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notme
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Well I don't know exactly where to begin . I hope in here I will find some sort of support and find the courage to go through this once and for all. I hear a lot of of people all the time say how they hate to go to the dentist because they are afraid of needles or any kind of pain in there mouth. Well pain or needles are not my fear. I would take 100 needles . Let me begin at one of my most memorable dentist visit.
I was a preteen and my mom was taking me in to one of these huge orthodontist children centers . We walk in and my knees are already jello and about to fall .My mom brings me to the counter and one of the dental assistants asks my mom exactly what our plans were,a cleaning?,X-rays?first consultation? Well My mom gently holds my face and sort of squeezes mouth open and tells the assistant "Just look at these teeth,she needs braces desperately!" I felt like a freak on display as I notice several other workers get off their seats or look over the counter so they can have a look at my crooked teeth.My eyes just stared at the assistant and I see "the look" of OMG poor girl. I swear my eyes filled with tears but not one tear fell.Then we wait for my name to be called and the orthodontist says the most dreaded words "Open Wide" well I was trembling inside and I opened up and he was like "oh man,yes mam we can take a mold of her teeth ,she will need to wear them 2.5 yrs or 3 max. Then he calls in another partner and tells him "take a look at this one I have in my office"
Now I'm a mom who's teen daughter needs braces but not terribly she has like 2 teeth that are slightly turned but she asked me for braces and she is not afraid at all.She wants them bad so now I'm getting a loan just for that. Now I'm 35
and my two main molars on each side are 50% gone because I chose not to take my prenatal vitamins that made me puke all the time. With loss of calcium I lost almost my entire molar and I have half of it still left. To make a looooong story short
my husband asked me if I wanted to take advantage and get braces along with my daughter at the same time. I said yes. But till this day I am petrified about just having to see the orthodontist expression when I open wide.
I HAVE to do this for me, I want to do this so bad and now I have the chance to do it. I am just scared of this so bad .I took my daughter already to the orthodontist and he was super nice and I was impressed with him.But with me ,that's another story. My fear is not of pain it's just horrible embarressment.
Anyone have a similiar situation???
I was a preteen and my mom was taking me in to one of these huge orthodontist children centers . We walk in and my knees are already jello and about to fall .My mom brings me to the counter and one of the dental assistants asks my mom exactly what our plans were,a cleaning?,X-rays?first consultation? Well My mom gently holds my face and sort of squeezes mouth open and tells the assistant "Just look at these teeth,she needs braces desperately!" I felt like a freak on display as I notice several other workers get off their seats or look over the counter so they can have a look at my crooked teeth.My eyes just stared at the assistant and I see "the look" of OMG poor girl. I swear my eyes filled with tears but not one tear fell.Then we wait for my name to be called and the orthodontist says the most dreaded words "Open Wide" well I was trembling inside and I opened up and he was like "oh man,yes mam we can take a mold of her teeth ,she will need to wear them 2.5 yrs or 3 max. Then he calls in another partner and tells him "take a look at this one I have in my office"
Now I'm a mom who's teen daughter needs braces but not terribly she has like 2 teeth that are slightly turned but she asked me for braces and she is not afraid at all.She wants them bad so now I'm getting a loan just for that. Now I'm 35
and my two main molars on each side are 50% gone because I chose not to take my prenatal vitamins that made me puke all the time. With loss of calcium I lost almost my entire molar and I have half of it still left. To make a looooong story short
my husband asked me if I wanted to take advantage and get braces along with my daughter at the same time. I said yes. But till this day I am petrified about just having to see the orthodontist expression when I open wide.
I HAVE to do this for me, I want to do this so bad and now I have the chance to do it. I am just scared of this so bad .I took my daughter already to the orthodontist and he was super nice and I was impressed with him.But with me ,that's another story. My fear is not of pain it's just horrible embarressment.
Anyone have a similiar situation???