I know that most people avoid the Dentist because they are afriad it will hurt ! I know that ! ...After decades of doing Dentistry, I have not become calous to patient's comfort; just the opposite....I have become more sensitive to their discomfort, more empathetic to their fears. It has become my Mission, my Priority, my Obcession...to deliver comfortable Dentistry..to remove that Fear. I have studied the subject extensively and I have leaarned a lot. I want to share some points and concepts i have learnred that effect your comfort:
1) Attitude:For a Doctor to deliver comfortable dentistry, he has to really CARE about his patients' comfort. He has to be empathetic to their fears and concerns. He must view comfort as a goal; not as an obstacle to getting the procedure done. He must have the motivation to seek out equipment and techniques that can result in better comfort. He must be willing to invest the time and resourcesnecessary to develope comfortable outcomes. And, he must educate and motivate his team to value patient comfort in the same way he does.
2) Time:Time is an essential element of comfort. The Key point is that anethetic takes time to become fully effective. You can't administer the Anesthetic one minute and pick up the drill the next. You must allow adequate time for drugs and componds to do their job. The Doctor must also take the time to listen to the patient and understand their particular fears and phobias. He must also take the time to stop the procedure if he percieves the slightest patient discomfort.
3) Pre-Anesthetic Compounds:This refers to a specially formulated, pharmaceutical grade topical Anesthetic that can reduse or eliminate Injection discomfort. I 'm not talking about 'over-the-counter' Benzocaine, I 'm talking about a TRUEtopically applied pharmaceutical anesthetic. This is a compound that in most cases allows injections to not be just painless, but inperceptable: 'I didn 't feel a thing' is my goal.
Gauge refers to the thickness of the Needle. The larger the Guage, the smaller the Needle. Withthe Wand, we are able to use the 32g Short for Upper teeth and the 32g Long for Lower Teeth. 32 Guage needles are not Dental Needles. We obtain them from an outside source.YES...smaller is better.