Filling broken and dental phobia driving me crazy

[Fynaticx]

So to start off I've had dental phobia most of my life. I stopped seeing a dentist at age 10 then started finally fighting my fear at age 21 which was last year. After 2 teeth out, 2 root canals and 14 fillings I finally conquered it and got dentally fit again.

However last week I was eating and a part of my root canal filling broke off, so right away I booked a dentist appointment to get seen. Now my biggest fears here are a simple 3 things that I'd love advice for. First I have a huge fear of getting teeth out as when I was very young I had teeth taken out and that's where my dental phobia all started. The second fear is going back to having broken teeth along with the pain and discomfort, I've had this broken filling for 6 days and the feeling of the broken tooth on my tongue is driving me crazy from having spent so long before with the same. I want this sorted soon as possible I don't want to go back to horrible dental problems. The third and final thing is simply just the old fear I have of dental work, I'm certainly stronger from getting sorted again but it's still not easy for me to do it.

Well tomorrow is my dentist appointment but it's the fear of the unknown on what's going to need done that's driving me crazy so any stories or wise words to keep my spirits high would be great. I'm sure anyone who suffers from dental phobia also understand how you just see something so simple as this massive challenge and that's exactly what I'm doing, just blowing it out of proportion.

Thanks it advance for any help!

 

[FearfulInMA]

First, I'm so sorry this happened to you! I've not ever broken a filling, but since you're getting it taken care of so quickly, there's a chance that they will just be able to repair the filling which will be much like having the initial filling. They will probably take an x-Ray to see if there is additional decay or if the tooth has been damaged. Do you have any pain?

Best of luck tomorrow and please let us know how it goes.

 

[Fynaticx]

Do you have any pain?

Completely pain free at the moment other than a little ache here and there but I think that's nothing new as my wisdom teeth are coming through.

Thanks for the reply

 

[FearfulInMA]

That's probably a good sign

 

[Fynaticx]

Small update. It's about 6 hours till my appointment. I'm thinking a little more positive now and just focusing on getting myself dentally fit again as quick as possible. Starting to think it would be very small chances I would need major work or a extraction as I only had it filled and sorted a year ago so the tooth should be fine still. Truth is a filling breaking is kind of common I just wish I could see it that simply without worrying about the things that might happen but probably won't.

 

[Fynaticx]

So it all went fine! They were very happy with how fast I'd come to get it fixed and told me if I keep it up it's all very easy to maintain. I sat in the dentist chair and be had a look and asked if he could clean it up for me. I got all that done then he drilled out my old filling and replaced it. So basicly I was worried for nothing and I've learnt I can keep myself dentally fit.

In the end this was a good experience for me as I've never had to go get anything sorted, the only life I know is where I waited years till my teeth started to crumble. Also this has proved that although I have a huge fear of the dentist, I'm still in control.

i have gone on one hell of a tough journey over the last few years with all my dental treatment and this website has been very helpful. I reccomend everyone give it a try and push yourself to get dentally fit.

 

[FearfulInMA]

Yay!!! So very happy that this all worked out for you. I had a very good feeling that it would be a relatively easy fix.

You deserve a huge pat on the back for getting things sorted out so quickly!