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lila34
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- Mar 23, 2014
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I'm no stranger when it comes to dental fear. I've been like this since I was a kid. My dental claim to fame was when I was about four or five the doctors and nurses forced my mom out of the room while they tried to extract a tooth and clean my teeth. The nurses held me down. Not a nice thing to do to a kid who is already terrified and wants a familiar face around. It's been a really long time since then and I'm still slightly terrified of going. I also have anxiety issues to begin with so you can imagine how frightening that can be regardless. I was at the dentist a few years ago to have some bottom teeth extracted and that went fine (the dentist was very nice and put me at ease) and I survived through it. But now I need to go back and I'm getting nervous about it. I know I should be going regularly but that's fear for you.
Onto the details of why I'm here. I can't remember when exactly maybe the end of February, beginning of March I noticed that one piece of my gum had moved up between the teeth. I tried everything. I salt watered my mouth daily. I flossed to get anything that possibly could've been stuck in there out. It didn't seem to help. I had a bit of pain when it first shot up but now it's not hurting per say it's more of annoying and unflattering. Last week I noticed that more of the gums are going between the bottom teeth and it's quite obvious to me that I need to go see the dentist and have them do something about it. I don't want to lose my front teeth. I have a complete fear of that happening.
My family has suggested that it's gingivitis and I'm sure it is. But I'm wondering if it's too far gone and nothing can be done about it? I tried to get an appointment on Friday but they were closed so now I have to wait until Monday to try again. In the meantime, I thought I'd show you a photo and get your opinions and hopefully take away some of the anxiety that's going through my head about how bad it is. What should I expect? I do brush the back of my teeth too, but over the years I do have tartar build up back there. So I'm expecting the dreaded cleaning up of that. Should I be worried? I'm not exactly a big fan of sharp objects probing at my gums or having strong vibrations sweep through my teeth. It freaks me out. How are the procedures of that compared to the early 90s? Is it less terrifying nowadays? I feel silly describing my fear even on here but I need to get over this.
Onto the details of why I'm here. I can't remember when exactly maybe the end of February, beginning of March I noticed that one piece of my gum had moved up between the teeth. I tried everything. I salt watered my mouth daily. I flossed to get anything that possibly could've been stuck in there out. It didn't seem to help. I had a bit of pain when it first shot up but now it's not hurting per say it's more of annoying and unflattering. Last week I noticed that more of the gums are going between the bottom teeth and it's quite obvious to me that I need to go see the dentist and have them do something about it. I don't want to lose my front teeth. I have a complete fear of that happening.
My family has suggested that it's gingivitis and I'm sure it is. But I'm wondering if it's too far gone and nothing can be done about it? I tried to get an appointment on Friday but they were closed so now I have to wait until Monday to try again. In the meantime, I thought I'd show you a photo and get your opinions and hopefully take away some of the anxiety that's going through my head about how bad it is. What should I expect? I do brush the back of my teeth too, but over the years I do have tartar build up back there. So I'm expecting the dreaded cleaning up of that. Should I be worried? I'm not exactly a big fan of sharp objects probing at my gums or having strong vibrations sweep through my teeth. It freaks me out. How are the procedures of that compared to the early 90s? Is it less terrifying nowadays? I feel silly describing my fear even on here but I need to get over this.