I had my wisdoms teeth out 2 months ago, I was very scared because i do no like needles. I expressed this to him, and he told me he could not do the surgery without the needle because the Iv was what was going to make me comfortable for the surgery. The day of the surgery, I went in and was very scared, but the nurses calmed me down, and once the dr put the needle in my arm i realized it was not that painful. I fell right asleep! Dr. Holcomb was very professional, if your looking for a talkative, joking making dr, don't go to him, but if your looking for a professional "to the point" dr I would say go to Dr. H. My surgery went very well, and he gave me the meds. to keep me comfortable.