in the correct area adjacent to the nerve. It is NEVER the patients fault or physiology. While it is true that an infection can reduce the effectiveness of the an aesthetic, I don't think that is what you are talking about.
Since freezing upper teeth is extremely easy, I will assume that you are speaking of freezing lower teeth, where the failure rate is much, much higher.
I find for most patients I require 2 carpules of an aesthetic when trying to freeze the bottom jaw profoundly as needed for a root canal or extraction. If the anesthetic is placed below or behind the nerve it is likely to not freeze well. If it is placed above the nerve, sitting the patient up and allowing gravity to let the an aesthetic move down usually does the trick. And if the an aesthetic is placed ahead of the nerve, leaving the patient reclined is the best position.
When you are frozen properly, your lip will feel like it is a swollen balloon. If you don't get this feeling, tell the dentist. Slightly numb and tingling is not good enough.
P.S. I don't know if werewolves freeze normally or not.