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Seaside
Junior member
- Joined
- Nov 6, 2019
- Messages
- 16
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- Bexhill
Here goes with my 1st post on here.
I haven't had any dental treatment since i was a teenager, thats about 28 years ago.
I have such on overwhelming phobia / fear of going to a dentist.
I now have an abscess on my top gum above a front tooth. It came up about 6 weeks ago. Initially this was painful and i went to my doctors surgery and was prescribed a weeks course of amoxicillin.
This took away the pain and refuced the abscess.
Its been about 5 weeks on now and i am using oregano oil on my gum and doing salt water rinses.
I know that ultimately i need to get this treated by a dentist but im just so scared and embarrassed about the state of my teeth.
I have suffered with anxiety over the past 10 years and i think that worrying about my teeth and how they affect my health is a major factor in this.
I hate how this is affecting me but don't know how to get passed the phobia.
I haven't had any dental treatment since i was a teenager, thats about 28 years ago.
I have such on overwhelming phobia / fear of going to a dentist.
I now have an abscess on my top gum above a front tooth. It came up about 6 weeks ago. Initially this was painful and i went to my doctors surgery and was prescribed a weeks course of amoxicillin.
This took away the pain and refuced the abscess.
Its been about 5 weeks on now and i am using oregano oil on my gum and doing salt water rinses.
I know that ultimately i need to get this treated by a dentist but im just so scared and embarrassed about the state of my teeth.
I have suffered with anxiety over the past 10 years and i think that worrying about my teeth and how they affect my health is a major factor in this.
I hate how this is affecting me but don't know how to get passed the phobia.