Sorry if this isn't the right place, but I wanted to ask about something that happened to me a while back. I had two teeth extracted under local anesthesia. The dentist wasn't exactly gentle - something he did made me scream (to which he just said "don't scream, you'll scare the children" - great bedside manner there, doc) but I got through it okay. After the procedure, though, I started crying. I mean bawling like a baby. I can only guess that it was (A) a side effect of the local, or (B) a delayed reaction to the pain he'd caused... so which was it?
Delayed reaction to pain?
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What was it that made you scream? If you can't even perceive why you screamed,
maybe it has nothing to do with what the dentist did.
maybe it has nothing to do with what the dentist did.
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Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I promise you that not all dentists are grumpy, at least not all the time! The fact that you felt pain during surgery indicates that you might not have been numbed up properly. Although sometimes even though patients are numb they still feel pressure and freak out. You can learn more about what it takes to get properly get numb during your surgery right here. However the fact that you experienced pain afterwards is easier to explain. Once your numbness wears off you will invariably be in pain. The more difficult and complicated your surgery, the more pain and discomfort you'll experience afterwards. Since numbness wears off within a few hours after surgery it is important to take your antibiotics and painkillers as soon as possible after surgery. If you don't take your medicine then you can't expect not to have any pain. A nice trick is to take a weak painkiller, something like Ibuprofen 800 mg, prior to your surgery. This way at least you are on some type of painkiller should your numbness wear off sooner than expected. Hope this helped a bit and good luck to you.
Dr. John Jay
Dentist and occasional blogger at dentaldecider.com
Dr. John Jay
Dentist and occasional blogger at dentaldecider.com
