Its ok, who likes to get needles stuck in their mouths anyway? The last time I saw my dentist was a year ago, my wisdom tooth was infected and about to kill me. He had to schedule surgery for the next day and to get me in for it, he wrote me a script for Midazolam and performed it under conscious sedation. Cost me the price of a new bike but I didn't remember a single thing about the surgery. He's also very happy to hand out extremely strong painkillers after surgeries, instead of just ibuprofen.

However, I'm STILL such a big wuss that despite knowing how accommodating this dentist is and how pain-free my visits to him can be, I refuse to go back in for check ups.