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Rob494
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This is a bit involved but I'll make it as quick as I can.
I am from Liverpool in the UK, but when I was a child I lived in South Africa.
My phobia started when I was a child and lived in South Africa, we used to get taken from school to a dentist provided by the state. This particular dentist was a son of a bitch. I hated needles and while being held down trying to give me an injection failed he just went ahead and drilled without anaesthetic. I don't know if he thought it would teach me not to resist next time, but it didn't and this happened a few more times until I would run from the teachers when it came time to see the dentist.
Besides my fear of dentists for a number of years now I have been battling with severe depression without treatment, during this time I stopped taking care of myself not caring what I looked like to myself or others this of course includes my teeth. My dental hygiene was atrocious.
I am now being treated for my depression and trying to sort myself out once again, But after years of neglect I have at least a dozen cavities, cracked teeth, broken fillings, etc.
I want to have my teeth treated but I'm scared and incredibly embarrassed as well which just exacerbates my depression.
In the mean time I have been using temporary dental filling as a stop-gap but I know that this is not a long term solution and am at a loss on what to do.
If you could please give me some advice and maybe recommend a dentist that would understand and that could maybe help that would be Wonderfull.
Thank you.
Rob.
I am from Liverpool in the UK, but when I was a child I lived in South Africa.
My phobia started when I was a child and lived in South Africa, we used to get taken from school to a dentist provided by the state. This particular dentist was a son of a bitch. I hated needles and while being held down trying to give me an injection failed he just went ahead and drilled without anaesthetic. I don't know if he thought it would teach me not to resist next time, but it didn't and this happened a few more times until I would run from the teachers when it came time to see the dentist.
Besides my fear of dentists for a number of years now I have been battling with severe depression without treatment, during this time I stopped taking care of myself not caring what I looked like to myself or others this of course includes my teeth. My dental hygiene was atrocious.
I am now being treated for my depression and trying to sort myself out once again, But after years of neglect I have at least a dozen cavities, cracked teeth, broken fillings, etc.
I want to have my teeth treated but I'm scared and incredibly embarrassed as well which just exacerbates my depression.
In the mean time I have been using temporary dental filling as a stop-gap but I know that this is not a long term solution and am at a loss on what to do.
If you could please give me some advice and maybe recommend a dentist that would understand and that could maybe help that would be Wonderfull.
Thank you.
Rob.