Richard talks about his experience with nervous patients

“One of my recent cases was a young girl, who had not been to a dentist for years and years. She lived with a really bad toothache for a long time. It almost became the norm that she just had this constant toothache. She came to see me and I explained to her that she’d need to have the tooth removed. It was all too much for her, she was in tears. That’s when I told her about sedation dentistry.

We made her an appointment, she brought her husband in and he stayed with her. She had the tooth removed under sedation and it all went swimmingly well. It’s really transformed her and she has been in again since to see me. In fact she’s now become a regular patient with me.

Furthermore she has had another sedation session which has meant that she has been able to have dentistry and sort her teeth out without worry. Before she wouldn’t be able to do that, she was scared of the needle. However she is now building up confidence with me. She trusts what I do and she believes in that when I say that she won’t feel pain. It really made a big difference to her.”