I had your experience at ages 6-9 in Alaska. The only available dentist had moral qualms about using novocaine.
The resulting aversion conditioning kept me away from dentists until I was 36, when my then-girlfriend coerced me to see a dentist. I needed lots of work, all of which was done using novocaine.
Pain control is part of good professional medical practice. If a practitioner puts you through gratuitous pain, find somebody else.
> Pain control is part of good professional medical practice. If a practitioner puts you through gratuitous pain, find somebody else.
I he has really "moral qualms" even when asked explicitly, I accept that you better look for another dentist. My claim is rather that it is as a dubious practise to just apply an anaesthetic injection by default.
The resulting aversion conditioning kept me away from dentists until I was 36, when my then-girlfriend coerced me to see a dentist. I needed lots of work, all of which was done using novocaine.
Pain control is part of good professional medical practice. If a practitioner puts you through gratuitous pain, find somebody else.