15 (actually more, I think) years of avoidance

[mtouchto]

I have only been to dentists twice in the last 15 or more years and that was only to have teeth pulled that were killing me. Lately though, I have come to realize that I am really losing out. For the last 15 years I have been paying for dental insurance but never using it until I absolutely had to. And when I had to go the dentist, I felt so self-conscious about the state of my teeth that I felt embarassed even opening my mouth! Right now I have no pain but my wife said something to me the other day that hit a nerve, "What are you going to do if your front teeth fall out? Go to work looking like a backwoods hillbilly for a week or two until the dentist can order and have some new ones made for you?" That may sound a bit severe to say, but that is what it took to make me finally go online and find out my dental insurance carrier and pick a dentist near my work. Now I am set for that. I just need to call and make an appointment. I have to say, finding this site took me aback and really made me feel more comfortable about the whole thing. Nope, I am not alone and it most assuredly is not going to quite as bad as my fear is. Thanks...

 

[littlestirishone]

couldn't agree more about you missing out i'm 25 and my front teeth are in bad shape i'm in the middle of getting them sorted and the dentist pulled out a set of fake teeth and said soon u will be getting yours fitted it soon brought the reality home. I wish you luck and you can do it

 

[RP]

couldn't agree more about you missing out i'm 25 and my front teeth are in bad shape i'm in the middle of getting them sorted and the dentist pulled out a set of fake teeth and said soon u will be getting yours fitted it soon brought the reality home. I wish you luck and you can do it

Sorry but that's so wrong.........trying to motivate by threats of losing all my teeth and using those scare tactics is one of the reasons I am dental phobic. How about your health and well being, you deserve a healthy smile as an incentive? .........threatening with dentures is the same as trying to humiliate you/embarrass you into getting your teeth fixed. Coming from a spouse that's one thing, but from a dentist................not therapeutic, personally I prefer the let me help you, give you hope approach.

Glad it worked for you, but I'd be running............