Dentist visit

[Linley]

Thank you team. When I went to the dentist 1 year ago the local anaesthetic gave me a racing heart and if it was not for a post the week after on this wonderful site I would never have known that most anaesthetics contain adrenaline, sorry a bit naive-so this time I asked my dentist for a non adrenaline anaesthetic. What a difference felt so much better, so thank you again 👍

[Cavalierrubie]

You would think that the dentist should know that anyone on anticoagulants or with a heart condition must have a non-adrenaline anaesthetic. It just gets worse, doesn’t it, that the patient has to check they are being given the correct treatment? Not just at the dentist, but all medications. It is getting more and more worrying in this respect and wonder how it affects those who are unable to cope with that. Pleased you felt much better this time at the dentist.

[CDreamer in reply to Cavalierrubie]

SO true!

I have to say my current dentist is very thorough and checks my meds and any changes at every visit, having said that this is the third dentist we’ve had since we moved and the previous ones were not good.

Linley - so pleased you were armed with the right info this time.

[Linley in reply to CDreamer]

That's CDreamer

[Linley in reply to Cavalierrubie]

Must point out that I was not on meds last year. 😊

[Windlepoons]

I asked my dentist what difference the adrenaline makes, and he said it makes the numbing effects last longer. However, the non adrenaline one seems to last long enough when I have it nowadays. I learned about it here as well thank goodness as I had the heart racing reaction from dental injections for years, well before I was diagnosed with AF.🤔

[Linley in reply to Windlepoons]

Yes, I thought the numbness went off quicker this time

[Tomred]

On my last dental visit i asked for non adrenaline and dentist said it was not as effective and just carried on with adrenaline, i guess she just couldnt be bothered to change the contents of the syringe.

[Linley in reply to Tomred]

Oh dear, perhaps you should insist next time especially as she must know your medical history

[Goosebumps]

You are right, this is an amazing site. Without it I wouldn’t have known about the adrenaline base of an anaesthetic either, or found out about the various paths to tackle Afib in the best way.

Interestingly I am due to visit the dentist in a week or so and they sent me a 5 page medical form to complete online, so no sitting in the chair for me and wondering whether the dentist has a clue about my condition or concerns.

[BJ24 in reply to Goosebumps]

I think you still have to remind them of any condition you have that could be problematic for a dental procedure...most medical admission forms that you fill out are only helping the insurance companies as they can then say that it was preexisting if anything goes wrong.

[Goosebumps in reply to BJ24]

I will try and test out your theory when I go to the dentist next week. If I need a pain killer, I’ll see if he refers to anything that was written on my form.

[BJ24 in reply to Goosebumps]

not sure that the painkiller is the problem but they do use epinephrine (or adrenaline) to stop bleeding. I believe it was the epinephrine that made my heart race in the past and after relaying that to the dentist, he said that he was using something else in place of it. Usually pain meds should not make your heart race.

[Ppiman]

I was told that they must always contain some adrenaline or they won't work, but some have far less and won't hurt the heart.

Steve

[BJ24 in reply to Ppiman]

getting a different medication from the dentist other than epinephrine worked great for me. I think everything went just as normally...without any racing heartrate.

[JOY2THEWORLD49]

Hi

But it is not a strong painkiller - the non adrenaline one.

I had a big crown done. 1st appointment done. The hospital uses adrenaline and they say they have everything there if I had a reaction. Pulling teeth is a painful experience.

A crown is done by private dentists..

I talked about it with my known Baha'i dentist. We settled for an adrenaline injection and I was fine.

2nd appointment with work done the 1/2 hr asserting the permanent CROWN will be a breeze.

Thank goodness this last year with 2 teeth pulled with one infected is over.

Cost $40 pull, $40 pull and $40 filling. Private dentist $93 for xray and assessment. Now CROWN $1765.

We settled on metal base with porcelain cover to make it the strongest.

The crown done in UK @ 500 pounds in exeter GOLD base 2nd tooth from front is still stable and bites well into my apples, thin carrots.

cherio JOY. 75. (NZ)

[BJ24]

I had the same experience with the dentist and also having outpatient skin biopsy done. Evidently they use epinephrine to stop bleeding but epinephrine can also cause a racing heart beat...so when I let the dentist know that my heart was racing with the epinephrine, he switched to something else that didn't cause that problem. Much better!

[pusillanimous]

Find a dentist that uses hypnosis, it works very well and no local anaesthetic is needed !