Today was the day I for the first time I got to experience Nitrous Oxide (N2o2). The idea of being "gassed" was not very appealing to me. However, anyone who is extremely anxious, should not pass up this opportunity to turn a dental visit into something that at least bearable. Despite popular opinion, this gas does not make one feel "loopy" or "drugged" at all, it alters one's perception only in the fact that one simply doesn't care. Not only that, but some interesting jokes can result subsequent to administration, causing a lot of giggling or laughter --hence its nickname "laughing gas".
Folks, this is the anxious patients' best friend. If you have the funds to cover it, and you are overly anxious patient it is worth it. A small mask is placed over the nose, and first oxygen is administered which is later mixed with the N2O2. The nice thing is that this method is quickly reversible, should you have trouble with it in the least bit, the mask is removed and you are back to reality within minutes.
Again, I want to thank the staff of my new dentist office for their compassion and dedication to patient comfort.
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