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Karli
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- Mar 12, 2018
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First of all let me start by saying I have horrendously weak and horrible teeth. I have been having dental work since I was three and I never ever been to the dentist in my nearly 30 years of life and got a ‘all good, come back in 6 months’
I have had every dental procedure you can possibly think off braces, which had to come off as teeth were too weak, teeth out, wisdom teeth out, root canals, removable braces, painting, drilling, the whole shebang. When I was 16 although my teeth were utterly shit I said no more. I never liked the dentist but wasn’t afraid. I didn’t go to the dentist until I was 20 and I developed my first abscess when I was pregnant in upper tooth which was horrendous and I would rather give birth. I had that root canal filled and a fake tooth on it.
I then had very little done until two years later when I was pregnant with my son. Another tooth broke when I was brushing them and I ended up having that out too. Along with a real deep clean.
My teeth have gone down hill since then and that was 7 years ago. 2 years ago I was pregnant with my third baby and so many of my teeth just broke. One has broke and rotted to the gun line but has never caused me any issues. Top one on the other side to my crown has now got a lot of decay and the one same said at the very back. All my teeth at the back are receding and my gums are shot.
I do brush every day and use a mouth wash.
The tooth I’m worried about is bottom one which again broke when I was pregnant and I went to have it out.
When I went I had a swollen face and the dentist just wanted to putt it with no antibiotics before hand. When I went back three days later he gave me about 12 injections and I could still feel it.
So I told him to leave it.
Ever since then I have extreme anxiety about the dentist. I need this tooth out. It has had an abscess in it for over a year. It’s painless but I know it’s accessed as I have a pimple on my gum (which by the way has no pus in? If it pops there is only ever blood?) but I cannot do it. I went a few weeks ago after building up the courage for 6 months, the dentist took one look in my mouth told me I need to come back for an extensive assessment as there was ‘so much decay’. And I need x,y, z teeth out.
I have cancelled two appts since then. I just can’t bring myself to go. I’m paranoid this is giving me heart problems, or it will give me sepsis. But I still can’t bring myself to go. It keeps me awake at night, I woke up at 3.40 this morning having a panic attack. I suffer terribly with anxiety and panic I just can’t deal with it.
Has anyone got any advice. I’m not sure what to do. I hate my dentist but can’t get to another, I’m not sure how to face this. Being sedated scares me more than being awake, I hate to not feel in control.
I sound like such a baby. But this is eating me up inside
I have had every dental procedure you can possibly think off braces, which had to come off as teeth were too weak, teeth out, wisdom teeth out, root canals, removable braces, painting, drilling, the whole shebang. When I was 16 although my teeth were utterly shit I said no more. I never liked the dentist but wasn’t afraid. I didn’t go to the dentist until I was 20 and I developed my first abscess when I was pregnant in upper tooth which was horrendous and I would rather give birth. I had that root canal filled and a fake tooth on it.
I then had very little done until two years later when I was pregnant with my son. Another tooth broke when I was brushing them and I ended up having that out too. Along with a real deep clean.
My teeth have gone down hill since then and that was 7 years ago. 2 years ago I was pregnant with my third baby and so many of my teeth just broke. One has broke and rotted to the gun line but has never caused me any issues. Top one on the other side to my crown has now got a lot of decay and the one same said at the very back. All my teeth at the back are receding and my gums are shot.
I do brush every day and use a mouth wash.
The tooth I’m worried about is bottom one which again broke when I was pregnant and I went to have it out.
When I went I had a swollen face and the dentist just wanted to putt it with no antibiotics before hand. When I went back three days later he gave me about 12 injections and I could still feel it.
So I told him to leave it.
Ever since then I have extreme anxiety about the dentist. I need this tooth out. It has had an abscess in it for over a year. It’s painless but I know it’s accessed as I have a pimple on my gum (which by the way has no pus in? If it pops there is only ever blood?) but I cannot do it. I went a few weeks ago after building up the courage for 6 months, the dentist took one look in my mouth told me I need to come back for an extensive assessment as there was ‘so much decay’. And I need x,y, z teeth out.
I have cancelled two appts since then. I just can’t bring myself to go. I’m paranoid this is giving me heart problems, or it will give me sepsis. But I still can’t bring myself to go. It keeps me awake at night, I woke up at 3.40 this morning having a panic attack. I suffer terribly with anxiety and panic I just can’t deal with it.
Has anyone got any advice. I’m not sure what to do. I hate my dentist but can’t get to another, I’m not sure how to face this. Being sedated scares me more than being awake, I hate to not feel in control.
I sound like such a baby. But this is eating me up inside