I have an ugly history with dentistry. When I was a young child, I barely brushed my teeth. My mother would ask, “Did you brush your teeth?” I would lie, “Yup.” And then I ended up with 7 cavities. During one of the fillings, I experienced excruciating nerve pain. The dentist kept giving me more shots of Novocain, but the pain persisted. And now I hate the dentist and go once every seven years. That’s why I’m trying sedation dentistry. Have you heard of it?

Sedation dentistry is where they use anesthesia to help calm any anxiety you might have about dental work. Remember that horrible filling that caused … Read More