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silvercat
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Hi I'm new here and really really need some adivce. I have a right 2nd back molar with a large silver filling taking up the back thrid of the tooth the tooth has also been filled on both sides. 4 years ago the inside back corner broke off when I bit something hard my dentist just smoothed the sharp edge and said it was ok. All X rays that have been taken have always shown the tooth to be ok and Ive never suffered any major pain from it just some sensitivity. Then last week I bit a bone and a tiny piece on the front right edge broke off. Again I went to the dentist and she smoothed the sharp edge down but this time she just sprang it on me that I needed a crown.
I suffer from extreme anxiety and this has set me off on a total panic for the last four days (so bad I can't sleep properly and am anxious constantly). I am absolutely terrified and I mean terrified of having to go through this procedure. I hate being numbed up don't know why as Im not scared of needles (at the doc I watch them put the needle into my arm and draw the blood) it's the numb feeling freaks me out. For the last 20 years all fillings etc I have had done have been done without being numbed up I prefer to have the pain than being numbed up but I fear this procedure may require me to be numbed. I am also terrified of having medications put into me for fear of a reaction or side effects. Dr goggle has made this a horror story for me as I have read on google reports of people getting occular complications from local anaesthetics and even loosing their sight so this has got me even more uptight. I am also on fluoxetine proprananol and valium for my anxiety and depression so this is also concerning me (worried about drug interactions).
The tooth is intact apart from the two bits that have broken off and has no visable cracks in it what Im wondering is do I really need a crown or not. Im feared that when the dentist drills it it causes irepearable damage to the tooth or may cause me to need a root canal at some point. Im basicallly virtuallly suicidal with the stress the whole situation is causing me I've had a very bad year with many up and down spells of increased anxiety and depression and this has sent me over the edge again.
Any advice about my fears of the anaesthetic and the procedures invloved will be greatly appreciated as I have literally never been so scared of anything in my life before. I cannot over empahsize how terrified I am of the whole thing the anaesthetic the procedure etc
Thanks Owain
I suffer from extreme anxiety and this has set me off on a total panic for the last four days (so bad I can't sleep properly and am anxious constantly). I am absolutely terrified and I mean terrified of having to go through this procedure. I hate being numbed up don't know why as Im not scared of needles (at the doc I watch them put the needle into my arm and draw the blood) it's the numb feeling freaks me out. For the last 20 years all fillings etc I have had done have been done without being numbed up I prefer to have the pain than being numbed up but I fear this procedure may require me to be numbed. I am also terrified of having medications put into me for fear of a reaction or side effects. Dr goggle has made this a horror story for me as I have read on google reports of people getting occular complications from local anaesthetics and even loosing their sight so this has got me even more uptight. I am also on fluoxetine proprananol and valium for my anxiety and depression so this is also concerning me (worried about drug interactions).
The tooth is intact apart from the two bits that have broken off and has no visable cracks in it what Im wondering is do I really need a crown or not. Im feared that when the dentist drills it it causes irepearable damage to the tooth or may cause me to need a root canal at some point. Im basicallly virtuallly suicidal with the stress the whole situation is causing me I've had a very bad year with many up and down spells of increased anxiety and depression and this has sent me over the edge again.
Any advice about my fears of the anaesthetic and the procedures invloved will be greatly appreciated as I have literally never been so scared of anything in my life before. I cannot over empahsize how terrified I am of the whole thing the anaesthetic the procedure etc
Thanks Owain