kitkat
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Fortunately I've never had to deal with flashbacks as I still can't quite figure out what the fear is from so keeping my eyes open is preferrable and usually my dentist sits in front of me when she treats me or off to the side which I much prefer to behind me so I can keep eye contact with her. The only time I usually close my eyes is if they are spraying water or something like the ultrasonic scaler cause I feel like it's gonna spray up in my face but I used to close my eyes the whole time for years...not quite sure what changed that.
I've never had to wear the safety goggles but I think i would feel pretty strange if I had too, then I would have to worry about all those other fears on top of looking ridiculous lol
Glad I'm not the only one with that quivering lip problem too! Last time it got so bad that she couldn't even BEGIN treatment cause it started going the second I opened my mouth and heard the drill start up, it was fluttering soo much that she had to stop and calm me down before we even began I've noticed that the bite- block used to hold your mouth open seems to help relieve that a lot though, because biting down on something takes the strain off the muscles making it easier for them to relax and less likely to twitch.
I've never had to wear the safety goggles but I think i would feel pretty strange if I had too, then I would have to worry about all those other fears on top of looking ridiculous lol
Glad I'm not the only one with that quivering lip problem too! Last time it got so bad that she couldn't even BEGIN treatment cause it started going the second I opened my mouth and heard the drill start up, it was fluttering soo much that she had to stop and calm me down before we even began I've noticed that the bite- block used to hold your mouth open seems to help relieve that a lot though, because biting down on something takes the strain off the muscles making it easier for them to relax and less likely to twitch.