Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 207 Location: Orlando, Florida
Bad Dental Experience Posted: 08-11-04 20:30pm
Today I went in to have a cavity filled.
Not a big deal because my teeth are very
suseptible to cavities so i've had many
done over the years. This time, however,
something different happened. The
dentist gave me the shots to numb me and
then left the room for about 15 minutes.
Within two minutes of having the shot, my
heart started pounding, my fingernails
turned white, the skin on my arms turned
yellowish, my limbs and head felt super
heavy and I felt like I was going to pass
out. That has never happened before.
It passed after maybe 10 minutes and I
felt normal again but tired.
Then the dentist came back in and asked me
to open my mouth and I couldn't even open
it halfway. He and the nurse joked that
I opened my mouth wide for the shot but
now I wasn't letting him in to do the
work. The problem was I couldn't. It
was like the numbing shot went to my jaw
joint and I could barely open my mouth.
Its now almost 12 hours later and I still
can't open my mouth any wider and it is
very sore.
I don't know if I really have a question
but I just wanted to describe my
experience and see if anyone had any
insight.
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toothclnr81
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 25 Location: indiana
Posted: 08-11-04 22:00pm
It sounds like th dentist may have hit a
nerve. You will be sore for a day or two,
maybe 3. You will be able to open wider
every day. The "novacaine" that the
doctor gave you probably contained
epinephrene, which can feel like you
described. It can make your heart race..
Eveyone has their own reaction to this.
Is the first time this happened?
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Forum Girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 207 Location: Orlando, Florida
Posted: 08-12-04 06:03am
Yes. Normally when the doctor gives me
the novacaine all I feel is the numbness.
I've never felt or experienced anything
like yesterday before. As you said, I am
able to open my mouth a bit wider today
but I still feel a lot of stiffness. I
am hoping it will go away in the next few
days like you said. And lucky me, I get
to go do this all over again in three
weeks. I've never been very nervous
about going to the dentist before but i'm
pretty sure next time I will be. Thanks
for your advice!
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toothclnr81
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 25 Location: indiana
Posted: 08-12-04 19:34pm
No problem. Hey- how is the weather there
in orlando? I have friends that are going
there on saturday the 14th for their
vacation. Has it been stormy b/c of the
hurricane?
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Forum Girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 207 Location: Orlando, Florida
Posted: 08-15-04 11:14am
The hurricane sucked. Lots of damage,
lots of people without water and power.
Luckily mine was only out for 8 hours but
people just down the street still don't
have power. Its crazy right now.
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patriciataylor
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 2 Location: mississippi
Posted: 11-23-04 09:38am
Did you tell the dentist what happened?
What did he say? Doesn't sound right at
all!
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Forum Girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 207 Location: Orlando, Florida
Update Posted: 11-29-04 17:45pm
My dentist appointment got postponed to
today. I talked to my dentist when I got
there and explained what happened and he
said that he has two kinds of shots - one
has a vasoconstrictor in it (i think thats
what he called it) and the other one
doesn't. He decided he would try to give
me the one without the vasoconstrictor in
it and see how I did with it. (the one
with the vasoconstrictor in it causes your
heart to race). But then after thinking
about it he suggested I try it without a
shot and see if I can tolerate it without
being numbed. I was nervous about that
but really liked the idea of not having to
worry about hours of numbness. So I
agreed to that and I was fine without it.
It only hurt for may 3-4 seconds when he
was just finishing drilling and other than
that it didn't hurt at all. It is so
nice now just an hour or so after getting
back from the dentist and not being numb
and miserable.
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PattyV
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1103 Location: Chicago area
Posted: 12-01-04 11:19am
Glad it worked out for you!!Some people
are more apprehensive about the injection
than a few seconds of pain,so that works
for them.I'm just the opposite!Give me the
injection-i do not want to feel
anything!Glad you are better!Patty
