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TheJoshy
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Hi guys,
My name is Josh, 15 from Australia.
I have a serious fear of dentists - and growing up I really had no care and ignored my parents in terms of dental hygiene. I recently visited a dental therapist who referred me to an actual dentist for the extraction of a molar with part of it's external structure missing from decay. Yeah, I've done a fair bit of research. It was a massive struggle right from the start. I have a fear of the needles. I thought, I have to tough it out - if I leave it any longer the tooth will be missing and it will be a completely difficult extraction - so I thought I would get it over and done with.
The dentist herself seemed very uncomfortable and looked fresh out of uni. She was a smaller girl, very young. After getting to the third and final needle, halfway through I started gagging. At this point, I was breathing very heavily and felt extremely nauseated and light-headed, aswell as being hot and flustered. We stopped for a good fifteen minutes while they put a wet towel on my head and opened some windows for ventilation. She said; "Do you want to continue?" to which I replied yes, because I was not getting another 3 whole needles the next day after that extremely terrifying beginning (yes, I'm terrified). She continued the small remainder of that vial, before letting us wait a few minutes. After checking that I was numbed, she began to loosen the molar. She loosened it enough, as loose as the only other extraction I had, and began to tug it out. She complained that despite it being extremely loose (she could rock it completely), that the roots were stuck and just weren't coming out. She stood there clenching her fist whilst giving herself a break, she seemed very shaky. We went through multiple types of forceps, before (I think) my tooth collapsed/broke. She continuously was removing fragments and she seemed worried, but wasn't too vocal. Eventually, I felt her remove the entire tooth (so I thought) and roots. This was on Thursday, today is Monday the following week so it's only day 5. I've read that the pain would subside by day 5 but I'm still in a decent amount of pain. The site of the extraction has gotten a lot smaller, and the gums have expanded into the hole a lot more so the hole isn't massive like it first started out to be.
Anyway, I was already worried after this scab-like thing, yellowy-white in colour was on the inside of my gum at the extraction site, to the side of the socket, leading into it. It's quite sensitive and tender, and even scraping it with my tongue can be quite painful and stings. I was feeling around that area to feel if it's healing properly, and felt something stiff. It wasn't the next tooth or anything, but the gum. Confused, I decided to use my finger to feel very lightly and gently around the top of the hole. I felt something very sharp and hard, sticking straight up vertically. I tried to tug it but it's small and stuck in there like a normal tooth would be. I've pushed, tugged and done everything but it's still there. It's not a floating fragment, but it's legitimately stiff as hell and stuck into the socket. I'm already worried about the needles, competence of the dentist aswell as general pain and tools, let alone an incomplete extraction. Is it normal to have this in my mouth?
I have 5 fillings that need to be done, and I am so worried. I hate the pressure feeling and the low-grinding sound of the drills - I can't even stand the grinding sound of ice, both sounds alone give me shivers. I don't want to even be awake but my dad tells me to tough it out - and I usually do but I don't think I can anymore. I've tried a lot and after this most traumatic experience recently, to the point where the dentist (yes, the little female dentist) had her entire body shaking - I don't think I can visit the dentist and go through it all again. I don't want the needles, and I don't want the drills... I just wish I could be asleep just like my tonsillectomy. I really wish I could be put under general anesthesia - yes, I've read the articles here about IV sedation - but I don't even want to be conscious, I don't want to hear, I don't want to see. I've tried closing my eyes. I'm just scared shitless to be quite honest... and a return visit isn't what I can see myself doing.
Oh and please don't say GA is probably out of the question. I'm aware, it's expensive, risky and used only on serious, serious cases. I just want some suggestions as I find the dentists unbearable... and these problems I've had so far aren't helping :/
edit: a pic can be seen below. After much frustration I decided to inspect the "scab". It turns out a sharp part of the tooth was sticking into the gum as its below the gum line, so it's causing pain... Not a sensitive scab. The tooth part that I talked about is a lot bigger than I thought, the white bits visible on the left (tongue side) of the socket is actually tooth I believe, very very hard and won't move one bit. The other white bits are soft and just pus or something, I haven't put my finger in the socket, I just used my tongue to rub over the top of the socket to feel it.
My name is Josh, 15 from Australia.
I have a serious fear of dentists - and growing up I really had no care and ignored my parents in terms of dental hygiene. I recently visited a dental therapist who referred me to an actual dentist for the extraction of a molar with part of it's external structure missing from decay. Yeah, I've done a fair bit of research. It was a massive struggle right from the start. I have a fear of the needles. I thought, I have to tough it out - if I leave it any longer the tooth will be missing and it will be a completely difficult extraction - so I thought I would get it over and done with.
The dentist herself seemed very uncomfortable and looked fresh out of uni. She was a smaller girl, very young. After getting to the third and final needle, halfway through I started gagging. At this point, I was breathing very heavily and felt extremely nauseated and light-headed, aswell as being hot and flustered. We stopped for a good fifteen minutes while they put a wet towel on my head and opened some windows for ventilation. She said; "Do you want to continue?" to which I replied yes, because I was not getting another 3 whole needles the next day after that extremely terrifying beginning (yes, I'm terrified). She continued the small remainder of that vial, before letting us wait a few minutes. After checking that I was numbed, she began to loosen the molar. She loosened it enough, as loose as the only other extraction I had, and began to tug it out. She complained that despite it being extremely loose (she could rock it completely), that the roots were stuck and just weren't coming out. She stood there clenching her fist whilst giving herself a break, she seemed very shaky. We went through multiple types of forceps, before (I think) my tooth collapsed/broke. She continuously was removing fragments and she seemed worried, but wasn't too vocal. Eventually, I felt her remove the entire tooth (so I thought) and roots. This was on Thursday, today is Monday the following week so it's only day 5. I've read that the pain would subside by day 5 but I'm still in a decent amount of pain. The site of the extraction has gotten a lot smaller, and the gums have expanded into the hole a lot more so the hole isn't massive like it first started out to be.
Anyway, I was already worried after this scab-like thing, yellowy-white in colour was on the inside of my gum at the extraction site, to the side of the socket, leading into it. It's quite sensitive and tender, and even scraping it with my tongue can be quite painful and stings. I was feeling around that area to feel if it's healing properly, and felt something stiff. It wasn't the next tooth or anything, but the gum. Confused, I decided to use my finger to feel very lightly and gently around the top of the hole. I felt something very sharp and hard, sticking straight up vertically. I tried to tug it but it's small and stuck in there like a normal tooth would be. I've pushed, tugged and done everything but it's still there. It's not a floating fragment, but it's legitimately stiff as hell and stuck into the socket. I'm already worried about the needles, competence of the dentist aswell as general pain and tools, let alone an incomplete extraction. Is it normal to have this in my mouth?
I have 5 fillings that need to be done, and I am so worried. I hate the pressure feeling and the low-grinding sound of the drills - I can't even stand the grinding sound of ice, both sounds alone give me shivers. I don't want to even be awake but my dad tells me to tough it out - and I usually do but I don't think I can anymore. I've tried a lot and after this most traumatic experience recently, to the point where the dentist (yes, the little female dentist) had her entire body shaking - I don't think I can visit the dentist and go through it all again. I don't want the needles, and I don't want the drills... I just wish I could be asleep just like my tonsillectomy. I really wish I could be put under general anesthesia - yes, I've read the articles here about IV sedation - but I don't even want to be conscious, I don't want to hear, I don't want to see. I've tried closing my eyes. I'm just scared shitless to be quite honest... and a return visit isn't what I can see myself doing.
Oh and please don't say GA is probably out of the question. I'm aware, it's expensive, risky and used only on serious, serious cases. I just want some suggestions as I find the dentists unbearable... and these problems I've had so far aren't helping :/
edit: a pic can be seen below. After much frustration I decided to inspect the "scab". It turns out a sharp part of the tooth was sticking into the gum as its below the gum line, so it's causing pain... Not a sensitive scab. The tooth part that I talked about is a lot bigger than I thought, the white bits visible on the left (tongue side) of the socket is actually tooth I believe, very very hard and won't move one bit. The other white bits are soft and just pus or something, I haven't put my finger in the socket, I just used my tongue to rub over the top of the socket to feel it.
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