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OTR
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- Joined
- Mar 20, 2018
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I’m coming off of my second visit to the dentist after avoiding them for the better part of 30 years, and things are looking up. Having suffered with dental anxiety and just plain anxiety in life, it was not easy to get this process started but I’m very happy I did. Even though some (most) parts of this have been stressful, actually going to the dentist has done a lot to cure my dental anxiety. Having been to the point of not being able to eat right and worrying about waking up with one less tooth, any embarrassment and discomfort in the chair has been a much better alternative to constantly living in fear.
Visit number one went much better than anticipated. I was seriously expecting the worst which didn’t happen (seems like it never does)...that being said I do have a long and expensive road ahead that will include multiple fillings, crowns/ cosmetic work, wisdom teeth extraction and a root canal I just found out about.
Appointment number two was yesterday morning and it consisted of a major cleaning / debridment. This was a miserable “marathon” of ultrasonic cleaning, scraping, tugging, ripping and just about every other sensation imaginable. It was about an hour of being upside down in a chair to complete this. It was a total mess. After leaving, I was bleeding and drooling and spitting the rest of the day and night. Even today I still had a few “crunches” of tartar breaking loose. Note to self, you need to brush more often and better. I don’t want to do that again!
In regards to the effectiveness of the cleaning, it’s only been about 36 hours and already the gums look less red and much less swollen. I thought it would take much longer to heal. Pretty amazing turnaround.
Hopefully next week some time I will go to get some fillings and my root canal done. I’m not excited but not dreading it either. I know it needs to be done and I am looking forward to having a healthy mouth again!
Visit number one went much better than anticipated. I was seriously expecting the worst which didn’t happen (seems like it never does)...that being said I do have a long and expensive road ahead that will include multiple fillings, crowns/ cosmetic work, wisdom teeth extraction and a root canal I just found out about.
Appointment number two was yesterday morning and it consisted of a major cleaning / debridment. This was a miserable “marathon” of ultrasonic cleaning, scraping, tugging, ripping and just about every other sensation imaginable. It was about an hour of being upside down in a chair to complete this. It was a total mess. After leaving, I was bleeding and drooling and spitting the rest of the day and night. Even today I still had a few “crunches” of tartar breaking loose. Note to self, you need to brush more often and better. I don’t want to do that again!
In regards to the effectiveness of the cleaning, it’s only been about 36 hours and already the gums look less red and much less swollen. I thought it would take much longer to heal. Pretty amazing turnaround.
Hopefully next week some time I will go to get some fillings and my root canal done. I’m not excited but not dreading it either. I know it needs to be done and I am looking forward to having a healthy mouth again!