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Gingerspider
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Hi. Lifelong health anxiety and dental phobist. I've had quite a bit of work done in the past and had some dodgy experiences which I don't think has helped. I cry even when I go for a check up.
I lost a bit of an old filling just before the first lockdown and only managed to get an appointment to have it sorted a week ago. My usual dentist (who is brilliant) is still at the surgery but I seem to have been assigned a different one, who I've not had before.
I ended up having two fillings, one white and one metal and a day after both the metal one started hurting and the injection site of the white one got badly infected. I got an emergency appointment yesterday as the pain in the metal one intensified. I had yet another dentist for this who after nearly killing me, blowing air in the tooth
)) said she thought it was cracked, so put some bonding on it and rescheduled with the original dentist today. I went in today expecting the filling redone. The dentist said it was not a deep filling so would remove and replace. I had 5 injections in total but could not get rid of the pain. Eventually she got the filling out and told me she could see the nerve and would need to pull it out (I burst into tears) she tried a few times but I was in agony, so packed it full of 'steroids' and 'antibiotics' and put a temporary filling in, rescheduling for August to complete a root canal. There's a few things that are worrying me, because they don't make sense:
1. How did she not see the nerve doing the original filling and why if it wasn't deep was my nerve exposed?
2. I didn't have any instructions on what was put in the tooth. Wasn't asked if I was allergic to any antibiotics or had reactions to steroids at all. If its metronidazole, should I not drink ect?
3. Why was I not numb after 5 injections? I do have problems with numbing (I'm a redhead) but it just worries me for the next bit. When she was poking around in there it was horrendous
4. Is it safe to leave that long? Will my tooth not die
5. The dentist was very kind but I just don't feel comfortable with her. Can I request to see my other dentist or is it best the one who did it continues treatment?
6. Treatment costs. Its not my fault the next appointment was more than two months after my first. Can I not claim its all part of the same thing, especially seeing as the root canal was the dentists fault?
Sorry for so many questions. I am so nervous and feel so drained after today. Feel like it's set me back in my phobia again.
I lost a bit of an old filling just before the first lockdown and only managed to get an appointment to have it sorted a week ago. My usual dentist (who is brilliant) is still at the surgery but I seem to have been assigned a different one, who I've not had before.
I ended up having two fillings, one white and one metal and a day after both the metal one started hurting and the injection site of the white one got badly infected. I got an emergency appointment yesterday as the pain in the metal one intensified. I had yet another dentist for this who after nearly killing me, blowing air in the tooth

1. How did she not see the nerve doing the original filling and why if it wasn't deep was my nerve exposed?
2. I didn't have any instructions on what was put in the tooth. Wasn't asked if I was allergic to any antibiotics or had reactions to steroids at all. If its metronidazole, should I not drink ect?
3. Why was I not numb after 5 injections? I do have problems with numbing (I'm a redhead) but it just worries me for the next bit. When she was poking around in there it was horrendous
4. Is it safe to leave that long? Will my tooth not die
5. The dentist was very kind but I just don't feel comfortable with her. Can I request to see my other dentist or is it best the one who did it continues treatment?
6. Treatment costs. Its not my fault the next appointment was more than two months after my first. Can I not claim its all part of the same thing, especially seeing as the root canal was the dentists fault?
Sorry for so many questions. I am so nervous and feel so drained after today. Feel like it's set me back in my phobia again.