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Lucas phobic
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Hi,
I decided to join this forum because I have a dental fear since I was a child (now, I am 28).
During my childhood, sometimes I went to the dentist with my mother but I was so terrified that I cried, I refused to sit on the dental chair and to open my mouth.
When I was 12, a dentist went to my school to check our teeth. Because my friends were with me, I tried to be courageous and I opened my mouth for my dental check-up. Although he had only a dental mirror and a probe, I was scared during this check-up. I was cavity-free but I had to have a baby tooth pulled. As I was afraid, the dentist didn’t remove this tooth but now, at this place, my permanent tooth is misaligned.
Roughly 2 years later, I have another dental check-up. The dentist recommended braces but a such treatment was not possible because of my fear and because it was very expensive.
When I was 17, I noticed an hole in one of my molars (the first lower molar at the left side). After several weeks of fear, I decided to inform my mother of this problem. She said that it was a cavity and that an appointment at the dentist was necessary. I was very scared before my appointment to the dentist. I had a bellyache and nausea before leaving home and in the waiting room when I smelt the odor of the dentist’s office (like each time that I go to the dentist). The dentist didn’t look like cheerful when he came to fetch me in the waiting room. First, he examined the tooth with a probe and I heard the probe removing piece of my tooth. However, he decided to drill my tooth without anesthesia. He cleaned my cavity with the drill and the probe during few minutes but it was a long time for me. He didn’t use a dental vacuum suction system, thus I swallowed debris during the drill and fluids when he used his air and water syringe, that was unpleasant. In addition, he criticized me for being not cooperative because I didn’t open my mouth enough for him. Finally, he filled my tooth with a composite filling and my torture session was finished.
Unfortunately, two years later, I had another cavity in my first lower molar at the right side. My mother made an appointment with the same dentist. My appointment went like the previous appointment except that I decided to fill my tooth with a silver filling and I had an unpleasant metal taste in my mouth during several days.
I didn’t go to the dentist for 5 years. I made an appointment to the dentist (another dentist because I moved) because I had a pain between my second lower premolar and my first lower molar at the left side. I was afraid before my appointment like when I was a teenager. The dentist examined my teeth and she took x-rays. I was cavity free and my pain was just a little gum problem. She planned to remove my wisdom teeth after a panoramic x-ray but I never went back to this dentist’s office.
This last appointment at the dentist was 3 years ago. Now, my tooth with a silver filling is sometimes painful, like my wisdom teeth, and I have tartar. Thus, I need to make an appointment to the dentist but I am always afraid by dental care...
I decided to join this forum because I have a dental fear since I was a child (now, I am 28).
During my childhood, sometimes I went to the dentist with my mother but I was so terrified that I cried, I refused to sit on the dental chair and to open my mouth.
When I was 12, a dentist went to my school to check our teeth. Because my friends were with me, I tried to be courageous and I opened my mouth for my dental check-up. Although he had only a dental mirror and a probe, I was scared during this check-up. I was cavity-free but I had to have a baby tooth pulled. As I was afraid, the dentist didn’t remove this tooth but now, at this place, my permanent tooth is misaligned.
Roughly 2 years later, I have another dental check-up. The dentist recommended braces but a such treatment was not possible because of my fear and because it was very expensive.
When I was 17, I noticed an hole in one of my molars (the first lower molar at the left side). After several weeks of fear, I decided to inform my mother of this problem. She said that it was a cavity and that an appointment at the dentist was necessary. I was very scared before my appointment to the dentist. I had a bellyache and nausea before leaving home and in the waiting room when I smelt the odor of the dentist’s office (like each time that I go to the dentist). The dentist didn’t look like cheerful when he came to fetch me in the waiting room. First, he examined the tooth with a probe and I heard the probe removing piece of my tooth. However, he decided to drill my tooth without anesthesia. He cleaned my cavity with the drill and the probe during few minutes but it was a long time for me. He didn’t use a dental vacuum suction system, thus I swallowed debris during the drill and fluids when he used his air and water syringe, that was unpleasant. In addition, he criticized me for being not cooperative because I didn’t open my mouth enough for him. Finally, he filled my tooth with a composite filling and my torture session was finished.
Unfortunately, two years later, I had another cavity in my first lower molar at the right side. My mother made an appointment with the same dentist. My appointment went like the previous appointment except that I decided to fill my tooth with a silver filling and I had an unpleasant metal taste in my mouth during several days.
I didn’t go to the dentist for 5 years. I made an appointment to the dentist (another dentist because I moved) because I had a pain between my second lower premolar and my first lower molar at the left side. I was afraid before my appointment like when I was a teenager. The dentist examined my teeth and she took x-rays. I was cavity free and my pain was just a little gum problem. She planned to remove my wisdom teeth after a panoramic x-ray but I never went back to this dentist’s office.
This last appointment at the dentist was 3 years ago. Now, my tooth with a silver filling is sometimes painful, like my wisdom teeth, and I have tartar. Thus, I need to make an appointment to the dentist but I am always afraid by dental care...