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Beckybo
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Hi everybody. A frantic google search brought me to this forum, so I’ve signed up and I’m posting just get everything off my chest and hopefully get some advice.
I’m 33 years old and my teeth are bad, and I’m petrified of the dentist. I know I need to go but I can’t. I’m going to end up loosing my teeth. I feel like I will actually have to loose teeth before I would step into the dentist! How twisted and stupid is that! I used to go to the dentist when I was younger for the odd filling etc, never really enjoyed it but still went...one time I went when I was 16, had a filling....felt woozy after standing....left the room and fainted at the top of the stairs and fell down. My dad caught me at the bottom, I had to sit down and the receptionist gave me some kind of glucose drink until I felt better then I left.
Me and the dentist were no more.
Hated the dentist, and anything to do with it, got lazy about dental hygiene and over the years my teeth got worse. I ignored it as it was mostly my back teeth, my front teeth have always been ok(ish) so you would never know really. Anyway, a few years ago I plucked up the courage to go as I chipped the bottom of my front tooth slightly, I freaked out, cried when I got in the room...I needed a couple of teeth out and fillings, first treatment went ok, still terrified but plodded on. The second treatment was awful, as soon as I had the numbing injection I felt that woozy feeling again! The dentist (man) sat me up until it passed, and proceeded to continue with my treatment, basically telling me to just man up and get it over with. I’m crying now writing this. I never went back, still needing treatment. Now a few years on, on one side of my mouth where he took teeth out, the remaining teeth have spread? Looking gappy! I still need a tooth out at the bottom and a couple new fillings! My bottom front teeth have some stuck plaque on the back of them, I can’t get it off and I’m scared it’s holding the tooth in my gum as they are quite wobbly. I really don’t know what to do (I do, I know I need to go to the dentist) I’m so SO EMBARRASSED I’m still quite young and have let my teeth get to such a state, I feel like they will think I’m dirty and lazy. I know if I could get there, after that first appointment I would be ok, but I just can’t do it. I took my children for there check up the other day and just wanted to cry at what a bad role model I am (they don’t know how I feel, but they will when all my teeth fall out) I have dreams about my teeth crumbling in my mouth, this fear takes over my life. I’ve wrote so much and it probably doesn’t even all make sense so sorry if it’s a bad read, I just needed to put down how I feel ?
I’m 33 years old and my teeth are bad, and I’m petrified of the dentist. I know I need to go but I can’t. I’m going to end up loosing my teeth. I feel like I will actually have to loose teeth before I would step into the dentist! How twisted and stupid is that! I used to go to the dentist when I was younger for the odd filling etc, never really enjoyed it but still went...one time I went when I was 16, had a filling....felt woozy after standing....left the room and fainted at the top of the stairs and fell down. My dad caught me at the bottom, I had to sit down and the receptionist gave me some kind of glucose drink until I felt better then I left.
Me and the dentist were no more.
Hated the dentist, and anything to do with it, got lazy about dental hygiene and over the years my teeth got worse. I ignored it as it was mostly my back teeth, my front teeth have always been ok(ish) so you would never know really. Anyway, a few years ago I plucked up the courage to go as I chipped the bottom of my front tooth slightly, I freaked out, cried when I got in the room...I needed a couple of teeth out and fillings, first treatment went ok, still terrified but plodded on. The second treatment was awful, as soon as I had the numbing injection I felt that woozy feeling again! The dentist (man) sat me up until it passed, and proceeded to continue with my treatment, basically telling me to just man up and get it over with. I’m crying now writing this. I never went back, still needing treatment. Now a few years on, on one side of my mouth where he took teeth out, the remaining teeth have spread? Looking gappy! I still need a tooth out at the bottom and a couple new fillings! My bottom front teeth have some stuck plaque on the back of them, I can’t get it off and I’m scared it’s holding the tooth in my gum as they are quite wobbly. I really don’t know what to do (I do, I know I need to go to the dentist) I’m so SO EMBARRASSED I’m still quite young and have let my teeth get to such a state, I feel like they will think I’m dirty and lazy. I know if I could get there, after that first appointment I would be ok, but I just can’t do it. I took my children for there check up the other day and just wanted to cry at what a bad role model I am (they don’t know how I feel, but they will when all my teeth fall out) I have dreams about my teeth crumbling in my mouth, this fear takes over my life. I’ve wrote so much and it probably doesn’t even all make sense so sorry if it’s a bad read, I just needed to put down how I feel ?