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star2sparkle
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- Oct 7, 2011
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Hello everyone.
I have been here before a few times.
My teeth aren't very good; I have had a few out over the years and have absolutely no confidence to smile at all.
I'm getting married in August and I'm trying to get my teeth reasonable so I can smile a bit for the camera. I normally cover my face. After this treatment though, without a couple of dentures that I will then be needing, I am going to looking pretty gappy and strange! And I'm not even sure the dentures will be done in time...
So on Wednesday I am going in for IV sedation and I am bricking it.
I have phobias that are not connected to dentists and one is the fear of losing control so I am terrified of the IV sedation. I can't see another way of getting this treatment done without it, but is it suitable for someone like me? Is it just a prick in your hand? I am so afraid of it.
I have to have 5 small (mostly) fillings, two extractions and a scale and polish. Isn't that a lot just for one visit? I am also afraid of the numb feeling and although most of the work is the upper teeth, unfortunately there is a filling to be done on the lower right and an extraction on the lower left, so that must mean immense numbing, surely?!
I reckon all this treatment will take at least an hour and I have read very intently on here all about numbing and IV sedation but I am absolutely terrified. I am frightened of choking, losing control, panicking (as suffer from anxiety normally) and fainting too.
I have tried talking to the dentist and although he is very nice (smiles a lot...alright for some!) he doesn't understand my fears, I don't think and half the time he mumbles so I can't understand what he is saying, and he doesn't explain a lot.
Help! Should I be doing it this way?...though I think there is no other way.
I have been here before a few times.
My teeth aren't very good; I have had a few out over the years and have absolutely no confidence to smile at all.
I'm getting married in August and I'm trying to get my teeth reasonable so I can smile a bit for the camera. I normally cover my face. After this treatment though, without a couple of dentures that I will then be needing, I am going to looking pretty gappy and strange! And I'm not even sure the dentures will be done in time...
So on Wednesday I am going in for IV sedation and I am bricking it.
I have phobias that are not connected to dentists and one is the fear of losing control so I am terrified of the IV sedation. I can't see another way of getting this treatment done without it, but is it suitable for someone like me? Is it just a prick in your hand? I am so afraid of it.
I have to have 5 small (mostly) fillings, two extractions and a scale and polish. Isn't that a lot just for one visit? I am also afraid of the numb feeling and although most of the work is the upper teeth, unfortunately there is a filling to be done on the lower right and an extraction on the lower left, so that must mean immense numbing, surely?!
I reckon all this treatment will take at least an hour and I have read very intently on here all about numbing and IV sedation but I am absolutely terrified. I am frightened of choking, losing control, panicking (as suffer from anxiety normally) and fainting too.
I have tried talking to the dentist and although he is very nice (smiles a lot...alright for some!) he doesn't understand my fears, I don't think and half the time he mumbles so I can't understand what he is saying, and he doesn't explain a lot.
Help! Should I be doing it this way?...though I think there is no other way.