Who is afraid of the dentist?

[smallbluejellybean]

OMG ME!!!

I just hate how my mouth feels afterwards and as my dentist says, I have a very small jaw so my mouth can't open wide enough for him to get in there. I end up bruised all over my face everytime.

 

[Mahonri]

It's so great to be loved!

 

[smallbluejellybean]

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OMG your a dentist!!!

Running away really fast >>>>>>>

No really I have nothing agains't dentist. I actually feel sorry for them, having to deal with fraidy cats like me. I think most dentist's should be sainted.

I know why I am like I am. When I was 16 I got all 4 impacted wisdom teeth pulled in the chair, under local only - should have seen the blood squirt and my dad had to hold me down. Then I had to go to my first day of my first job looking like a chipmonk and hurting like hell. The next day was worse, I was sitting down and nature called so stood up to go to the bathroom and passed out right on my face. My sister who stayed home with me freaked out and to try to wake me up she proceeded to slap me, over and over again on the face. She stopped when the blood started to squirt out again, I woke up in extreme pain, choking on my own blood. My mother rushed home and took me to the dentist again. My sister hit me so hard she ripped all my stitches out. There wasn't enough tissue left to seal it up so he packed them. Oh! boy it took along time to heal up.

So that is why I don't like going to dentists. I personally have nothing agains't them and think they are very brave people in a hard profession.

 

[Dar]

I dont hate the dentist... but i am terrified... to the point of anxiety attacks, hyperventilating, shaking so much the dentist cant do the work.

I have been sedated many many times for the simplest task. In the past few years it has gotten better... I have explained everything to my dentists and I find that they are getting better understanding fears.

My Ipod has been great i cant hear a lot of whats going on but it does not stop the grinding and scraping feeling. My current dentist had to freeze my jaw 3X because it would not take and then we just rescheduled. I was stressed and my anxiety level was off the map. We tried a few days later and i froze on the first shot.

I take longer then average for the freezing to take affect., and when i was a child the dr. would start working when i was not frozen creating my fears.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

I must be one of the weird ones because I'm NOT afraid of the dentist and never have been.

 

[Boyd]

I must admit I am, so I am a little fanatical about it. I'm in my 30's and still have 3 of 4 wisdom teeth, and the last time I've been to see a dentist in the last 14 years was to have that one tooth pulled. The dentist told me if everyone took care of their teeth the way I did all he'd ever do was extractions. I told him that was good enough for me (14 years between visits) because I had to be sedated and my dad had to sit on me to hold me still..

 

[rainplace]

I was always afraid of the dentist. So much so that I would start crying as soon as it looked like they might start working on me. I've run from the dentists chair back to my car with the little blue thing still hanging from shirt on more than one occasion. I recently realized what it was that bothered me so much. I can't stand to have anyone inside my "bubble." It totally panics me. Now when I go for a cleaning or any sort of work I make sure they gas me up first, and I bring a blindfold and earplugs so I can't sense as well that they are in my bubble. Now I love going to the dentist and love the way it feels to get my teeth cleaned.

Someone earlier said something to the affect that it's the way we're raised. There may be some truth to that. "If you don't brush your teeth, you're going to have to go to the dentist." "If you eat too much candy, the dentist will have to pull your teeth." Indeed it makes the dentist sound like The Punisher.

 

[redhen]

I hate going to the dentist also... had an idiot one do surgery on my jaw bone once when they found a small mass in the x-ray that they didnt know what it was.(they needed a biopsy)...they did it with lots of novicane..or pain blockers (whatever they use..)..but still i felt some of it... they wouldnt knock me out!

... it was torture.. when i got into the car after it was over, i just cried and cried because it hurt and scared me so much..

the dentist did call me later that night though and apologise..he said he didnt think the surgery would be so long and the mass thingie so close to a nerve.. gee thanks buddy...

That being said..i need to go and get a cleaning...

 

[key west chick]

I'm terrified. Haven't been in 5 years. I have gum issues, have a crack and need a crown, the list goes on.

 

[emvickrey]

I've had an abcess for 6 months and still haven't had the nerve to go in.