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Today, the top of one of my molars on the left side of the mouth came off. I had a filling done on that tooth a few months ago, and while it occasionally hurt afterwards, I figured it wasn't anything serious, and I certainly wasn't expecting for the whole tooth to fall out!
It doesn't hurt, but what's left of it is totally black, so I'm 90% sure it's gonna have to go. And the thing is, I can handle all the other dental procedures, but not an extraction. The previous two times I had a tooth pulled, it was some of the worst pain in my life, despite them numbing me. Just thinking about it is enough to send me into a state of panic.
I mean, maybe I'm panicking prematurely, since I haven't been told yet that the tooth will have to be removed, but I just don't see other options here. I mean, I'm not a dentist, but it seems like the most obvious course of action. I don't really care about itself being removed, I just can't handle the procedure. I keep reading that an extraction should be painless, but they've never been for me? The extractions I had were agony. Am I just too sensitive?
On a positive note, though, it doesn't really have anything to do with the thread, but I just wanted to mention that I've got over my fear of dental injections. Yep. Totally fine with needles now.
It doesn't hurt, but what's left of it is totally black, so I'm 90% sure it's gonna have to go. And the thing is, I can handle all the other dental procedures, but not an extraction. The previous two times I had a tooth pulled, it was some of the worst pain in my life, despite them numbing me. Just thinking about it is enough to send me into a state of panic.
I mean, maybe I'm panicking prematurely, since I haven't been told yet that the tooth will have to be removed, but I just don't see other options here. I mean, I'm not a dentist, but it seems like the most obvious course of action. I don't really care about itself being removed, I just can't handle the procedure. I keep reading that an extraction should be painless, but they've never been for me? The extractions I had were agony. Am I just too sensitive?
On a positive note, though, it doesn't really have anything to do with the thread, but I just wanted to mention that I've got over my fear of dental injections. Yep. Totally fine with needles now.