Anxiety Free Experiences
From that initial extraction, any tooth removal that needs to take place, my goal is to make sure patients do not feel any discomfort. I really work with patients upfront, before we start with anesthetic to ask some questions. If they’ve had a history of needing more anesthetic, if they’ve had issues with it wearing off quickly, so I have a better understanding of what types of anesthetic and injection types I can use to make sure that patients do not feel anything. From my experience, if I can keep a patient comfortable they’re going to be happy with the appointment at the end of the day. I really strive and make a conscious effort to get patients very comfortable, very numb, especially when we’re going to be removing teeth. That’s my primary goal, so patients do not feel it. I also implement a lot of surgical techniques to minimize the amount of force that a patient will feel. I do a lot of cutting techniques, surgical techniques that prevent me from having to push, or pull, or have patients feel any discomfort during the appointment, but then additionally, afterwards, when they’re healing, the less trauma and the less invasive I can make the surgical appointment or tooth removal for them, the better the recovery is going to be. Then once we’re done, I feel very happy and proud that, in addition to taking teeth out, we have the ability to put something back in, which I feel is just as important for patients. To have those discussions upfront, to let patients understand what their options are going to be after we take a tooth out, so they’re not learning about what they can do after the fact. We really try and get that education piece across to patients upfront, so they know what their treatment options are before they have a tooth removed. Again, at the end of the day our goal is to make sure that any time we’re doing any treatment on a patient, but especially in oral surgery, that they are extremely comfortable.