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la_vie_en_rose
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- Nov 2, 2020
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I got sick of waiting for my appointment on November 25th and went to the emergency dentist. He surprised me by actually being nice, gentle and patient which I am not used to from a dentist. I had an x-ray of my whole mouth and smaller ones of several teeth and unfortunately, I have two quite big cavities that should be filled sooner rather than later. Now I should be glad that no root canals and extractions are needed but I just thought "there go my chances of being knocked out for my dental work".
It is so hard to find places that do GA, IV sedation and laughing gas here. I live in a somewhat rural region and do not drive. We do have decent bussing and a train network, but I don't like the idea of using either because of covid and having to wear a mask the entire time when going to the dentist makes it hard for me to breathe. But making someone drive me doesn't feel right either (I feel like with most it will just be "Well, just go to the dentist here and don't be childish"). And what if I end up not liking the dentist? I'd feel like having to just push through and settle to avoid needing to take public transport or ask someone to drive me more often to check out OTHER places. But settling ALWAYS made my phobia worse. But I don't want it to take so long that my teeth end up needing root canals or have to be pulled out.
It was so disheartening to FINALLY meet a friendly dentist who has an office without a TV in the waiting room or above the chair (I know many people like the TVs, but they annoy me) who seemed willing to see me...but offers NOTHING but the nasty shot in your gums and the useless numbing cream. I thought about bribing myself with something to just get it done but there is nothing I would really want and realistically be able to get. And because they are on different sides of my mouth, they'd probably make me come back twice which I don't know if I could make myself do it TWO times. But pretty much your whole mouth being numb and spending all the extra time in the chair to do two at once feels like too much as well.
The place where I have an appointment is a fancy type of practice with a ton of dentists, and I already know that they do have the annoying TVs. I'm calling tomorrow to see if they have options other than just sitting there fully aware. If they don't, I will probably just cancel as I have my diagnosis and x-ray and they couldn't offer me anything I couldn't get from the emergency dentist.
This just sucks. I hate myself for having this phobia and being a useless non-driver, I hate my country for being so backwards when the US and UK have sedation dentistry available at every corner, I hate that I live more rurally.
I just feel stuck and like letting all of my teeth rot out of my mouth instead of dealing with this.
It is so hard to find places that do GA, IV sedation and laughing gas here. I live in a somewhat rural region and do not drive. We do have decent bussing and a train network, but I don't like the idea of using either because of covid and having to wear a mask the entire time when going to the dentist makes it hard for me to breathe. But making someone drive me doesn't feel right either (I feel like with most it will just be "Well, just go to the dentist here and don't be childish"). And what if I end up not liking the dentist? I'd feel like having to just push through and settle to avoid needing to take public transport or ask someone to drive me more often to check out OTHER places. But settling ALWAYS made my phobia worse. But I don't want it to take so long that my teeth end up needing root canals or have to be pulled out.
It was so disheartening to FINALLY meet a friendly dentist who has an office without a TV in the waiting room or above the chair (I know many people like the TVs, but they annoy me) who seemed willing to see me...but offers NOTHING but the nasty shot in your gums and the useless numbing cream. I thought about bribing myself with something to just get it done but there is nothing I would really want and realistically be able to get. And because they are on different sides of my mouth, they'd probably make me come back twice which I don't know if I could make myself do it TWO times. But pretty much your whole mouth being numb and spending all the extra time in the chair to do two at once feels like too much as well.
The place where I have an appointment is a fancy type of practice with a ton of dentists, and I already know that they do have the annoying TVs. I'm calling tomorrow to see if they have options other than just sitting there fully aware. If they don't, I will probably just cancel as I have my diagnosis and x-ray and they couldn't offer me anything I couldn't get from the emergency dentist.
This just sucks. I hate myself for having this phobia and being a useless non-driver, I hate my country for being so backwards when the US and UK have sedation dentistry available at every corner, I hate that I live more rurally.
I just feel stuck and like letting all of my teeth rot out of my mouth instead of dealing with this.