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Scared e kat
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- Mar 30, 2011
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Well I have always been very scared of dentist. Let me say never let someone go first so you can watch them or you'll never follow through with your turn ! Well I was suppose to get my wisdom teeth pulled and after watching someone else go ahead of me and seen how it looked and sounded well I was terrified and said I wasn't going to do it now! The dentist warned me in time Id regret that because my teeth would shift and blah blah blah... Well many years later I do regret that choice because now my teeth didn't just shift and mess up my once awesome smile , but this problem I also let go grew to gum issues ! So after having teeth getting lose I soon lost three in three weeks and sure that more will follow if I didn't make a appointment to get started in over coming my fears...I admit just making the appointment was huge step for me since I called three times before making a real date and had every intention of canceling before having to go. I guess if the teeth wasn't front teeth I would have put it off as well ... Well my husband thought I was nuts being so scared and didn't believe me how stressful this whole situation was for me and how ashamed I was going to be going to local dentist looking inside my nasty mouth adding going out of town you wouldn't need to worry as much you would run into anyone you knew ... Silly I know , but in a small town and my over active fears in motion well just needed to find any reason to cancel this appointment ...Well nothing was making my husband agree to cancel since now he was like cancel if your ok with your teeth and not going to hide inside hahahaha . Well it made me realize spring is here we have kids and I needed to deal with this . So after going inside the dentist office all the staff was more then welcoming and the dentist never rushed me and was quick to realize how to deal with someone with high fear levels like myself and just went slow and talked me through it all and never made me listen to the why did you wait so long lecture which was a comfort because how do I explain that ? FEAR duh ! Well after this great dentist told me his recommendation was all my teeth to come out and full dentures adding they don't do dentures there. However was awesome in redirecting me. I'm only hopeful that since he feels it's a safer place to use hospital clinic with this much special care Im going to need with gum and bone loss issues. Well called that place and they are sending me paperwork to fill out and then after they get paperwork back they said within two weeks I will get a response from them and can make an appointment . She said they are booking Into May , which was unfortunate I wasn't able to go ahead to schedule a appointment until after they get paperwork and contact me . Then again gives me time to take all this in I guess and read everyones experiences so I know what to expect . I'm so scared with more then dentist , now I got to worry if I will be able to ware dentures since bone loss issues Well Im amazed and relieved Im not alone in my fears after reading all yours , thank you i. Advance for making me feel normal ;-)