Painless and relaxing - that may seem odd for sitting in the dentist chair but that's how I felt while Sandi and Suzanne re-cemented a crown that had fallen off (after many years) and drilled a cavity and put on a temporary crown. Even the nova-cane injection was painless. Sandi is the best dentist I've had in my life - and I've spent a lot of time in a dentist chair.