I have post herpatic and trigeminal neuralgia since October 2009. I have needed lots of dentistry work since then as my saliva glands do not work and the decay is difficult to control or halt. I've had four lots of treatments this year, 2 cleans, 4 fillings all with local pain relief and have gone into shock each time as it was just horrendous.

The one time I had a sedative and local pain relief and it was no problem and that involved a large molar extraction. I would recommend the sedative as then you will get the best clean ever. You won't get distressed during the procedure and then the dentist will not have to abandon the clean early as the dentist knows to stop when you get distressed. This has been the problem I have had as each time the dentist starts the clean left to right and never gets to the right as I am looking so ill by that time.

Good luck: