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KellyDares
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I've been lurking around this forum for about a year now, and it helped me tremendously in getting myself to the dentist.
I have awful anxiety about the dentist and pretty much burst into tears just thinking about going, but I was able to find someone who is incredibly caring and gentle and works around my anxiety.
That being said, after about 10 years of not going to the dentist and not doing a great job of taking care of my teeth in the meantime, I have to have 7 teeth extracted. All but one are back teeth. I am doing IV sedation for the procedure, and the oral surgeon prescribed Valium for the night before. I have had individual teeth extracted before (two in addition to wisdom teeth), but that felt so much easier to deal with.
I am really stressed/nervous about the following:
The one that isn't in the back is a canine and, although I have a small mouth and don't show many teeth when I'm talking, I'm really nervous about what that will look like. My dentist advised against immediate dentures because I have sensory issues and I won't be able to take them out/get used to them like I will need to, so I have to wait until everything heals for the partials to be fitted and fill in the gaps.
I've told people I have to have "a couple teeth extracted" because they don't need to know my business, but are they going to be able to tell??
How will I eat without much in the way of chewing teeth before I get the partials? After?
I've been having dreams that the dentist takes the wrong teeth and I'm left with gaps in the front.
What is healing going to look like? Am I going to have a mouth full of blood?
Any advice, calming juju, etc would be greatly appreciated.
I have awful anxiety about the dentist and pretty much burst into tears just thinking about going, but I was able to find someone who is incredibly caring and gentle and works around my anxiety.
That being said, after about 10 years of not going to the dentist and not doing a great job of taking care of my teeth in the meantime, I have to have 7 teeth extracted. All but one are back teeth. I am doing IV sedation for the procedure, and the oral surgeon prescribed Valium for the night before. I have had individual teeth extracted before (two in addition to wisdom teeth), but that felt so much easier to deal with.
I am really stressed/nervous about the following:
The one that isn't in the back is a canine and, although I have a small mouth and don't show many teeth when I'm talking, I'm really nervous about what that will look like. My dentist advised against immediate dentures because I have sensory issues and I won't be able to take them out/get used to them like I will need to, so I have to wait until everything heals for the partials to be fitted and fill in the gaps.
I've told people I have to have "a couple teeth extracted" because they don't need to know my business, but are they going to be able to tell??
How will I eat without much in the way of chewing teeth before I get the partials? After?
I've been having dreams that the dentist takes the wrong teeth and I'm left with gaps in the front.
What is healing going to look like? Am I going to have a mouth full of blood?
Any advice, calming juju, etc would be greatly appreciated.