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Dentist trip, scared
I am 30 and to be honest I have never been to the dentist so my teeth are going to need some help. I have a check up appointment next Wednesday which is scary enough. The main thing worrying me though is I know after the initial appointment I will need an injection. That is the reason I have never been, I have a needle phobia, more the pain from the needle than the pain itself.
I can have blood tests no problem but not injections, had one when I was 12 for Rubella and I nearly passed out so not had any since.
I'm a member of a dental phobia site who say you shouldn't feel any pain from an injection into your gum if the dentist does it slowly and takes there time. The thing is how do I know a dentist will do this and not think I am silly.
The treatment I can handle, just not the injection as I know it will hurt and I can't handle pain. That close to cancelling but my confidence is knocked at the moment as teeth at front need filling (large ones)
I can have blood tests no problem but not injections, had one when I was 12 for Rubella and I nearly passed out so not had any since.
I'm a member of a dental phobia site who say you shouldn't feel any pain from an injection into your gum if the dentist does it slowly and takes there time. The thing is how do I know a dentist will do this and not think I am silly.
The treatment I can handle, just not the injection as I know it will hurt and I can't handle pain. That close to cancelling but my confidence is knocked at the moment as teeth at front need filling (large ones)
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Try not to worry too much. The checkup will be over before you know it.
Don't cancel the appointment, your teeth should always be taken care of.
Try to go to your appointment if you can. You don't want to leave your teeth until they get so that you HAVE to have a lot done immediately. It's better in the long run to go now and catch anything before it gets worse. The injections for fillings really aren't that painful. But tell your dentist your concerns.
I know what you mean, before I had an injection in my gum I thought they must be as painful as they are in the skin, but anything in my gums is totally painless! Injections, my lip piercing.. I really don't feel anything, the inside of your mouth is so soft. Just lie there, close your eyes so you don't know when exactly it's going in, relax.. It's over in a second or two. Please go, you won't regret it!
I haven't been for nearly a year now, when I'm like 16 though I won't go so it'll be alright.
Why ? Don't you care about your teeth rotting ?
Nice advice there.......
My advice to the OP is to explain to the dentist when you get there and hopefully they will take it slow, asking if you want them to stop etc.
I used to take a very phobic patient and the dentist was a star (although a simple procedure often took several visits)
Do you know if the dentists has any nurses trained in sedation? The dentist's I go to has- there's posters up all over the place about it. I would ask if thats possible. I don't have any problems with seeing them but I know a lot of people do. Sedation seem sto be getting more common palce and could really help you out.
Now the needles are so fine you can barely feel them and, physically, it's not a bad experience at all. Psychologically I still grip the arms of the chair like my life depends on it but the last time I went I asked her to grind down a high filling she'd done the previous week and she said I wouldn't need an injection, but I asked for one because the cold water from the drill was bothering a sensitive tooth. Never thought the day would come when I'd ask for an injection! Especially not for something as trivial as a high filling that I probably would have got used to eventually.
I still dread going to the dentist and I'm still terrified of the thought of the needle, but it is just the thought. Honestly the injection itself is nothing to worry about these days. I'd agree with the posters who've said get something from your doc to calm your nerves, it's the anticipation that's torture. Good luck.
i dont mind the dentist though i hate doctors needles. the numbness kicks in really fast, try count to thirty and take deep breaths and by then the pain will have stopped, honestly.
best of luck