Can a dental patient refuse painkillers?

Will a dentist perform dental procedures on a patient if said patient refuses to use painkillers (let's say it's for religious reasons)? Is age a factor? If a dentist would allow an adult to go without painkillers, would he do the same for a child, or is there a law or code that forbids this?





This is a purely hypothetical question, in case you were wondering.

Can a dental patient refuse painkillers?
maybe id take it thou
Reply:You can refuse painkillers but they can also refuse to preform whatever procedure.
Reply:I got my wisdom teeth out without pain killers
Reply:i believe anyone has the right torefuse painkillers
Reply:Yeah, i think so because the patients security is being prioritize here..
Reply:Onlly if that patient is the Jack Nicholson character in the original Little Shop of Horrors.
Reply:You don't have to take the painkillers if you don't want to. That would be some pretty cruel stuff to do to a kid.
Reply:yes you can go with out painkiller...I myself would have teeth filled, pulled and etc without any kind of pain relief when I was younger, because I had a very bad experience with a dentist..I never had any pain reliever till I was in my 30's it was then that I found a wonderful dentist who was very patient with me, and helped me to over come this fear.I was 4 when this bad experience accured and I went all these years with fear and refused the shot...
Reply:yes.. it can be happened!


because for superficial processes it is better that dont use anesthetics!they have side affects too!!


but for big procedures,a patient can't stand the pain....it is better to use them....


and it is the same in a child too!
Reply:unnecessary cruelty
Reply:If you were determined not to take pain relief then the dentist would not be able to force you as long as you are deemed fit and well enough to be able to make this judgment.





If this were a child then I suspect any dentist with an ounce of sense would not even start the procedure as a child can't make that kind of decision they don't have the maturity to do so.





Hypothetical or not some people actually do refuse pain relief at the dentists.
Reply:An adult can refuse painkillers, but if that person then screams their way through a dental visit, they will not be allowed to come back.





No, I don't think a child would be allowed to go without. The dentist always has other patients in the office and they would be very upset if a child is screaming while being worked on. I'm sure dentists have a Hippocratic oath, too. "First, do no harm..."
Reply:Go to a 'YOGA' expert, so that he seeks his advice
Reply:Yes, a dental patient can refuse painkillers. In fact, my Mom goes to a dentist who doesn't use numbing injections on anyone, ever. If one of his patients needs a root canal or a tooth pulled, he sends them to a specialist.





He says any pain from drilling out a little cavity is due to heat from the drill. He just drills a little at a time and the drill and tooth don't get hot, so there isn't any pain.
Reply:It would depend on the dentist's morals etc. The dentist I used to work for often had very nervous patients not wanting local anaesthetic because they were afriad of needles or had a slight bad reaction to the solution. In those cases we still treated the patient as best we could, but it would slow us down considerably.


Basically, if you don't want anaesthetic no one can force it on you, but some dentists may be uncomfortable or unable to work on someone who is not numb.


I don't think there is any law on the subject either way, except for the obvious fact that if you refuse anything it must not be forced upon you.