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RayH
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I am very happy to have found this site. I had several bad experiences with dentists when I was a child and early teen, and I have been so afraid that I have not seen a dentist in roughly ten years. In fact my last visit was pretty much an emergency visit to have a specific tooth pulled that caused a lot of pain. It made the dentist nervous who then sent me to an oral surgeon. The tooth broke into several pieces during removal, and it was so difficult to remove the tooth that he had to cut my gum open and then sow it back together when he was done. While a bit on the insensitive side, he did numb me for the work, but it helped very little, and I was in pain throughout the procedure.
It's now been almost 10 years later. Since then I met my wife and become married, and while very frustrated with me she's been very strong in pushing me to brush regularly. I know brush at least every morning and about half of the nights before I go to bed (I fall asleep on the couch watching TV a lot and then stumble into bed early in the morning). Thanks to her, I feel that my very front teeth (those visible when I smile) are in relatively good shape and will only need a little work.
Here are my questions: I have 5 cracked/broken teeth, all of which are now basically down to the gum line, and I'm most terrified about the work done on them than anything else. It seems that no matter what is used to numb the areas, I still feel a lot of pressure and ultimately pain. I found a dentist that is nearby that I want to schedule with, but will they be able to remove the remainder of these teeth for me? Will they have to send me to an oral surgeon automatically? I could care less what they need to do, as long as they care for my fears while they do it. I'd personally like to be sedated but would tough it out in order to avoid the oral surgeon. Is this something that can be done (even if they have to cut my gums) by a regular dentist these days?
My other questions are, will I need to automatically sit through a cleaning in order to get my one tooth worked on in my first visit? In addition, how easy is it to break down my work into stages, as far as removing the broken teeth first, and then performing implants (or whatever is best) afterwards? Can it be done over months or does it need to be done rather rapidly?
All of my broken teeth (down to the gumline) are all near the back and I'm not afraid of going without teeth back there for a short time, I just want to take this step by step and work through my fears and maybe some payments depending on how expensive all of this will be.
Thanks in advance for your help. I'm TERRIFIED of all of this, and your answers would help incredibly towards getting the courage to call and make an appointment.
It's now been almost 10 years later. Since then I met my wife and become married, and while very frustrated with me she's been very strong in pushing me to brush regularly. I know brush at least every morning and about half of the nights before I go to bed (I fall asleep on the couch watching TV a lot and then stumble into bed early in the morning). Thanks to her, I feel that my very front teeth (those visible when I smile) are in relatively good shape and will only need a little work.
Here are my questions: I have 5 cracked/broken teeth, all of which are now basically down to the gum line, and I'm most terrified about the work done on them than anything else. It seems that no matter what is used to numb the areas, I still feel a lot of pressure and ultimately pain. I found a dentist that is nearby that I want to schedule with, but will they be able to remove the remainder of these teeth for me? Will they have to send me to an oral surgeon automatically? I could care less what they need to do, as long as they care for my fears while they do it. I'd personally like to be sedated but would tough it out in order to avoid the oral surgeon. Is this something that can be done (even if they have to cut my gums) by a regular dentist these days?
My other questions are, will I need to automatically sit through a cleaning in order to get my one tooth worked on in my first visit? In addition, how easy is it to break down my work into stages, as far as removing the broken teeth first, and then performing implants (or whatever is best) afterwards? Can it be done over months or does it need to be done rather rapidly?
All of my broken teeth (down to the gumline) are all near the back and I'm not afraid of going without teeth back there for a short time, I just want to take this step by step and work through my fears and maybe some payments depending on how expensive all of this will be.
Thanks in advance for your help. I'm TERRIFIED of all of this, and your answers would help incredibly towards getting the courage to call and make an appointment.