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Stupiddentalfear
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- Joined
- Jul 6, 2015
- Messages
- 143
- Location
- North Wales, UK
Hi All,
I've posted on here quite a few times and was starting to feel better but negativity is coming back tenfold.
My last dental appointment went ok. New dentist who seems very nice (and is happy for me to keep my tooth that can't be crowned) said teeth looked fine at the moment. Came away from appointment in December happier.
The trouble has started again with terrible anxiety over this tooth. I'm worrying around the clock that it is going to fracture. (I'm avoiding chewing on that side so hope this won't be possible.) Following this the regret (why didn't I get my stupid ass to the dentist years ago) and then self-hate & loathing creeps in. I don't feel like the same person anymore mentally or physically. (I feel so ugly having a messed up tooth in my mouth.)
My biggest fear ever is having a tooth extracted. It was so big it kept me away from the dentist. But if I knew how much depression this would have caused I would have run there.
I keep reading internet links about latest dentistry news in the hope of a 'biotooth'. I follow this site for advice around the clock some days. I've read other peoples stories and researched implants. I've also tried antidepressants.
Will I ever feel like me again? Will I ever accept this/like myself again? Will the suicidal thoughts go away?
to hink that if the worst comes to the worst I can get an implant and everything will be alright but at the same time seriously feel suicidal about the said tooth having to go - hence the worry!
The onset of all this coincided with becoming a mother. I was elated for the first two months as a new Mum and then my visit to the dentist was forced upon me.
Will I ever get back to being me/overcome these suicidal thoughts.
I've posted on here quite a few times and was starting to feel better but negativity is coming back tenfold.
My last dental appointment went ok. New dentist who seems very nice (and is happy for me to keep my tooth that can't be crowned) said teeth looked fine at the moment. Came away from appointment in December happier.
The trouble has started again with terrible anxiety over this tooth. I'm worrying around the clock that it is going to fracture. (I'm avoiding chewing on that side so hope this won't be possible.) Following this the regret (why didn't I get my stupid ass to the dentist years ago) and then self-hate & loathing creeps in. I don't feel like the same person anymore mentally or physically. (I feel so ugly having a messed up tooth in my mouth.)
My biggest fear ever is having a tooth extracted. It was so big it kept me away from the dentist. But if I knew how much depression this would have caused I would have run there.
I keep reading internet links about latest dentistry news in the hope of a 'biotooth'. I follow this site for advice around the clock some days. I've read other peoples stories and researched implants. I've also tried antidepressants.
Will I ever feel like me again? Will I ever accept this/like myself again? Will the suicidal thoughts go away?
to hink that if the worst comes to the worst I can get an implant and everything will be alright but at the same time seriously feel suicidal about the said tooth having to go - hence the worry!
The onset of all this coincided with becoming a mother. I was elated for the first two months as a new Mum and then my visit to the dentist was forced upon me.
Will I ever get back to being me/overcome these suicidal thoughts.