Hello Everyone
Please just looking for validation.
1) I hate everything about dentistry and dentists, and the anxiety it causes me, which borders on totally impossible to live with
2) I have no shame or embarrassment at all about my teeth
3) I have no pain or reason to be worried/obvious sign something is wrong
Want to ask how much time is reasonable between checkups, I want to do the absolute bare minimum so I dont have to go to the dentist. Id rather just be happy than face the fear I have.
Im thinking is 5 years between checkups acceptable?
I come from the point of view that.....I really dont understand why constantly paying for a checkup every 6 months, constantly having to have cleanings (which is the only thing i dont mind), and constantly paying for all of this and having the worry of having to go to these appointments over and over and over is better than having 5 years of bliss, them figuring out whats wrong, and putting it right. Whats the thing that going to 10+ checkups in that time was supposed to have achieved? Just doing loads of fillings, cleanings and extractions over a long, drawn out process of constant unhappiness, instead of 5 years of happiness and then maybe fix it later if somethings wrong? I dont get it?
I also dont get why "more invasive" treatment is worse? fillings are invasive? every treatment is rubbish, theyre ALL invasive, they ALL involve needles, they ALL hurt anyway.
Why not just have as long between appointments not getting needled etc, rather than be needled constantly until youre dead?
@Enarete can you please help change my (bad) viewpoint, because i respect your thoughts very highly
Please just looking for validation.
1) I hate everything about dentistry and dentists, and the anxiety it causes me, which borders on totally impossible to live with
2) I have no shame or embarrassment at all about my teeth
3) I have no pain or reason to be worried/obvious sign something is wrong
Want to ask how much time is reasonable between checkups, I want to do the absolute bare minimum so I dont have to go to the dentist. Id rather just be happy than face the fear I have.
Im thinking is 5 years between checkups acceptable?
I come from the point of view that.....I really dont understand why constantly paying for a checkup every 6 months, constantly having to have cleanings (which is the only thing i dont mind), and constantly paying for all of this and having the worry of having to go to these appointments over and over and over is better than having 5 years of bliss, them figuring out whats wrong, and putting it right. Whats the thing that going to 10+ checkups in that time was supposed to have achieved? Just doing loads of fillings, cleanings and extractions over a long, drawn out process of constant unhappiness, instead of 5 years of happiness and then maybe fix it later if somethings wrong? I dont get it?
I also dont get why "more invasive" treatment is worse? fillings are invasive? every treatment is rubbish, theyre ALL invasive, they ALL involve needles, they ALL hurt anyway.
Why not just have as long between appointments not getting needled etc, rather than be needled constantly until youre dead?
@Enarete can you please help change my (bad) viewpoint, because i respect your thoughts very highly