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readershel
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- Jan 12, 2011
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Hi,
I'm new here and I'm already in an panic. I have broken back teeth. In fact I will sit and try and pull the rest of that tooth out (but still scared of going to the dentist).
On my one side the gum has simply went over the broken teeth (bottom) and on the other side (bottom again) they are badly cracked and I think I might have an abscess. I've been taking garlic tablets and using the tea bag on the gum at night. Rinsing with salt water and even using the baking soda salt on a cotton ball (which after some of those things my cheek feels like funky now).
I haven't been to the dentist since I was 15..i'm soon to be 43. The dentist I had when I was young was rough and well ruined me. I'm so scared of going. I'm so trying to work up the nerve, but every time I even think about picking up the phone and calling a dentist I feel myself panic. Coming on here, I found out that I'm not alone in that felling. I keep thinking, If I can get this abscess under control, then I'll make the appointment. I'm going away in March, so that was my timeline. When I come back I'll make the appointment. I have myself so scared with everything. I'm not sleeping at night. But I do have to say the tea bags do work for the abscess. I've tried getting the doctor to call me in a script of antibiotic, but they want to see me, and I'm like afraid of well the embarrassment. So I'm handling it on my own. Then of course you look up home remedies for help and I swear some people who post on there like to scare the bejesus out of you.
My mouth doesn't hurt, but I have a fistula ( I think that what it is called with the research that I did) so it is draining. I keep pushing to get the gook out. I don't have a fowl oder in my mouth and my mouth isn't swollen that I can tell. Not really feeling overly bad. I just want to get this under control and make myself in March head to the dentist.
Any ideas how I can accomplish that and make sure I stick with the appointment. I'm so worried about how the dentist will look at me with all this nastyness going on in my mouth. Please help me.
I'm new here and I'm already in an panic. I have broken back teeth. In fact I will sit and try and pull the rest of that tooth out (but still scared of going to the dentist).
On my one side the gum has simply went over the broken teeth (bottom) and on the other side (bottom again) they are badly cracked and I think I might have an abscess. I've been taking garlic tablets and using the tea bag on the gum at night. Rinsing with salt water and even using the baking soda salt on a cotton ball (which after some of those things my cheek feels like funky now).
I haven't been to the dentist since I was 15..i'm soon to be 43. The dentist I had when I was young was rough and well ruined me. I'm so scared of going. I'm so trying to work up the nerve, but every time I even think about picking up the phone and calling a dentist I feel myself panic. Coming on here, I found out that I'm not alone in that felling. I keep thinking, If I can get this abscess under control, then I'll make the appointment. I'm going away in March, so that was my timeline. When I come back I'll make the appointment. I have myself so scared with everything. I'm not sleeping at night. But I do have to say the tea bags do work for the abscess. I've tried getting the doctor to call me in a script of antibiotic, but they want to see me, and I'm like afraid of well the embarrassment. So I'm handling it on my own. Then of course you look up home remedies for help and I swear some people who post on there like to scare the bejesus out of you.
My mouth doesn't hurt, but I have a fistula ( I think that what it is called with the research that I did) so it is draining. I keep pushing to get the gook out. I don't have a fowl oder in my mouth and my mouth isn't swollen that I can tell. Not really feeling overly bad. I just want to get this under control and make myself in March head to the dentist.
Any ideas how I can accomplish that and make sure I stick with the appointment. I'm so worried about how the dentist will look at me with all this nastyness going on in my mouth. Please help me.