Dental procedures..............?!
Question: why cant you go under anathestic to have a wholw root canal done at once???
can you have happy gas and the needle at once if u have a root canal??
will this ease the pain??
any of these questions you can answer people... thanks so much!!
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Answers: why cant you go under anathestic to have a wholw root canal done at once???
can you have happy gas and the needle at once if u have a root canal??
will this ease the pain??
any of these questions you can answer people... thanks so much!!
xx
<3
Yes I always get the happy gas and a shot, I never feel a thing.
All of this will be done on your first visit. You will have to go back twice for the crown though.
It all depends on the dentist and what services they provide. I am a patient with a dentist who will use nitrous oxide (laughing gas) in addition to an injection of novocaine if the patient requests it. As I tend to get nervous at the dentist's office, that's what I do. The novocaine numbs the area and the gas gives you a feeling of calm happiness. You are aware of what's going on, but you just do not care. I would say it's like the feeling you get when you've had a really good day and you just feel happy.
If this isn't enough, there is such a thing as sedation dentistry. For sedation dentistry, you are put completely under with an IV, just like if you were having major surgery. You have no memory or sensation of what was going on while you were under anesthetic. The drawbacks are that you'll need someone to drive you there and back and you have to go without eating the night before just like having surgery. I would suggest the gas and novocaine method if you haven't tried it. The shot will block the pain and the gas can be adjusted depending on how nervous you are, all without the undesireable effects of the general anesthetic. But it is possible to be put under if you so desire.
Of course, all of this depends on what your dentist offers. Call his office and ask them if they offer nitrous oxide and/or sedation dentistry. If not, you may want to find another dentist. Just look under dentists in the yellow pages and call and ask their office staff what they offer in the way of gas or sedation. Good luck with your root canal, I'm sure you'll be fine.
You can but it is better to use nitrous & local as General can be risky!! Have done it hundreds of times DMD here