A Dentist’s Chair: For Practicality, Comfort, or Spectacle?
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A Dentist’s Chair: For Practicality, Comfort, or Spectacle?
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#2What has helped me is gas. I can talk I can talk in front of a lot of people, socialize, etc. Having a dentist growing up who was more jigsaw than dentist caused some ptsd for me and now I have a great dentist and the gas has helped me calm down so much. Just had a root canal and had to go back 6 times and each time it was fine. The chairs are all pretty uncomfortable all things considered.
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#3What has helped me is gas. I can talk I can talk in front of a lot of people, socialize, etc. Having a dentist growing up who was more jigsaw than dentist caused some ptsd for me and now I have a great dentist and the gas has helped me calm down so much. Just had a root canal and had to go back 6 times and each time it was fine. The chairs are all pretty uncomfortable all things considered.
I had a root canal just yesterday and also have some ptsd from bad procedures when I was younger. What has helped me is mindfulness meditation and bringing some sort of fidget/distraction thing to keep in my hands.
My endodontist's chairs have massagers in them, which is also a nice distracting/calming sensation.
Every time I've considered gas, I've chickened out because I get scared that I'll be left in some half incapacitated paralyzed state or something. Irrational paranoia, but it is what it is.
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#4What has helped me is gas. I can talk I can talk in front of a lot of people, socialize, etc. Having a dentist growing up who was more jigsaw than dentist caused some ptsd for me and now I have a great dentist and the gas has helped me calm down so much. Just had a root canal and had to go back 6 times and each time it was fine. The chairs are all pretty uncomfortable all things considered.
I had a root canal just yesterday and also have some ptsd from bad procedures when I was younger. What has helped me is mindfulness meditation and bringing some sort of fidget/distraction thing to keep in my hands. My endodontist's chairs have massagers in them, which is also a nice distracting/calming sensation. Every time I've considered gas, I've chickened out because I get scared that I'll be left in some half in…
General anesthesia is relatively dangerous, probably the most dangerous part of many surgeries, so I'm not sure how irrational you are.
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#5What has helped me is gas. I can talk I can talk in front of a lot of people, socialize, etc. Having a dentist growing up who was more jigsaw than dentist caused some ptsd for me and now I have a great dentist and the gas has helped me calm down so much. Just had a root canal and had to go back 6 times and each time it was fine. The chairs are all pretty uncomfortable all things considered.
I had a root canal just yesterday and also have some ptsd from bad procedures when I was younger. What has helped me is mindfulness meditation and bringing some sort of fidget/distraction thing to keep in my hands. My endodontist's chairs have massagers in them, which is also a nice distracting/calming sensation. Every time I've considered gas, I've chickened out because I get scared that I'll be left in some half in…
Try the gas next time. The first time they had it turned up too much and I was beginning to float to heaven but after that it’s been just what I need. A small dose and I relax into the chair.
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I had a root canal just yesterday and also have some ptsd from bad procedures when I was younger. What has helped me is mindfulness meditation and bringing some sort of fidget/distraction thing to keep in my hands. My endodontist's chairs have massagers in them, which is also a nice distracting/calming sensation. Every time I've considered gas, I've chickened out because I get scared that I'll be left in some half in…
General anesthesia is relatively dangerous, probably the most dangerous part of many surgeries, so I'm not sure how irrational you are.
Gas in a dental context is usually referring to nitrous oxide, or "laughing gas", not general anesthesia.
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I had a root canal just yesterday and also have some ptsd from bad procedures when I was younger. What has helped me is mindfulness meditation and bringing some sort of fidget/distraction thing to keep in my hands. My endodontist's chairs have massagers in them, which is also a nice distracting/calming sensation. Every time I've considered gas, I've chickened out because I get scared that I'll be left in some half in…
Try the gas next time. The first time they had it turned up too much and I was beginning to float to heaven but after that it’s been just what I need. A small dose and I relax into the chair.
Is this some US only thing? I had gas once as a child in the UK in the early 1960s. I haven't heard of anything similar being used in many decades except in hospitals for really serious dental surgery of a kind that isn't done by ordinary dentists.
For ordinary fillings, fitting crowns, and so on I don't usually have any anaesthesia at all any more. This is not because I am immune to pain but because my dentists are good enough to not cause any. This is in Norway, perhaps they are better trained or have a different attitude to the US and UK?
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#9I thought the article was going to be about the AltWork chair (1).
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Try the gas next time. The first time they had it turned up too much and I was beginning to float to heaven but after that it’s been just what I need. A small dose and I relax into the chair.
Is this some US only thing? I had gas once as a child in the UK in the early 1960s. I haven't heard of anything similar being used in many decades except in hospitals for really serious dental surgery of a kind that isn't done by ordinary dentists. For ordinary fillings, fitting crowns, and so on I don't usually have any anaesthesia at all any more. This is not because I am immune to pain but because my dentists are…
It’s a US thing. My dentist is very good and the topical numbing stuff they use is powerful enough to not feel the needle going in. But gas is available to help those with phobias or anxiety.