Anesthesia for dental phobia
Question:
I suffer from dental phobia. But can not put off dental visit anymore. Can I get treatment under general anesthesia?
Mille
Answer:
Dear Mille
It is an absolute last resort when you choose to put a patient under general anesthesia. There are other forms of treatment of dental phobia, blah. hypnosis, acupuncture or premedication with a sedative before each treatment. There are some dental clinics around the country offering general anesthesia. Of course it would be best for you in the future to be treated by your own dentist without anesthesia, try and talk to your dentist about what it is you are so afraid of.
I'm sending a few examples and telephone number of dentists offering general anesthesia. Since I do not know where in the country you are, I am sending you a few pieces you can contact:
Fyn:
The clinics Faaborg, Funen Implant Center
Tel: 62613402 to 64731390
www.clinics.dk
team@clinics.dk
Jutland:
Birthe and Peder Kold
Bryggersgade 10
7400 Herning
Tel: 97120399
Zealand:
Copenhagen Implant Center
North Voldgade 86
1552 Copenhagen V
Tel: 33123030
www.kic.nu
Hope you can use my answer.
Sincerely
Dentist Joan Olsen
Tandpleje.dk ™ - The road to healthier teeth
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Read here http://babyvild.dk/akupunktur that many have begun to use acupuncture as an anesthetic in childbirth. If so, and it actually relieve pain during childbirth, perhaps not also it would help when you are sitting in a dentist chair ...
Interestingly, with acupuncture. I also suffer from dental phobia, but my present was not very good at handling it so I contact someone through different http://www.tandklinik.dk/ where I got a really good clinic.
So it can only be recommended to switch if you do not feel comfortable with your present!
I myself have suffered from dental phobia and would say that what helped was to find a sympathetic dentist. I had the previous one that was mostly interested in sending so many "through the system" as possible. I found one on http://www.sundhed.dk/ and have certainly not regretted it.
Also interesting with acupuncture.