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Visited the dentist last night to have 2 small fillings. My dentist is lovely, we get along really well- she realises Im not squeamish and I like to know whats going on, so while she's drilling and prodding she's talking about what she's doing, stream-of-consciousness like. Its not so great when I hear crunch "Fuck." but otherwise its neat...
She was telling me about how most of her patients ask for local anaesthetic for any sort of filling work. My fillings involved maybe 5 minutes of drilling, with a couple of mild twinges that felt like a momentary icecream headache- I cant imagine why I would want to bother with anaesthetic for such a minor twinge. Am I some sort of freak who feels less pain in my teeth than everyone else? or are the general population unable/unwilling to move on from their childhood fear of dentists?
She was telling me about how most of her patients ask for local anaesthetic for any sort of filling work. My fillings involved maybe 5 minutes of drilling, with a couple of mild twinges that felt like a momentary icecream headache- I cant imagine why I would want to bother with anaesthetic for such a minor twinge. Am I some sort of freak who feels less pain in my teeth than everyone else? or are the general population unable/unwilling to move on from their childhood fear of dentists?
