how can I overcome the fear of washing my teeth?

[Den0412]

Once when cleaning my teeth, the dentist found that I had a decayed tooth. Then he said he would "rinse it for a bit fix it". Well during the "rinsing for a bit", he put the drill directly into my broken tooth and washed it. The pain almost made me scream. Since then, I became so afraid of teeth-washing. Soon enough, I'll have to do it again. Can somebody tell me how to overcome that fear? Thanks!

 

[letsconnect]

Hi, ask your dentist for "local anaesthesia" if you need to get another filling. This will make the tooth numb, so you won't feel the "washing" .

 

[brit]

Hi, ask your dentist for "local anaesthesia" if you need to get another filling. This will make the tooth numb, so you won't feel the "washing" .

Change your dentist as well, as the one you saw clearly thought this was an okay way to proceed when it wasn't.

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