Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence–experts want it to stop

Re:Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence–experts ... by Doxin on Monday October 21, 2024 @09:46AM (#41904116)

Hi! The local anesthesia works poorly on me. To the point of the dentist using enough to where I can't feel my eyebrow. It's bearable but very much not fun. I've been largely just bearing down,but then recently I had a root canal done by a specialist.

I dunno what exactly he did, but him applying the anesthetic sucked way worse, but I didn't feel anything whatsoever during the root canal itself. So I'm definitely asking my regular dentist next time if he knows of any anesthetic methods that involve injecting it really slowly and it hurting, and if not if he could maybe have some conversations with his colleague about that.

So I guess nothing super helpful, other than the knowledge that the way the anesthetic is done has a LOT of influence on how well it works.

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Re:Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence–experts ... by tomcam on Friday October 25, 2024 @11:41PM (#41952345)

Thanks for sharing. I have indeed had long slow injections and seemingly every other way to deliver local anesthetic. It hurts but that'd be fine if it worked. Doesn't work at all with me. I feel like I'm being drilled, electrocuted, and whacked with a baseball bat at the same time.

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