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clairethehair
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I posted before Christmas, saying about how I was desperately trying to avoid going to the dentist and praying my teeth wouldn't get any worse....exactly 4 years ago, I had an abscess and the pain pushed me into going to the dentist. A few years previous to that, I'd had a bad experience with a female dentist being quite nasty to me and drilling a tooth when I wasn't numb. That experience really frightened me, and so I suffered with the abscess for about a fortnight before giving up and making an appointment at the same practice. Luckily, despite being terrified, I saw a much nicer lady that time, and the extraction wasn't too bad at all. I also had a tooth refilled at the same time as the filling had dislodged, and she said that I may eventually need that tooth crowning. I was just so glad that I'd had a positive experience and decided to make regular dental appointments.
Unfortunately, the nice dentist left the practice, and I was afraid to see someone else in case I got someone horrible again. So I didn't go back and the years went by......no real problems until last September when I broke a bit of tooth off on the outside, the tooth which had been refilled at my last appointment. I was upset and planned to get it sorted but put it off, now today the filling has come out I've been in floods of tears, and feel so annoyed with myself as I should have got it sorted ages ago. Every time something happens with my teeth I get upset and hate my kids seeing me like this.....even though they're 12 and 16 so old enough to understand, I don't want to make them afraid of the dentist.
My partner calmed me down, and phoned our surgery to see if he could get me an appointment. Unfortunately as I haven't been for 4 years I'm not on the books any more - I can re-register but probably won't get seen until May. I'm not in pain, but have the broken tooth with missing filling plus another broken tooth on the other side. I looked online and found an NHS dentist taking on new patients a half hour train journey from us (we don't drive) I've made an appointment for Thursday afternoon.
This surgery has good reviews although not many people have commented on it, and I realise reviews can be misleading anyway. The receptionist was fairly nice, I mentioned I'm nervous and she didn't really say much about that. Apparently it'll be a half hour appointment as I'm a new patient. In some ways I'm glad to be finally sorting my teeth out as I've been worried for so long, and scared to eat certain things in case something happens, etc. but I'm absolutely terrified
Mainly I'm worried about needing loads of work done, and the prospect of a root canal on my broken tooth with the newly missing filling scares the hell out of me. I'm just worried about the dentist being horrible, being told I need loads doing, painful procedures etc. I can cope with dental work (only had fillings and one extraction though) if I'm numb and it's not too painful afterwards.
The thought of waiting all day on Thursday and then the train journey there is horrible, I'll be on my own (my 16 year old daughter offered to come with me but I've said no) which I don't mind, but I just wish it was over. I'd appreciate some support, thank for reading x
Unfortunately, the nice dentist left the practice, and I was afraid to see someone else in case I got someone horrible again. So I didn't go back and the years went by......no real problems until last September when I broke a bit of tooth off on the outside, the tooth which had been refilled at my last appointment. I was upset and planned to get it sorted but put it off, now today the filling has come out I've been in floods of tears, and feel so annoyed with myself as I should have got it sorted ages ago. Every time something happens with my teeth I get upset and hate my kids seeing me like this.....even though they're 12 and 16 so old enough to understand, I don't want to make them afraid of the dentist.
My partner calmed me down, and phoned our surgery to see if he could get me an appointment. Unfortunately as I haven't been for 4 years I'm not on the books any more - I can re-register but probably won't get seen until May. I'm not in pain, but have the broken tooth with missing filling plus another broken tooth on the other side. I looked online and found an NHS dentist taking on new patients a half hour train journey from us (we don't drive) I've made an appointment for Thursday afternoon.
This surgery has good reviews although not many people have commented on it, and I realise reviews can be misleading anyway. The receptionist was fairly nice, I mentioned I'm nervous and she didn't really say much about that. Apparently it'll be a half hour appointment as I'm a new patient. In some ways I'm glad to be finally sorting my teeth out as I've been worried for so long, and scared to eat certain things in case something happens, etc. but I'm absolutely terrified
Mainly I'm worried about needing loads of work done, and the prospect of a root canal on my broken tooth with the newly missing filling scares the hell out of me. I'm just worried about the dentist being horrible, being told I need loads doing, painful procedures etc. I can cope with dental work (only had fillings and one extraction though) if I'm numb and it's not too painful afterwards.
The thought of waiting all day on Thursday and then the train journey there is horrible, I'll be on my own (my 16 year old daughter offered to come with me but I've said no) which I don't mind, but I just wish it was over. I'd appreciate some support, thank for reading x