Phred
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When you go to the dentist, do you take the Novocain or do you suck up the pain?
11:50 AM - Sep 24, 2023
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Nice_Lady
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In response to Phred.
I take the pain over the way novacaine makes me feel. My dentist lets me wear earbuds and the weighted X-ray apron to keep me calm. Thank goodness I don't need work very often.
06:32 PM - Sep 24, 2023
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Phred
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In response to Nice_Lady.
Same.
10:34 AM - Sep 25, 2023
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Nancy Martin
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In response to Phred.
Never had it as a kid so I don’t now. Well once for wisdom teeth extraction but the assistant didn’t know what they were doing — and I didn’t either — so they ended up giving me 8 or more shots because I wasn’t numb in the (wrong) spot they was checking
02:28 PM - Sep 24, 2023
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Phred
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In response to Nancy Martin.
03:05 PM - Sep 24, 2023
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Angela Votes Biden-Harris '24
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In response to Phred.
I take the numbing shot before the Novocain, then the Novocain, then the nitrous. I put on my headphones, listen to my music, and occasionally remember my situation and deliberately take several deep Lamaze breaths until the happy nitrous music dreamland distracts me again.
12:54 PM - Sep 24, 2023
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Phred
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In response to Angela Votes Biden-Harris '24.
🤣🤣
02:14 PM - Sep 24, 2023
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Gloria H
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In response to Phred.
2 shots of Novocain + laughing gas. Had nightmare of a dentist when I was a kid. Made root canal easy.
12:36 PM - Sep 24, 2023
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Haruka (RELOCATED)
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In response to Phred.
I’ll take whatever pain killers they’ll give me for fillings.

I’m now having more root exposure (normal with old age, but also I’m guilty of brushing too hard.) This means even a normal scaling/cleaning has reached a point where I’ll have to ask for freezing next time just to get through that.
11:59 AM - Sep 24, 2023
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Phred
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In response to Haruka (RELOCATED).
I floss at least 2 times a day because I’m so fearful of the dentist.
12:09 PM - Sep 24, 2023
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Jacqueline
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In response to Phred.
I never thought of Novocain as optional.
11:56 AM - Sep 24, 2023
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Randall Krause
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In response to Phred.
I let them inject the pain deadener
11:51 AM - Sep 24, 2023
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