Comments | tinhuviel: Wreck

tinhuviel

Wreck

Sep 08, 2010 10:37

That's me. Since my tooth basically split in two and half of it came out, I know they're going to remove what's left. I hate to have teeth pulled. Feeling that tug and hearing that suction and cracking when the tooth is loosened and removed gets on my last nerve. I have some nerve meds that I'm taking before I go see the dentist. At least I ( Read more... )

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angstzeit September 8 2010, 15:08:37 UTC

The dentist was the first place I had a proper panic attack. Though for me it was social phobia rather than fear of the dentist specifically. I'm well filled with benzodiazapines when I go now.

My childhood dentist never used Novocaine except when pulling a tooth. I thought this was usual at the time. Seems it is not.

I had a baby tooth pulled at the dentist that didn't have an adult tooth to replace it. Had two more perfectly good teeth pulled by the oral surgeon before I had braces. Then had my upper wisdom teeth pulled when one broke like your tooth did.

angstzeit September 8 2010, 18:16:48 UTC

BTW, an early fond birthday wish for you since I'll be out on the road and don't know what will happen then.

tinhuviel September 8 2010, 19:11:18 UTC

Thank yeh, dahlin'!

xevokitty September 8 2010, 19:30:12 UTC

I've had 2 root canals done, and one of the 2 rc'd teeth pulled. I went to a new dentist for the tooth pull, and will never go back there. And now I don't know where the original dentist went! Argh!

My advice on looking for a dentist:
1) you want one who STANDS next to the chair
(Better reach, less stretch, better view for the dentist - more efficient treatment)

2) Choose one who offers nitrous oxide - if you're spazzy at all at the idea of dental work, it's a MUST. If you hate pain, it's a MUST (it has some painkilling properties, but more important is the relaxing while the noise is going on)

3) Plenty. Of. Novacaine. The dentist must believe in painkilling first, rather than "suck it up and deal, princess". You get any dentist with the latter attude? Run, don't walk, the hell out of there.

Anyone who's advertising a LOT? Probably isn't one you want to go to. A good dentist, honestly, won't NEED to advertise.