I don't think my dentist will prescribe a benzo as she is from a yonger generation of dentists. I am going to ask for nitreous for the crown setup because every time I've had it without nitreous it's been god-awful. I'm pretty sensitive to the nitreous I think so it gives me a pretty good buzz of not caring what's going on in my mouth during the procedure. Stupid insurance charges $30-$50 more for nitreous and I think it ought to be standard offer and paid for by the insurance without extra surgecharges. At least the dentist didn't want to yank the tooth out as it's a wisdom tooth I managed to keep (only had 2 wisdom teeth pulled as a teenager). I know when I had to have the root canal this summer, I didn't get benzos but nitreous and about a 6 day supply of hydrocodone after.

And yep, with this last broken tooth, I had to get another crown, going in next week Monday to start it, going to cost $400 with dental insurance and a bit more to tack on the niteous.

AND in the meantime, they said oh, guess what, your dental cleaning is coming right up, we'll fix you in for x-rays and cleaning this Wednesday. SHYT! And look, we have an opening Thursday, you can bring your daughter in for her x-rays and cleanings (poor daughter-nearly 17 yr old- must have inherited my crappy teeth, she takes such good care of them and only drinks water, with maybe a startbucks mocha frappcino 2-3 times a month. So usually cavities with her. Meanwhile, H can put away 5 or 6 regular full sweetened Cokes a DAy and come back with clean dental appt. after appt., brushes his teeth only once a day, and NEVER gets cavities or any tooth problems. Just not fair.

H cannot understand why both daughter & I have HUGE, TREMENDOUS dental anxiety.