I had two of my top teeth on the right side removed today. when I went back with a lot of anxiety and as the dentist was giving me shots my eyes were watering from anxiety. This was when I realized the dentist is not all that chatty or comforting with his patients. After the shots he went on to check another patient and came back once I was numb. When he started cracking one of the two teeth and I felt a horrible stabbing pain and it was not the pressure or anxiety. I ask him to stop he did and he said in a very frustrated voice " your going to have to cool it alright!" He gave me some more shots and then tossed his gloves and mask on a table. He went on to do a root canal on another patient. The whole time I layed there thinking should I leave ? even though I couldn't he already cracked a tooth open. So I waited about 20 min and he came back in. I was prepared for him to be angry with me. Whelp, he shocked me. He came back and with a calm voice said that anxiety can cause you to be tense and cause the pain but also it's possible I could be feeling the pain. This time I didn't feel anything until he found an abscess and cleaned it. I felt better knowing that he wasn't angry with me for telling him I was in pain. It only took him a matter of minutes to get the two teeth out and I have to say he did a great job. Him and his staff are very social but they did a great job. I will go back to have my fillings done. Sometimes a friendly/social staff make people feel better about being nervous.
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I had two of my top teeth on the right side removed today. when I went back with a lot of anxiety and as the dentist was giving me shots my eyes were watering from anxiety. This was when I realized the dentist is not all that chatty or comforting with his patients. After the shots he went on to check another patient and came back once I was numb. When he started cracking one of the two teeth and I felt a horrible stabbing pain and it was not the pressure or anxiety. I ask him to stop he did and he said in a very frustrated voice " your going to have to cool it alright!" He gave me some more shots and then tossed his gloves and mask on a table. He went on to do a root canal on another patient. The whole time I layed there thinking should I leave ? even though I couldn't he already cracked a tooth open. So I waited about 20 min and he came back in. I was prepared for him to be angry with me. Whelp, he shocked me. He came back and with a calm voice said that anxiety can cause you to be tense and cause the pain but also it's possible I could be feeling the pain. This time I didn't feel anything until he found an abscess and cleaned it. I felt better knowing that he wasn't angry with me for telling him I was in pain. It only took him a matter of minutes to get the two teeth out and I have to say he did a great job. Him and his staff are very social but they did a great job. I will go back to have my fillings done. Sometimes a friendly/social staff make people feel better about being nervous.