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shambock
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- Mar 2, 2010
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Dentist tomorrow for the first time in 5 years. Feeling embarrassed, ashamed...
Been putting it off for five years, but it's got to the stage now where I can no longer self medicate with pain killers and temporary filling kits bought from the pharmacist. My teeth are a mess. I'm 27 years old. I'm in the UK.
Two of my lower back teeth have decayed, crumbled and turned into a couple of black holes. The back teeth on the other side seem to be going down that route too, but are nowhere near as bad. As for the rest of my teeth, I have various small cracks and holes scattered around. Luckily, my front teeth are unaffected, so I can crack a smile without feeling embarrassed or scaring any small children.
I can't believe I let it get to this stage. The fear and embarrassment of facing the dentist is what has prevented me from going all these years, but now that my teeth are at their absolute worst, I decide to go? I must be some sort of an imbecile.
I'm already going over in my head what I'm going to tell the dentist. The stories and excuses so that he doesn't tell me off, so that he doesn't frown upon me. I am scared stiff.
It's going to take weeks, months and loads of cash to get this fixed. I feel sick to the stomach and I don't know what to do.
Been putting it off for five years, but it's got to the stage now where I can no longer self medicate with pain killers and temporary filling kits bought from the pharmacist. My teeth are a mess. I'm 27 years old. I'm in the UK.
Two of my lower back teeth have decayed, crumbled and turned into a couple of black holes. The back teeth on the other side seem to be going down that route too, but are nowhere near as bad. As for the rest of my teeth, I have various small cracks and holes scattered around. Luckily, my front teeth are unaffected, so I can crack a smile without feeling embarrassed or scaring any small children.
I can't believe I let it get to this stage. The fear and embarrassment of facing the dentist is what has prevented me from going all these years, but now that my teeth are at their absolute worst, I decide to go? I must be some sort of an imbecile.
I'm already going over in my head what I'm going to tell the dentist. The stories and excuses so that he doesn't tell me off, so that he doesn't frown upon me. I am scared stiff.
It's going to take weeks, months and loads of cash to get this fixed. I feel sick to the stomach and I don't know what to do.