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Lady with fear
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- Joined
- Mar 19, 2018
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Hello there,
To cut a long story short I'm just about at the end of my dental implant journey, it's been a long 8mths so I'm excited it's finally nearly complete.
However this is where I'm starting to panic about having the impressions taken for my crowns to be made.
Probably sounds silly but this is by far the worst bit for me and what I fear the most!
My heart races just thing about it and the more I think about it the harder it becomes!
I literally feel like I can't breathe and am choking! The putty is just too much and the fact it has to be held in place for about 60 seconds is worrying me ( I had it done for my temporary flipper and I was choking to the point I had to pull it out )
I find the top tray the worst and I also have a strong gag reflex so even the slight touch on my palate sets it off.
I'm sure there will be others like me that also struggle with this, can anyone give any advise as to how to make this more bearable, I know you are ment to breathe through your nose and my dentist was saying the whole time to concentrate on breathing through your nose but all I could think about was all this putty in my mouth.
Please any advise would be gratefully received.
To cut a long story short I'm just about at the end of my dental implant journey, it's been a long 8mths so I'm excited it's finally nearly complete.
However this is where I'm starting to panic about having the impressions taken for my crowns to be made.
Probably sounds silly but this is by far the worst bit for me and what I fear the most!
My heart races just thing about it and the more I think about it the harder it becomes!
I literally feel like I can't breathe and am choking! The putty is just too much and the fact it has to be held in place for about 60 seconds is worrying me ( I had it done for my temporary flipper and I was choking to the point I had to pull it out )
I find the top tray the worst and I also have a strong gag reflex so even the slight touch on my palate sets it off.
I'm sure there will be others like me that also struggle with this, can anyone give any advise as to how to make this more bearable, I know you are ment to breathe through your nose and my dentist was saying the whole time to concentrate on breathing through your nose but all I could think about was all this putty in my mouth.
Please any advise would be gratefully received.