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mavingo
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Hi, I've been reading your stories on this forum which has helped me quite a lot in building up courage to go to the dentist for the first time as an adult. (Thank you!)
The last couple of years have been really tough dealing with general anxiety, maybe not dental phobia as such, but in the end I have avoided the dentist and conversations about teeth, hiding my shame and fears about my health, the future etc. for so many years.
About a year ago, I started noticing a lot of calculus build up on my lower front teeth and have been obsessing it about ever since. I've also lost a tooth about 10 years which I have been living with, but always been very conscious about, even though no one knows about it.
...Well, I finally realized that I have to deal with the issues and started telling my family and closed ones about what I was going through. For me this was the first step. The next was actually booking an appointment which I did despite really not wanting to.
Had the check up today and everything went really fast and I didn't even get time to tell the dentist about my fears, shame and concerns. They just treated me like every other patient and all of a sudden I was in the chair.
After the check up they told me, I have 3 cavities and need to get a wisdom tooth removed - to me this is a huge relief! I was sure that I would need a whole lot more work done and and was worried about extractions, parodontitis and everything else I could think of - and of course, would I even be able to afford it.
So now I am back home after the check up and deep clean - it is sooo good to see the back of my lower teeth as good as new, and I have booked my next appointment for next week for the wisdom tooth removal + cavities.
I feel like a person again and I am so happy that I finally worked up the courage to deal with all of this. I also feel I wasted years and years worrying, when it was so quick and easy to get a check up and a treatment plan, but there's no point in looking back in regret.
Although I have crooked and yellowish teeth and will never have a perfect smile, I am truly excited about being able to live my life again without constantly worrying about my teeth.
The last couple of years have been really tough dealing with general anxiety, maybe not dental phobia as such, but in the end I have avoided the dentist and conversations about teeth, hiding my shame and fears about my health, the future etc. for so many years.
About a year ago, I started noticing a lot of calculus build up on my lower front teeth and have been obsessing it about ever since. I've also lost a tooth about 10 years which I have been living with, but always been very conscious about, even though no one knows about it.
...Well, I finally realized that I have to deal with the issues and started telling my family and closed ones about what I was going through. For me this was the first step. The next was actually booking an appointment which I did despite really not wanting to.
Had the check up today and everything went really fast and I didn't even get time to tell the dentist about my fears, shame and concerns. They just treated me like every other patient and all of a sudden I was in the chair.
After the check up they told me, I have 3 cavities and need to get a wisdom tooth removed - to me this is a huge relief! I was sure that I would need a whole lot more work done and and was worried about extractions, parodontitis and everything else I could think of - and of course, would I even be able to afford it.
So now I am back home after the check up and deep clean - it is sooo good to see the back of my lower teeth as good as new, and I have booked my next appointment for next week for the wisdom tooth removal + cavities.
I feel like a person again and I am so happy that I finally worked up the courage to deal with all of this. I also feel I wasted years and years worrying, when it was so quick and easy to get a check up and a treatment plan, but there's no point in looking back in regret.
Although I have crooked and yellowish teeth and will never have a perfect smile, I am truly excited about being able to live my life again without constantly worrying about my teeth.
