Using Painless Sedation, Fort Worth Dentist Eliminates Common Fear of Dentistry
Ron Scott
If you are like me, you put off a visit to the dentist until the pain in your mouth exceeds the discomfort you know you will experience when the dentist first pokes that needle into the muscle tissue in the back of your mouth. Too, if you are as old as I am, you cringe every time you recall the number of times a hurried dentist started drilling before the painfully administered anesthetic fully kicked in.
My exaggerated dislike for dentists is long standing. A child of the Great Depression, my father didn’t believe in pain killers, at least for the children in his family who didn’t do a good job of brushing their teeth and that view of parenting was reinforced by the stenciled name on the frosted glass of our family dentist’s door. (Out of respect for the dearly departed, he will remain nameless.) To me, he will always be the personification of pain and punishment, the enforcer of my father’s will. So why am I writing this? Simply said, my fear of dentists disappeared recently when a broken tooth I’d been ignoring for several weeks finally got the best of me. It had finally broken apart and the exposed nerve couldn’t be mollified with warm salt water.
In considerable pain I arrived Dr. Huckabee’s office in Southlake in the afternoon expecting the worst. First, I didn’t expect that there would be a dentist in all of Fort Worth available to take care of the problem immediately so I’d have to deal with my fears through a sleepless night. Second, if one was available it would inevitably prove to be just another traumatic dental experience because he/she would be in a hurry to get home. Neither expectation turned out to be accurate. Much to my surprise, Dr. Huckabee, immediately took me on as a patient. What transpired, thereafter, made me finally realize that my fears could finally be put to rest - dental pain is no longer a given.
As in the past, when I first got into his chair, rigamortis began to set it. Every muscle in my body hardened as he entered the room. As we talked, I began to relax as he patiently acknowledged my fears and proceeded to explain the latest developments sedation dentistry. As it turned out, Dr. Huckabee is one of a rare breed of dentists in the Fort Worth area that practices “no pain”, sedation dentistry. His patients don’t even have to fear the pain commonly associated with intravenous tubes or needles because it’s administered with a single pill.
Imagine that. Not only would I not have to be concerned about the pain I anticipated getting the needed root canal, I wouldn’t even have to endure the pain associated with the needles normally used to administer an intravenous drip. Moments later, eyes shut, I found myself in a state of total relaxation. I guess I wasn’t technically asleep, but it didn’t matter. What did matter is that Dr. Huckabee not only took care of the root canal I needed, but drilled and filled two other teeth in the process and there was absolutely no pain to the process. As I look back on the experience, I know that if I have a dental problem in the future, I’m not going to put it off. If this kind of painless dentistry isn’t available in Southern California, the next time I have a problem, I’m going to hop the next flight to Fort Worth. I’ll spare no expense to avoid reliving my childhood experiences.
If you have the need for dental work or worse yet have been putting off needed dental work because you have a phobia about dentists, give Tim a call at (817) 329-4746. When you meet him, let him know that he comes highly recommended. This is one Fort Worth dentist worthy of receiving a Christmas card.
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