Monday, September 29, 2008
Numb
My patient this afternoon wouldn't get numb. Poor thing. It took 6 carpules of anesthetic, about 10 different injections, three clinicians, and probably 1.5 hours to finally get her numb enough to finish our procedure. Wasn't as productive an afternoon as I had hoped. In instances like this, I have dentists from every specialty to call on. I never would have anticipted 2 straight forward fillings would be so challenging. I wonder what I will do when I am on my own in private practice?
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3 comments:
Did you try a Gow-Gates?? Love this one when pt can't get numb... scary to do though... but works great...
I'm glad I've never had that experience at the dentist. Sounds like no fun at all! Good luck with your point accumulation!
As one who has experienced...not getting numb...several times, I can only say, a light careful hand on the drill, and lots and lots of happy gas!
Now, having a C-Section when you can't get numb is another story! I popped out a set of twins in great pain once.
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