AIBU to consider private dental sedation before returning to my NHS dentist?

[TheOpalFox]

Anyone got a phobia of the dentist?

i need some work done on my one tooth and im petrified

My dentist don’t sedate. Could I go private and have my work done at a private dentist where they sedate ? Pay the price then go back to my normal nhs dentist?

Sedation is available on the NHS but only at specialist centres - ask your dentist to refer you due to your phobia, mine did.

You can be referred on the NHS for sedation to the community dental service or tier two service , if there is one in your area, but the wait is likely to be months to years for your treatment (two years in my area).

By all means you can go private for sedation, providing you are in relatively good health overall and your BMI is reasonable.

cost is likely to be £150 to £200 ish on top of the private charge for treatment and assesment. I would ask your NHS dentist if there is someone they recommend. You can return to them for your routine treatment .

I did just that. Sedation was wonderful and I'd certainly do it again for a tooth extraction.

Yes you can use a mix of an NHS dentist and private. The wait for sedation with the NHS locally to me is 12 months but the private dentist could do it in weeks. Cost three times more though!!

What sedation did you have please?
I'm having a tooth extraction tomorrow and debating if to take a sedative that I have.

Do not take any medications, particularly sedatives without talking to the dentist first .
The sedation used is administered , where appropriate and after a thorough medical history and examination , by IV (intravenous route) .

I don't know what it was called. I sat in the chair, had a small injection .... I had no awareness of the extraction at all and no after effects.

I dont think a sedative you take would be the same sort of thing at all. It was a dental practice specialising in sedation.

Yes you can, I went to another dentist for a wisdom tooth out. If you’re anywhere near Lancashire I can recommend an excellent one

Ask for a referral to a dental hospital. I did this and have had my last several treatments under sedation on the NHS. Beware it will involve long waits though so not great if you are in pain now.

They are the same family of drugs and both can have the same side effects so no one should take any sedatives/sleeping tablets etc without discussing with treating dentist first .