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Ramkiwis
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I've been lurking around this forum for over a year now, but I registered only today and this is my first post.
I've been struggling with my teeth all my life. They were always in a terrible condition and I avoided dentists for around 10 years. I even moved countries (which was also terrifying for me) but still didn't go although my old fillings kept falling out and bits of teeth kept breaking off. It got to the point where my teeth were the only thing I could think of, I dreamt of them all falling out many nights and my anxiety level was through the roof all the time.
After reading through this forum for months, I gathered enough confidence to finally go to the dentist last August. I was so ashamed of myself, but she was okay (of course she was!). By the end of the year, she managed to get my mouth to a more or less usable condition.
Unfortunately, some teeth couldn't be saved - I need three bottom molars removed in addition to all four wisdom teeth that apparently caused some of my problems.
My surgery is tomorrow. It will be done under general anasthesia. 5 of the 7 teeth will be removed. And I am freaking out. I'm worried about the surgery itself, even more people looking into my ugly mouth, the pain and the possible complications, money, having such a big gap in my mouth for months afterwards. Once again, I've dreamt about teeth for the past three nights. Now, less that 24 hours to go and I want to skip the surgery completely because I'm thinking in the short run it's not worth it. I know it's not reasonable but I can't help it.
I'm not sure what I expect from this post, but I needed to get it off my chest.
I've been struggling with my teeth all my life. They were always in a terrible condition and I avoided dentists for around 10 years. I even moved countries (which was also terrifying for me) but still didn't go although my old fillings kept falling out and bits of teeth kept breaking off. It got to the point where my teeth were the only thing I could think of, I dreamt of them all falling out many nights and my anxiety level was through the roof all the time.
After reading through this forum for months, I gathered enough confidence to finally go to the dentist last August. I was so ashamed of myself, but she was okay (of course she was!). By the end of the year, she managed to get my mouth to a more or less usable condition.
Unfortunately, some teeth couldn't be saved - I need three bottom molars removed in addition to all four wisdom teeth that apparently caused some of my problems.
My surgery is tomorrow. It will be done under general anasthesia. 5 of the 7 teeth will be removed. And I am freaking out. I'm worried about the surgery itself, even more people looking into my ugly mouth, the pain and the possible complications, money, having such a big gap in my mouth for months afterwards. Once again, I've dreamt about teeth for the past three nights. Now, less that 24 hours to go and I want to skip the surgery completely because I'm thinking in the short run it's not worth it. I know it's not reasonable but I can't help it.
I'm not sure what I expect from this post, but I needed to get it off my chest.