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scotsman44
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Dear all,
I was relieved to find this site as it seems I am not totally hopeless in having serious dental issues.
Due to a terrible dentist as a child I have been terrified of dental treatment all my life. It is now a shocking amount of time since I was last at a dentist (over 20 years). In the meantime, I have lost fillings, lost a crown which left a plugged post in my mouth, and over the last few years had bits of my lower front teeth crack away. Every time I say I will have it addressed, but as people on here know, as things get worse it becomes harder to face seeing someone. I do NOT want to be judged by a dentist for being so neglectful.
However, in the last few weeks a portion of the back of my lower front tooth has come away. There's no pain, as I suspect that the root has died anyway due to decay, but in the last few weeks I have had increasing dull headaches, occasional feverishness, and a general sense of being extremely run down. Certainly much more so than normal. I'm sure that there's some kind of abscess there, if not in more than that tooth, and now concerned it will be serious if not properly treated. But I don't have a dentist and am terrified of how bad the surgery might be.
Has anyone had similar problems, and are my dental issues a lost case?
Any thoughts would be very welcomed.
I was relieved to find this site as it seems I am not totally hopeless in having serious dental issues.
Due to a terrible dentist as a child I have been terrified of dental treatment all my life. It is now a shocking amount of time since I was last at a dentist (over 20 years). In the meantime, I have lost fillings, lost a crown which left a plugged post in my mouth, and over the last few years had bits of my lower front teeth crack away. Every time I say I will have it addressed, but as people on here know, as things get worse it becomes harder to face seeing someone. I do NOT want to be judged by a dentist for being so neglectful.
However, in the last few weeks a portion of the back of my lower front tooth has come away. There's no pain, as I suspect that the root has died anyway due to decay, but in the last few weeks I have had increasing dull headaches, occasional feverishness, and a general sense of being extremely run down. Certainly much more so than normal. I'm sure that there's some kind of abscess there, if not in more than that tooth, and now concerned it will be serious if not properly treated. But I don't have a dentist and am terrified of how bad the surgery might be.
Has anyone had similar problems, and are my dental issues a lost case?
Any thoughts would be very welcomed.