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[JS79]

Honesty definitely best policy

[jillydoll]

I’m very nervous at the dentist too.
Bad childhood experiences that have stayed with me.
I’m due Tuesday this week, and although I’ve been through an extraction, a crown fitted and seen the hygienist, all at the same dental practice , …..I’m still scared to death when I go.
Anticipating the appointment makes my anxiety through the roof, then when I leave and I’m in the car, I cry. A wimp I know, but I just can’t help it. …..🤷🏼‍♀️
If they play music or the radios on, I try to listen to that and pretend everything’s ok. Distraction works well.

[MrsMitch]

There are so many of us with bad childhood experiences at the dentist, aren't there? It's such a shame because it affects you for life. I've only now got to the stage where I'm pretty relaxed with my dentist, but I've been going to her for about 5 years and she knows my history.
When I was 5 we had the NHS dentist visit school to do check ups on all the children who had started school that year. Every single one of us then had to go to his practice for fillings and I had 6! He did them all at once with no local anaesthetic and I can still remember the pain. I had no pain in them and they were obviously my 'milk' teeth so there was no need. My dentist told me they used to get paid per filling back then. He must have been making a fortune.
I imagine most of you must have had similar experiences so I really do feel for you.

[SundayGirl]

It seems like everyone over a certain age has been to see a butcher dentist in the past.

I had a conversation with one of the (very young) dental nurses at our dentist several years ago and she was horrified at what used to happen.

[CLKD]

None of us are wimps!!!  Fear is a great controller.

My Dad wouldn't let his kids C the School dentist as we already had a regular surgery to attend every 6 months.  Even so more modern dentists have complained about the 'work' that both DH and I have had in the past as probably un-necessary because every time we joined a new practice: due to moving around the UK: 'jobs' were necessary. Apparently.  Because dental records don't travel with the patient even through the NHS.

Do tell the Dentist/Nurse that U R nervous. 

[jillydoll]

Oh yes, regular visits to the school dentist, horrified me.
I think my trauma was going to the dental hospital with my mom, I don’t know why I had to go, but I had teeth removed and I do remember waiting for the bus in town with all blood down my coat.
I also remember kicking the dentist off me at one point, what happened after that I don’t remember, or even how many teeth I had removed.
It all seems when I look back, almost medieval.

[CLKD]

It was.  That rubber Ether mask   

[getting_old]

I was another who had a savage dentist. Didn't believe in anaesthetic (sp?), drilled randomly, even my tongue once so I bit him! All of my friends went to a nice dentist who did freeze gums, etc. but my mother (who refused to see the dentist herself) insisted I keep going to the horrible one, because he was "the best" 
I did get another bad dentist about 10 years ago. My original dentist moved and I was transferred to someone else in the practice. As I left the visit with the bad dentist I paid the bill, then asked to move to another dentist within the practice. Think they were shocked but there was no way I was continuing with someone cruel when I was able to decide for myself.

[jillydoll]

It’s just appalling.
Were the ones left with the mental scares, wish I was more like my brother, he pulls his own teeth! 

Wish me luck for tomorrow, I’m there at 2pm.
I’m sure I need a filling too, 😱 ……OMG… 🤦🏼‍♀️
I’m dreading it! 

[CLKD]

Pulls his own teeth  ........

You'll be fine. Ask at the desk B4 going into the surgery what U have been booked in for. 

[MrsMitch]

I hops it all goes well. My husbands nephew pulls his own teeth, too 😬

[getting_old]

I don't blame some people for DIYing, as there's no difference if the dentist doesn't use anaesthetic!

[jillydoll]

Thanx.

It did. 🥵. 
Just needed a clean and polish.
My anxiety was sky high, but I’ve survived.
Not due now until August.  Then the process starts again. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[CLKD]

Did the dentist do the scale and polish?  Ours sends us to the Hygienist who is very good 

U can reward yourself with a chocolate for pudding jillydoll ;-). Is the cold better?

[jillydoll]

Yes the dentist did a quick polish, I see the hygienist next visit after I’ve seen him first.
I rewarded myself with a coffee and two chocolate tea cakes. 😋😃
With all that anxiety, I was knackered last night.

Yes the cold has finally gone thanx. Still coughing now and then, BUT I now have an ear infection. ☹️
Using AB drops three times a day, didn’t get much sleep Monday night because of the pain, but today, it’s much better.
If it ain’t one thing, it’s another! 😤