stefan wrabetz <stefanwr@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Alright, thanks. What about novocain? Embarassing to admit but I have a
>certain fear of needles...where do they inject it? In the gums surrounding
>the to-be-taken-out-wisdom teeth? And about how many times would he do it?
>Also, how can he reach all the way back there? I mean, it's right in the
>back pocket, I can barely reach it with my index finger, how's he going to
>be able to fidget around back there with his tools (pliers)?

Most dentists these days swab you with some sort of topical
anaesthetic before injecting the lidocaine, so you won't even
really feel that at all.  In my case there were about 3-4 needles
per tooth, in random locations in the gums surrounding the tooth.

As for how he reaches back there, he just dopes you up with some
laughing gas so you don't care what he's doing, and then has
his nurse hold open your jaw and move it around into strange
positions until it's easy for him to get at the tooth.

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