O
oh heck
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- Joined
- Mar 5, 2009
- Messages
- 13
Hi there,
I am ashamed to say that the last time i visited a dentist was 18 years ago. Due to my mass phobia i was treated under GA at a hospital. I remember a nurse at the time telling me i was being silly and to try going through childbirth, then i'd know what pain was. I have since had children and would seriously go through that again than have to face a dentist... until now.
Over the years i have endured toothache until four of my back teeth have broken off at root level. Three of my front teeth have holes and now after years of hiding behind my hands & perfecting a wonky smile i have broken my front tooth completely, half of it has gone - vertically! There is no way i can hide this now. This is how i came to find this place in a search to beat my fear. My life both awake and asleep seems to be governed by the state of my teeth.
As i was reading through this forum ( for the last 4 hrs) the local free paper arrived with an advert for a dentists that is accepting nhs patients and i took it as a sign. Have phoned up(heart pounding) and have to go down and fill out a few forms and make an initial appointment ~ eek.
My embarrassment factor is at the moment over taking my fear factor, what if they took one look and think there is too much work to be done for an nhs patient.
I am ashamed to say that the last time i visited a dentist was 18 years ago. Due to my mass phobia i was treated under GA at a hospital. I remember a nurse at the time telling me i was being silly and to try going through childbirth, then i'd know what pain was. I have since had children and would seriously go through that again than have to face a dentist... until now.
Over the years i have endured toothache until four of my back teeth have broken off at root level. Three of my front teeth have holes and now after years of hiding behind my hands & perfecting a wonky smile i have broken my front tooth completely, half of it has gone - vertically! There is no way i can hide this now. This is how i came to find this place in a search to beat my fear. My life both awake and asleep seems to be governed by the state of my teeth.
As i was reading through this forum ( for the last 4 hrs) the local free paper arrived with an advert for a dentists that is accepting nhs patients and i took it as a sign. Have phoned up(heart pounding) and have to go down and fill out a few forms and make an initial appointment ~ eek.
My embarrassment factor is at the moment over taking my fear factor, what if they took one look and think there is too much work to be done for an nhs patient.