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ihatethedentist
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Hi,
I'm 22 years old and haven't been to the dentist for about 3 years now. I'm absolutely petrified of going since last time I went I had a really bad experience. I had 3 teeth out, which got infected afterwards and I nearly ended up in hospital as I refused to eat because the pain was so bad. Plus my dentist is quite nasty and doesn't have much patience with nervous patients.(He probably still uses a mallet too)
Last week a filling fell out of one of my teeth, along with about a quarter of my tooth. I haven't been in much pain but somehow I managed to see an emergency dentist yesterday. Between the all the crying and such, I managed to go into the room and I was told it needed to come out. She gave me anti-biotics as its inflammed and infected. The dentist also asked me why I had stopped going to check ups and mentioned something along the lines of 'needing a lot of work doing'
She didn't say what that would involve (probably because I was nearly wailing on the floor at this moment) but I am absolutely petrified to find out. I haven't been able to sleep because I'm worrying that much, and I'm hardly eating. I really don't want any more teeth out than I need to, but if my dentist sees a tooth needs the slightest thing doing to it, he'd sooner take it out rather than fix it.
I've tried looking for other local dentists which are more friendlier but nearly every other one are fully booked up or miles away.
I've come to the point now where I'm constant worry if and crying , it's even effecting my concentration in work.
I'm just so scared the 'dental work' that needs to be done will mean I'll have to have loads more teeth out and I really don't want that. I find it hard enough as it is with three missing , which will soon be four.
I'm getting sedated for the extraction at a private practise, but even that terrifies the life out of me. I really just don't know what to do anymore.
I'm 22 years old and haven't been to the dentist for about 3 years now. I'm absolutely petrified of going since last time I went I had a really bad experience. I had 3 teeth out, which got infected afterwards and I nearly ended up in hospital as I refused to eat because the pain was so bad. Plus my dentist is quite nasty and doesn't have much patience with nervous patients.(He probably still uses a mallet too)
Last week a filling fell out of one of my teeth, along with about a quarter of my tooth. I haven't been in much pain but somehow I managed to see an emergency dentist yesterday. Between the all the crying and such, I managed to go into the room and I was told it needed to come out. She gave me anti-biotics as its inflammed and infected. The dentist also asked me why I had stopped going to check ups and mentioned something along the lines of 'needing a lot of work doing'
She didn't say what that would involve (probably because I was nearly wailing on the floor at this moment) but I am absolutely petrified to find out. I haven't been able to sleep because I'm worrying that much, and I'm hardly eating. I really don't want any more teeth out than I need to, but if my dentist sees a tooth needs the slightest thing doing to it, he'd sooner take it out rather than fix it.
I've tried looking for other local dentists which are more friendlier but nearly every other one are fully booked up or miles away.
I've come to the point now where I'm constant worry if and crying , it's even effecting my concentration in work.
I'm just so scared the 'dental work' that needs to be done will mean I'll have to have loads more teeth out and I really don't want that. I find it hard enough as it is with three missing , which will soon be four.
I'm getting sedated for the extraction at a private practise, but even that terrifies the life out of me. I really just don't know what to do anymore.
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