I would tell them you have a dental phobia.
Or I woudl go to a regular doctor and ask for antibiotics. Ask for
doycycline. Anoather pserson told me if you have pain to dab rubbing
alscoholl on the area with a soton swab and that has staved of
going to the dentist for me year after year to be honest with you.
Also the antibiotics have helped me for years I still hate gong. I
have not gone in over ten years again. Befor e thatit was ten and
before that it was 13. It's not as unusual as you think. Or maybe we
are just 2 nuts, but I doubt it. The majority of ppl in the work=d
hae never even used a phone. HEy, if you tell them you have no money
and no insurance they wil not doa procedure, they will just give you
the antibiotics. Know if you are allergic though. -sd

--- In 000-Fear-Of-Dentists@yahoogroups.com, "norfolk.male"
<friendlyrick9@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone. I've not been to dentist for at least 10 years or
> more.Will I be frowned upon because of this?
> I live with/look after my disabled Mother here in England so I
cannot
> afford dental insurance or anything like that. Would it be easier
for
> me to travel abroad (naturally I'd have to save flat out as being on
> benefits I do not have much,if any, 'spare cash') or should I seek a
> caring,understanding Dentist in another part of the country that is
> good with what would certainy be a 'nervous patient'?
> I even thought of approaching a dental college somewhere in the UK
to
> see if I could get my teeth looked at/dealt with for free.
> From the outside my teeth look fine..but when I look in mirror with
> one of those dental mirror things there is a mass build up of
> plaque/yellow.Also, I did lose a upper back tooth last year...the
hole
> where it was is black..and just recently lost a chunk of tooth from
> the lower..for a month or so I've been in a bit of pain with
> toothache...I'm living on Paracetamol 500mg to ease pain.As I asked
> above, will I be frowned upon? I currently have no dentist.Im in
> Norfolk (UK) which has a shortage of NHS dentists which are willing
to
> accept new patients so any help would be very much appreciated.I
must
> admit I am scared of going..Im not going to lie and say Im not...Im
35
> by the way.If anyone knows of anything which may be able to help me
> I'd certainly give it a try,Thanks again.Regards from Norfolk
(England)
>