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Aries92
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- Joined
- May 3, 2021
- Messages
- 31
- Location
- Massachusetts
It has been a bit since I have posted on here, but I always find myself back here for support from those who understand the fear surrounded by the dentist. Recently I went for a checkup at a new dental office and was pleased with the dentist and thought she was very warm and kind and I trusted her to do work on me. When she gave me a run down of what I needed done it was mostly fillings. A crown on tooth next to my front tooth that never got crowned after a root canal. I was also told that tooth #14, or the “first molar” on my left side which was root canalled and crowned about 10 years ago was now decayed under the crown and would need to be extracted. I already kind of knew this going into this appt so I wasn’t too surprised. I could tell the crown was a bit loose for a little while so I had prepared myself for this news. I informed her I would like to have this tooth replaced with an implant as I am missing the molar behind it already so without tooth 14 there I would have no molars for chewing on the left side. She referred me to a facial surgeon, and after a consultation with him I was quoted 1k for sedation/extraction, 6k for sinus lift, bone graft, and implant/screw, and 2k for the crown/tooth. About 9k and some change, nauseating. After a few weeks of weighing out financial options I have figured out how to pay for this. Now that that burden has subsided I am left with the anxiety of having this extraction, although I will be asleep for it I am still so afraid of missing a tooth, what people will think of me if they see it when I smile (again it is the first molar, or 6 teeth back from your front tooth) and just the self consciousness I will have to feel for the next several months until the implant process is completed. This has affected my anxiety and panic disorder immensely and sky rocketed my anxiety for the last few weeks, and now I am 10 days out from extraction day and I am unable to sleep at night, I wake up every 30 min or so after panic shakes me awake. I have terrible, scary nightmares about the procedure and waking up to find they have pulled all my teeth, that I don’t wake up, etc. this is haunting me and has taken absolute full control over my life. I will attach a photo of the tooth that is coming out. If anyone has any advice or words of encouragement, grateful and appreciative would be an understatement. Thanks for taking the time to read. Love & support to all on here <3