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Christinak
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I have always had terrified of the dentist....over the years it's gotten worse. I know many people here feel the same.
Up until Thursdsy, I had 2 broken molars...Thursday another one broke this one is a little sensitive to brush.
I know I need to make an appointment. I know all the issues. I've had 6 others pulled over the years all for the same thing.
Generally, I will make several appointments and cancel and make another appointment , etc.
Several years ago, I thought I had found a good dentist, seemed to understand my very real fears, but tried to pass it off with humor. Everything about the dentist terrifies me.
I had gone to this amazing thought of dentist to get a tooth worked on (after canceling one time) by this time the tooth felt full of pressure and had broken.
He looked in my door... never said hi to me...and said *root canal*.
Then as he was outside of my door, he said to one of the hygienists *she only comes if shes in pain*
That wasnt the truth. I wasnt in pain at all. I came for my appointment to fill that tooth. He totally did not understand my fears and I felt humiliated and disrespected and not understood.
Granted in 52.... I should be a *big girl* I'm not. I'm terrified as if I were 2.
So when my last tooth broke , I went to an oral surgeon and bypassed the dentist. He was amazing but I was still terrified. The tooth was out quickly and as pain free as possible.
Then I went back again.... this time was different...when he injected me.... i laid there waiting for it to numb...and my heart started racing, i started getting jittery and wanted to jump out of the chair as if i was getting ready to have a panic attack. He later told me when i told him how i felt...oh that's cause the numbing med had epiniphrene in it.
I dont want or like that feeling. I'd rather have a second shot of stuff then something with that in it.
Now... i have two bottom teeth next to each other ...the molar and one before it that are broken on the inside of the mouth to the gum line (like all my teeth seem to do) the other side looks like the tooth is whole but it's not.
All this to say, I'm terrified.
I dont know why I'm so terrified. I dont like people in my proximity..not in my face...my dad used to threaten me and tell me dentists and drs would keep me and a host of other things. I'm not really looking for a cause...but are there really dentists who do more than say they cater to cowards? I'm embarrassed to say to a dentist exactly how afraid I am. It's not just a fear. It's a true phobia.
Up until Thursdsy, I had 2 broken molars...Thursday another one broke this one is a little sensitive to brush.
I know I need to make an appointment. I know all the issues. I've had 6 others pulled over the years all for the same thing.
Generally, I will make several appointments and cancel and make another appointment , etc.
Several years ago, I thought I had found a good dentist, seemed to understand my very real fears, but tried to pass it off with humor. Everything about the dentist terrifies me.
I had gone to this amazing thought of dentist to get a tooth worked on (after canceling one time) by this time the tooth felt full of pressure and had broken.
He looked in my door... never said hi to me...and said *root canal*.
Then as he was outside of my door, he said to one of the hygienists *she only comes if shes in pain*
That wasnt the truth. I wasnt in pain at all. I came for my appointment to fill that tooth. He totally did not understand my fears and I felt humiliated and disrespected and not understood.
Granted in 52.... I should be a *big girl* I'm not. I'm terrified as if I were 2.
So when my last tooth broke , I went to an oral surgeon and bypassed the dentist. He was amazing but I was still terrified. The tooth was out quickly and as pain free as possible.
Then I went back again.... this time was different...when he injected me.... i laid there waiting for it to numb...and my heart started racing, i started getting jittery and wanted to jump out of the chair as if i was getting ready to have a panic attack. He later told me when i told him how i felt...oh that's cause the numbing med had epiniphrene in it.
I dont want or like that feeling. I'd rather have a second shot of stuff then something with that in it.
Now... i have two bottom teeth next to each other ...the molar and one before it that are broken on the inside of the mouth to the gum line (like all my teeth seem to do) the other side looks like the tooth is whole but it's not.
All this to say, I'm terrified.
I dont know why I'm so terrified. I dont like people in my proximity..not in my face...my dad used to threaten me and tell me dentists and drs would keep me and a host of other things. I'm not really looking for a cause...but are there really dentists who do more than say they cater to cowards? I'm embarrassed to say to a dentist exactly how afraid I am. It's not just a fear. It's a true phobia.