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Mapleleaftea
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I'm generally a very anxious person when it comes to my teeth. I have frequent nightmares about cavities or having my teeth removed or chipped. I brush them religiously, very rarely if ever eat jelly sweets. I don't drink tea or coffee.
I also have a condition called pots and several others related too that. This causes me to have low blood volume and pressure. It also causes many faints a day and a menagerie of other related symptoms. This is relevant because i need way more salt and water than normal and its pretty much the only thing that helps. Being as food sets it off i usually opt for warm oxo cube "tea" or crisps or if I'm out and about a lucazade sport.
I went to see my dentist today and he said my teeth look brilliant very clean no decay but that he would xray because i had some sensitivity.
I need 3 fillings...and apparently they have to be silver ones. He offered to do them right then and there so I signed the forms got ready and sat down.
I had a massive panic attack, fainted 3 times and needed oxygen for maybe 15 minutes. In short he decided I will need to be sedated to do the fillings.
I'm 19 and I already have 2 fillings from back in GCSEs when I got so stressed i ground my teeth and developed dry mouth. Im nervous about 3 more especially this young. Are my teeth going to keep developing cavities no matter what I do?
I'm really worried about sedation, he said gas and air or partial sedation but that was also before I fainted. Will that knock me out?
Is that sort of sedation dangerous?
I have two white fillings but he said because I'm over 18 and they have a higher chance of failing I'll need silver ones but if I don't develop more cavities he will change them for white in 3 years. Is that normal?
I have metal allergies will the filling set them off?
Any advice or support would be gladly accepted I'm just really worried and nervous if I'm honest its like I'm living my own personal nightmare.
I also have a condition called pots and several others related too that. This causes me to have low blood volume and pressure. It also causes many faints a day and a menagerie of other related symptoms. This is relevant because i need way more salt and water than normal and its pretty much the only thing that helps. Being as food sets it off i usually opt for warm oxo cube "tea" or crisps or if I'm out and about a lucazade sport.
I went to see my dentist today and he said my teeth look brilliant very clean no decay but that he would xray because i had some sensitivity.
I need 3 fillings...and apparently they have to be silver ones. He offered to do them right then and there so I signed the forms got ready and sat down.
I had a massive panic attack, fainted 3 times and needed oxygen for maybe 15 minutes. In short he decided I will need to be sedated to do the fillings.
I'm 19 and I already have 2 fillings from back in GCSEs when I got so stressed i ground my teeth and developed dry mouth. Im nervous about 3 more especially this young. Are my teeth going to keep developing cavities no matter what I do?
I'm really worried about sedation, he said gas and air or partial sedation but that was also before I fainted. Will that knock me out?
Is that sort of sedation dangerous?
I have two white fillings but he said because I'm over 18 and they have a higher chance of failing I'll need silver ones but if I don't develop more cavities he will change them for white in 3 years. Is that normal?
I have metal allergies will the filling set them off?
Any advice or support would be gladly accepted I'm just really worried and nervous if I'm honest its like I'm living my own personal nightmare.