Omg.
I know where you are at.
But I don't . If you are in my whole town I'll go with you and keep
you stable. My zip is 92543. Are you here?
But if not, here is the info you need: You need a "beta blocker"
heart BP pill, not a regular BP pill.
You probably have a beta blocker. A beta blocker wont lower your BP.
It will only affect and prevent SPIKES IN YOUR BP.
Mine is called Propanolol 20 mg. It is one of the weakest and it
works great. (My hubby's is stronger. His is Attenolol).
You need the weak one I think. Lice mine, the "Propanolol 20mg"
AND TAKE A SOBER DRIVER WITH YOU ANYWAY.
And get and keep a blood pressure cuff with you.
Do gauge (calibrate it) it with your doctors arm cuff, they won't
mind. See how accurate it is.
Mine (that is misplaced) was from Sharper Image online. I took best
reading out of 3, because I saw that some were not accurate. So get
one, use it, get used to using it so you know it's quirks.
  I don't mess with the schedule  and record keep features of it. I
just keep it simple BP reading only. I keep my charts on my
computer.

To go to dentist with a BP pill, think like this. (Always have a
second plan) you will probably be able to drive fine. (I DON'T DRINK
AT ALL or take downers. AND--MY DAUGHTER AND HER DAD ARE GENETIC
ALCOHOLICS. IF ONE IS SOBER I TAKE THEM. Only my daughter is in town
now tho. Her dad's been gone for 10 years.)
It's not personal who is sober, high, crashing, who has anxiety who
does not. Whatever tapering works for you that is what you need.
There are tapering drugs too though. And you can obtain medical
withdrawal (detox it's called although it should not be called detox
in your case, lol!) withdrawal services where they monitor everything
in patient if you need them.) Inpatient medical Detox usually lasts 3
days. Non medical (social model) (ie. 12 step model, etc. ) detox is
not as safe so stay away from those in your case.
Let me tell you about tbe beta blockers and they are not addictive.
Musicians hand these beta blaockers out and share them like candy.
Shrinks prescribe them for speech anxiety, test anxiety, etc. Look it
up. It's candy. (Some people cannot take the written exam for their
Driver's Test!)
Don't get stressed out over a beta blocker. It's safe.
But I'd take a sober driver anyway, if you are not used to the
blockers. My hubby's beta blocker makes me tired and spaced out. Mine
is milder. I have lose thyroid, my BP runs low. But I take ADD meds
and that can kill you see.... I take an amphetamine. I'm not angel. I
have Attention deficit. I have had it since age 6 that I know of. I
don't not have the hyperactivity part of the syndrome though l I need
to have a beta blocker on me at all times,. I carry them on my key
chain., I'm 5 ft. 4 inches. about 130-135 pounds. I'm 56. I'm a
grandma. I can tell when my heart is racing, I'm lucky. I stop and
take my heart meds then. I do this about once or twice a year
average.

Now the bridge: You had it on too soon. It was before the area was
healed. It was still swollen and stil swelling up more even prolly.
I've been there. Done that. Swelling, infection you name it. Ice on
the face for a week, crying on the couch, 2+3 vicodins at a time not
working, wrong antibiotics, dentist 200 miles away, you name it,I
been there.
The bridge wont hurt a bit this time. He'll file the bridge down to
fit with a drill file it will sounds scary but it's the bridge
getting filed, not you.  You won't even need lidocaine unless he's
doing a masterpiece and it will only be 1 1/26 of an inch of gum he's
be working with. HE needs to blow air to dry it so the cement will
stick (basic dental cement). And the cement smells good, not bad.
Accept it. It smells good.
HISTORY ISN'T DESTINY.
I have to get one of those shots soon that goes into your back jaw.
Until I can research it, (that takes a lot of the mystery and fear
away for me) I'm prolly not going. Its some kind of a nerve block and
half your face goes numb (better numb than pain I guess).
Almost any dental procedure can be attached on youtube.com by they
way!
Just take someone who is medically literate with you and that should
keep you calm, too. The bridge will be a re-cement job. Anybody can
do those, It is not invasive and it is painless unless he does a
masterpiece which is still only 1/'2  to 1/8 of an inch of gum!
  Let me know how you are doing, what you are thinking, any more
questions.  didn't know it all, I get busy on Mondays, But I'll try
to be here! And I do want to read that paper from the UK!
I'm in th US.
-Sue

PS. Get a BP cuff, and calibrate it (against an arm one). Get extra
batteries and get a driver for that day. Ask for a beta blocker.



--- In 000-Fear-Of-Dentists@yahoogroups.com, "Genie P., Ph.D."
<genie1moose@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>  
> I have a pathological fear of dental work.
>  
> I also have Graves' disease, and I've been taking Valium for about
a year and a half now for insomnia and anxiety related to Graves'
disease. The Valium suddenly turned on me (i.e., it doesn't help much
anymore except with sleep), and, about a half year ago, I had to
start slowly tapering myself off the Valium at the suggestion of my
doctor. I think my body just doesn't want the benzo anymore, as I
keep breaking out when I take it.  I went from 40 to 22 mg of the
drug, just so everyone knows where I'm at.  Going cold turkey off
benzodiazepines is not an option, even though some people might think
it is. I tried it once and wound up almost dying of kidney failure.
Slow tapering is the way to safely get off these drugs. If you don't
believe this, I encourage you to go to www.benzo.org.uk and read the
Ashton Manual.
>  
> The problem is that I recently had an abscessed tooth, and I needed
oral surgery. It turned out that three of my teeth were bad, and the
surgeon pulled all of them. I was in a state of major panic prior to
the procedure, since I have become tolerant to the Valium and it no
longer helps me with anxiety.
>  
> To make a long story short, I was put under general anesthesia for
the procedure which took two hours, and later the doctor told me that
my blood pressure was so elevated during the surgery that he had to
give me additional medication. My problem is that I need to see the
dentist next week because the bridge I was given no longer fits in my
mouth. My regular dentist inserted it too early and it was painful
and I had to stop wearing it. I am afraid to see the dentist because
I believe the Valium is making my teeth go bad and I am afraid I will
need either a filling or more extractions.
>  
> How can I overcome this dreadful fear of dentists? I can go to the
doctor with no problem. I even recently had a rectal exam and wasn't
scared. How can I go through with my visit to the dentist next week?
Every time I need to go, I have terrible IBS attacks and panic
attacks.
>  
> My regular doctor told me that, if my blood pressure is elevated
prior to seeing the dentist, I could take a blood pressure pill, but
the problem is that my BP is unstable and sometimes it runs low.
>  
> Any suggestions would help. I TELL myself that I am only going for
an exam and to have my bridge readjusted, but my logical brain and my
emotions are not always in synch.
>  
> Regards,
> Genie
>  
>  
>
>
> I celebrate myself today. I am alive. I am growing. I am willing to
do all I am able to do to be the best of who I am.
>

Hi All.Does anyone know of a college that needs volunteers for their
students to practice on? I am in desperate need of some dental
treatment but the area in which I live here in England (Norfolk) are
not taking on any new NHS patients.
If anyone knows a college or an establishment that may be able to hepl
please please contact me.
Many thanks.

thanks for that but unfortunately I am based in sunny London, England!
Patricia

Yes my daughter had all this and it totally goes away. 2 months is
normal!
She got 2 wisdom teeth out on same side and went through all that you
are going through.
The clove dressing and everything. Whatever instructions he gave you,
follow them with hers they called it a cry socket.
On the other hand, she is (was) the brave one. Scared me ( I am the
phobic) wet to Mexico because a friend of mine is a dentist and kept
saying he wanted to help me ad kept repeating it. In Mexico he is
ritght next to the border. He used to practice in the US and still
does but prefers Tijuana. All his patients go there to see him. He
invented a new implant system that when they pull the tooth, they
insert this immediately so there is not hole left. This is not just
the bone implant it is the whole SHABANG. The polle thingy the
abuttement goe in at eh same time, it is all attached. No screws,
nothing. One piece.
The guy is a maniacal genius. HE talks you through the shots. Then
before you know it, you feel nothing. Out came 5 teeth (had been root
canalled 4 times each, no roots left) and I went 5 implants. Done in
less than 2 hours.
I felt no pain.
I had no infection.
HE told me to take Vitamin C and Alee before I got there. He says
1,000 MG C , 2times a day. No pain on ride home, 2 hour ride home.
First night no pain. Next day no pain. I kept waiting for it to hurt
but nothing hurt. 5 weeks later I'm still waiting for something to
hurt. Plus getting 4 more tomorrow.
Ya know who shoes are not natural but they worked really good?
Well this is the same thing. It's not natural but it works really
good. Next time think about a one piece implant. The body think s and
acts like nothing is missing! They are ½ the price to 1/3 the price
of conventional implants. Also? Yes it is patented and it is being
sold all over the USA. And he travels and demos it to dentists all
month. HE does 2 half days in TJ per week and picks out his patients.
HE only eoes implants. Dot not go to a regular dentist for this
stuff. Go to a "Teeth in a Day" place or go to somebody who does
DICOA.
My God. I'm getting implants for 4900 each. I was going to look like
Goober on the Gomer Pyle show. Tee hee. Im too smart and brazen for
that crap though.
"It is better too look good then to feel good" –Billy Crystal.
Nobody did anything wrong dude. IT's just extraction junk. I emails
my local town's community support group and they all dgo through that
with extractions. They side 2 moths and you will not know anything
happened. Pain can be controlled though, aAnd you should be on
Clindamycin. If you are not, Demand it (unless u r allergic).
Ta ta for now….
I'm getting 4 more implants tomorrow. I'm the phobic that owns and
moderates this lit. I started this list. I'm 5 weeks post surgery and
I'm still waiting for it to hurt. So now with al lmy phobias and bad
eperinces thisis the ultimate foopah in mylife. My fienrd inveed,
patented and manufactures this:
http://dicoaimplants.com/
His name is Dr. Bob Mansueto "Dr Bob".
He does not take a lot of US Dental insurance too. Whatever you have,
he will get it and take it. He is a very smart person. My maniacal
genius dentist! "Dr Bob"
-Sue D.

<pgelthooft@...> wrote:
>
> I've just had a very painful experience following a tooth
extraction.
> The NHS dentist I saw probably underestimated the difficulty. He
> pulled the tooth out. A week later it was still painful. It
turned
> out he had left quite a big piece of the tooth in and I was also
> developping a dry clot. The second time round was worse. It took
45
> mns to pull whatever was left in there and nearly a week later I am
> still in pain. I went back to see him and he told me everything was
> fine which is unfortunately what he has been saying all along even
when
> it was not as mentioned above.
> Basically he said that it would still hurt for a while, both my jaw
and
> my ear and that the clove dressing would resorb itself with no need
to
> change it. That seems strange to me and was wondering whether any
one
> on this forum has heard or experienced a clove dressing following a
dry
> clot after a tooth extraction and if so whether it was changed or
left
> to its own device.
> Many thanks.
>

Yes my daughter had all this and it totally goes away. 2 months is
normal!
She got 2 wisdom teeth out on same side and went through all that you
are going through.
The clove dressing and everything. Whatever instructions he gave you,
follow them with hers they called it a cry socket.
On the other hand, she is (was) the brave one. Scared me ( I am the
phobic) wet to Mexico because a friend of mine is a dentist and kept
saying he wanted to help me ad kept repeating it. In Mexico he is
ritght next to the border. He used to practice in the US and still
does but prefers Tijuana. All his patients go there to see him. He
invented a new implant system that when they pull the tooth, they
insert this immediately so there is not hole left. This is not just
the bone implant it is the whole SHABANG. The polle thingy the
abuttement goe in at eh same time, it is all attached. No screws,
nothing. One piece.
The guy is a maniacal genius. HE talks you through the shots. Then
before you know it, you feel nothing. Out came 5 teeth (had been root
canalled 4 times each, no roots left) and I went 5 implants. Done in
less than 2 hours.
I felt no pain.
I had no infection.
HE told me to take Vitamin C and Alee before I got there. He says
1,000 MG C , 2times a day. No pain on ride home, 2 hour ride home.
First night no pain. Next day no pain. I kept waiting for it to hurt
but nothing hurt. 5 weeks later I'm still waiting for something to
hurt. Plus getting 4 more tomorrow.
Ya know who shoes are not natural but they worked really good?
Well this is the same thing. It's not natural but it works really
good. Next time think about a one piece implant. The body think s and
acts like nothing is missing!  They are ½ the price to 1/3 the price
of conventional implants. Also? Yes it is patented and it is being
sold all over the USA. And he travels and demos it to dentists all
month. HE does 2 half days in TJ per week and picks out his patients.
HE only eoes implants. Dot not go to a regular dentist for this
stuff. Go to a "Teeth in a Day" place or go to somebody who does
DICOA.
My God. I'm getting implants for 4900 each. I was going to look like
Goober on the Gomer Pyle show. Tee hee. Im too smart and brazen for
that crap though.
"It is better too look good then to feel good" –Billy Crystal.
Nobody did anything wrong dude. IT's just extraction junk. I emails
my local town's community support group and they all dgo through that
with extractions. They side 2 moths and you will not know anything
happened. Pain can be controlled though, aAnd you should be on
Clindamycin. If you are not, Demand it (unless u r allergic).
Ta ta for now….
I'm getting 4 more implants tomorrow. I'm the phobic that owns and
moderates this lit. I started this list. I'm 5 weeks post surgery and
I'm still waiting for it to hurt. So now with al lmy phobias and bad
eperinces thisis the ultimate foopah in mylife. My fienrd inveed,
patented and manufactures this:
http://dicoaimplants.com/
His name is Dr. Bob Mansueto "Dr Bob".
He does not take a lot of US Dental insurance too. Whatever you have,
he will get it and take it. He is a very smart person. My maniacal
genius dentist! "Dr Bob"
-Sue D.


<pgelthooft@...> wrote:
>
> I've just had a very painful experience following a tooth
extraction.
> The NHS dentist I saw probably underestimated the difficulty.  He
> pulled the tooth out.  A week later it was still painful.  It
turned
> out he had left quite a big piece of the tooth in and I was also
> developping a dry clot.  The second time round was worse.  It took
45
> mns to pull whatever was left in there and nearly a week later I am
> still in pain. I went back to see him and he told me everything was
> fine which is unfortunately what he has been saying all along even
when
> it was not as mentioned above.
> Basically he said that it would still hurt for a while, both my jaw
and
> my ear and that the clove dressing would resorb itself with no need
to
> change it. That seems strange to me and was wondering whether any
one
> on this forum has heard or experienced a clove dressing following a
dry
> clot after a tooth extraction and if so whether it was changed or
left
> to its own device.
> Many thanks.
>

I've just had a very painful experience following a tooth extraction.
The NHS dentist I saw probably underestimated the difficulty.  He
pulled the tooth out.  A week later it was still painful.  It turned
out he had left quite a big piece of the tooth in and I was also
developping a dry clot.  The second time round was worse.  It took 45
mns to pull whatever was left in there and nearly a week later I am
still in pain. I went back to see him and he told me everything was
fine which is unfortunately what he has been saying all along even when
it was not as mentioned above.
Basically he said that it would still hurt for a while, both my jaw and
my ear and that the clove dressing would resorb itself with no need to
change it. That seems strange to me and was wondering whether any one
on this forum has heard or experienced a clove dressing following a dry
clot after a tooth extraction and if so whether it was changed or left
to its own device.
Many thanks.

I got 5 etxractions + 5 implants in 2 hrs lidocaine only no poblemsIn
the top front too.
Got prety temps for 3 months,
No pain at all not after. The fear was the worst tho.
He gave me Valium.
I know the guy so I trrusted him.
I used to work in the same building as him in San Diego.
Coronado acutally.
I could not  afford it in the US anyway.
He moved his US practice to Tijauana.
Ask me if you want know who he is.
I will post it his email when I have time.
Robert Mansuesto DDS.
That is him.
He is the lidocaine God!
And the implant God!
He does not know Spanish and neihter h do I. He still lives in the US
an so do I. He is 2 steps from teh US border crossing. You park on
the US side and walk to his office. but AI drive in. It' the second
builing U see, next to a McDonalds. and a drug store. It is heaven!
He invented his own "quicky implants," "Uniplant".
One implant, takes 20 minutes max.
1/3 the price too.
He invinetd a thing he calls the Uniplant.
I can give you his email if you want.
My life is changed. I can't wait to eat corn on the cob!

PROF. DR MOHAMED MOATAZ KHAMIS
Type: Education - Workshop

Network: Global
Time and Place
Start Time: Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 9:00am
End Time: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 9:00am
Location: FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
Street: CHAMPOLION
City/Town: Alexandria, Egypt
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Contact Info
Phone: 0123213981
Email: moataz_khamis@.../implantcourse@...

Description
(I) LECTURES

Covering the patient selection, treatment planning, surgical,
prosthetic and maintenance phases of implant treatment. Various
treatment modalities, new concepts, and laboratory procedures will be
discussed in detail.

(II) LIVE SURGERIES

Live step by step demonstration of implant placement in a patient will
be performed. Live steps of prosthetically restoring the patient will
also be performed.

(III) HANDS-ON TRAINING

In hands on training sessions the participant will be trained to perform:
Radiographic interpretation
Ridge mapping procedures
Surgical guide preparation
Different types of flaps and suturing techniques
Step by step implant placement in prepared bone specimens
Different impression techniques
Abutment selection and prosthesis construction (laboratory and
clinical steps)

(IV) CLINICAL TRAINING

Candidates are required to place at least one implant that will be
provided by the course (included in the course fees). Implants will be
placed and restored under supervision from the course team.

VENUE:

The course will be held in the center of excellence at the faculty of
dentistry, Alexandria university. This will allow us to make use of
the new well equipped lecture rooms and theatres and new dental
clinics and facilities available at the center of excellence.

The school will also provide us with certificates accredited by the
school and alexandria university and ministry of foreign affairs,
which is important for those who plan to use the certificates abroad.

More details are available on the brochure attached to the event.

COURSE FEES:

The course fees are 4500 LE. including one free Zimmer implant and
abutment.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND REGISTRATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Sherif Elsebai 0101440749

Never so scared in my life.
Nothing but a pathetic valium.
And a local.
I NEVER FELT A THING!
I'M NOT SHITTIN YA!
FRONT TETTH! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They gave me temps and in whatever,
3 months I get permanent crowns.
I CAN'T F-IG BELEIVE IT  OMG!
This guy is a genius.
Hes also a freind of mine that I hated!
I hate entitsts!
I'm scared of borken bones.
They used a bone drill the whole 9 yards,
It was faster than getting them cleaned!
I'd had no roots left, guys, front ones had been rooted 3 times at
least. othgin there. Just ;ucked
em out andhad thesethings called Uniplant put in. 1/3 the cost of
traditonal implants, faster, easier,  Im serious.
Email me if you want more info or pot it here, I'll prolly see it.
Iwork online soI'm quite busy. I'm looking better, talking better,
chewing better
I'm not chewing on the front. No biting. JuSt chewing in the back. We
are gong to do one section at a time and see how I'm gonna pay for it.
It's like $900 for the implant and 1/3 of US prices for the crown, I
don't know the price on that yet.
-sd

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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)
>

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)

Dear Members!                             7/9/2008

I am located in Germany and look for tourists or others who would like
to have teeth treatments, especially implants done here. They can be
treated as out- or in-patients.

Any suggestions to whom to get in touch with in order to get such patients?

Many thanks in advance,

M. Ettisch-Enchelmaier, B.A., MSc., President, CEO
Ettisch-Enchelmaier GmbH, since 1972, HR# AG Ludwigshafen HRB 31454 GR
Bodelschwinghstr. 9/67246 Dirmstein/Germany, VAT/Steuer# DE 148418921
Tel. (+49 6238)989 098, Fax. (+49 6238)989099 + (+49 6238)1313

Dear Members!                             7/9/2008

I am located in Germany and look for tourists or others who would like
to have teeth treatments, especially implants done here. They can be
treated as out- or in-patients.

Any suggestions to whom to get in touch with in order to get such patients?

Many thanks in advance,

M. Ettisch-Enchelmaier, B.A., MSc., President, CEO
Ettisch-Enchelmaier GmbH, since 1972, HR# AG Ludwigshafen HRB 31454 GR
Bodelschwinghstr. 9/67246 Dirmstein/Germany, VAT/Steuer# DE 148418921
Tel. (+49 6238)989 098, Fax. (+49 6238)989099 + (+49 6238)1313

----- Original Message -----

From: dianamagic2000

To: 000-Fear-Of-Dentists@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:15 AM

Subject: [000-Fear-Of-Dentists] Re: So scared to Call the dentist

susan,

thank u for that link! it is a blessing, and i will pass it onto
anyone who has these fears. i wish i had known it years ago...then i
would have a full mouth of teeth and no fear.

diana

--- In 000-Fear-Of-Dentists@yahoogroups.com, "Susan Thomas"
<mjmom3246@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Natalie,
> This email group is VERY quiet, but here's a great forum for you to
check out:
> http://www.dentalfearcentral.org/forum/
> It's really helped me in getting up the courage to make that first
appointment! Hope to see you there!
> Peace,
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Natalie
> To: 000-Fear-Of-Dentists@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 8:33 AM
> Subject: [000-Fear-Of-Dentists] So scared to Call the dentist
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have to make a dentist Apt since I haven't been in YEARS and have
> some tooth pain. Probally cavaties or worse. I am SO scared just to
> even have the doctor look at them and poke around. I can't even get
> myself to pick up the phone to call. Is there something they can give
> me so I don't feel ANY pain for my check up? I need to call today,
but
> I am so scared. I wish I could be braver. I wish I could find a
> sedation dentist in my area but its so hard to know who is good in my
> area.
>
> Thanks!
>

susan,

thank u for that link!  it is a blessing, and i will pass it onto
anyone who has these fears.  i wish i had known it years ago...then i
would have a full mouth of teeth and no fear.

diana

--- In 000-Fear-Of-Dentists@yahoogroups.com, "Susan Thomas"
<mjmom3246@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Natalie,
> This email group is VERY quiet, but here's a great forum for you to
check out:
> http://www.dentalfearcentral.org/forum/
> It's really helped me in getting up the courage to make that first
appointment!  Hope to see you there!
> Peace,
> Susan
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Natalie
>   To: 000-Fear-Of-Dentists@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 8:33 AM
>   Subject: [000-Fear-Of-Dentists] So scared to Call the dentist
>
>
>   Hello All,
>
>   I have to make a dentist Apt since I haven't been in YEARS and have
>   some tooth pain. Probally cavaties or worse. I am SO scared just to
>   even have the doctor look at them and poke around. I can't even get
>   myself to pick up the phone to call. Is there something they can give
>   me so I don't feel ANY pain for my check up? I need to call today,
but
>   I am so scared. I wish I could be braver. I wish I could find a
>   sedation dentist in my area but its so hard to know who is good in my
>   area.
>
>   Thanks!
>

Natalie,

I totally understand! I did not go to a dentist until i was 17, as my
parents thought it a waste of money. So, by that time, when i had my
own money, i was so in fear of tales of the dentists, that i put it
off for years and stayed in fear until MANY years later. Gradually i
was forced to go, and had sedation, novacaine, anything to put me to
sleep, even to CLEAN my teeth! Finally this year, in fact yesterday,
i found myself sitting in a dental chair and had a filling and noticed
that it was not as bad as i thought. All those years when i let the
fear stop me. the truth of it is, we must go thru the fear and pick
up the phone and make that appt. it will only get worse if u don't.
i would suggest that u find a kind and gentle dentist that u can share
your fears. There are some who will listen. I support u 100%. Good
luck,

diana

--- In 000-Fear-Of-Dentists@yahoogroups.com, "Natalie" <nreid77@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have to make a dentist Apt since I haven't been in YEARS and have
> some tooth pain. Probally cavaties or worse. I am SO scared just to
> even have the doctor look at them and poke around. I can't even get
> myself to pick up the phone to call. Is there something they can give
> me so I don't feel ANY pain for my check up? I need to call today, but
> I am so scared. I wish I could be braver. I wish I could find a
> sedation dentist in my area but its so hard to know who is good in my
> area.
>
> Thanks!
>

Natalie,

I totally understand!  I did not go to a dentist until i was 17, as my
parents thought it a waste of money.  So, by that time, when i had my
own money, i was so in fear of tales of the dentists, that i put it
off for years and stayed in fear until MANY years later.  Gradually i
was forced to go, and had sedation, novacaine, anything to put me to
sleep, even to CLEAN my teeth!  Finally this year, in fact yesterday,
i found myself sitting in a dental chair and had a filling and noticed
that it was not as bad as i thought.  All those years when i let the
fear stop me.  the truth of it is, we must go thru the fear and pick
up the phone and make that appt.  it will only get worse if u don't.
i would suggest that u find a kind and gentle dentist that u can share
your fears.  There are some who will listen.  I support u 100%.  Good
luck,

diana

--- In 000-Fear-Of-Dentists@yahoogroups.com, "Natalie" <nreid77@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have to make a dentist Apt since I haven't been in YEARS and have
> some tooth pain. Probally cavaties or worse. I am SO scared just to
> even have the doctor look at them and poke around. I can't even get
> myself to pick up the phone to call. Is there something they can give
> me so I don't feel ANY pain for my check up? I need to call today, but
> I am so scared. I wish I could be braver. I wish I could find a
> sedation dentist in my area but its so hard to know who is good in my
> area.
>
> Thanks!
>

----- Original Message -----

From: Natalie

To: 000-Fear-Of-Dentists@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 8:33 AM

Subject: [000-Fear-Of-Dentists] So scared to Call the dentist

Hello All,

I have to make a dentist Apt since I haven't been in YEARS and have
some tooth pain. Probally cavaties or worse. I am SO scared just to
even have the doctor look at them and poke around. I can't even get
myself to pick up the phone to call. Is there something they can give
me so I don't feel ANY pain for my check up? I need to call today, but
I am so scared. I wish I could be braver. I wish I could find a
sedation dentist in my area but its so hard to know who is good in my
area.

Thanks!

Hello All,

I have to make a dentist Apt since I haven't been in YEARS and have
some tooth pain. Probally cavaties or worse. I am SO scared just to
even have the doctor look at them and poke around. I can't even get
myself to pick up the phone to call. Is there something they can give
me so I don't feel ANY pain for my check up? I need to call today, but
I am so scared. I wish I could be braver. I wish I could find a
sedation dentist in my area but its so hard to know who is good in my
area.

Thanks!

Hello All,

I have to make a dentist Apt since I haven't been in YEARS and have
some tooth pain. Probally cavaties or worse. I am SO scared just to
even have the doctor look at them and poke around. I can't even get
myself to pick up the phone to call. Is there something they can give
me so I don't feel ANY pain for my check up? I need to call today, but
I am so scared. I wish I could be braver. I wish I could find a
sedation dentist in my area but its so hard to know who is good in my
area.

Thanks!

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hi everyone, i'm new to the group.

i'm generally pretty terrified of dentists, but i love my teeth very
much and pretty much force myself to go get cleanings (usually once
evert 3 years i can work myself up to it).

last year i skipped out on a crown procedure and then became pregnant,
and then my two teeth that needed crowns deteriorated more during my
pregnancy.  so after my daughter was born, i forced myself to go get
the procedure done (i told them to give me the gas, but even during
the procedure i was incredibly tense and my legs were shaking)...

after they took impressions, and then ground my two front teeth down,
they put the temporary teeth on.
when i looked in the mirror, the gums around my top right tooth were
blue and bruised looking.  i thought that was normal since the dentist
didn't say anything about it.  but now that i think about it, the gums
above my left tooth looked normal, so i probably should have asked.

anyway, the next day the blue/bruised part of my gums was completely
white.  it was like there wasn't any blood getting to that part of my
gums, or the tissue had died or something.  i'm still not sure what
happened, because friday my dentist office was closed.  i tried
calling the emergency number but the on-call dentist didn't know
because he couldn't see it, but said that my gums were probably
irritated when they were grinding my teeth down.  he told me just to
ask my dentist on monday, but in the meantime rinse with saltwater
three X daily.

but i'm really worried, because the next day when i was brushing my
teeth, a chunk of the white part sluffed off, so there was a hole
within the white part of my gums.  it exposed part of my temporary
tooth, where the gums SHOULD have been covering.

today i woke up and the hole is gone, but now it's just a
whitish/brown blob of gum tissue surrounded by purplish/red gums.
it is not swollen at all.  i'm avoiding that area with my toothbrush
from now on, because i don't want more of it to sluff off.  :(

so i guess my question is, is it trying to scab over?

will my gums grow back?  will they grow normally?

has this happened to anyone else where a dentist irritated your gums
and they turned white?

i'm really scared and nervous.  i'm scared of having gum problems, and
even more scared of needing a gum graft to cover that area if it needs
it.  i've heard lots of horror stories about gum grafts popping off.
and it really sucks because it's my front tooth, one of the most
noticable areas of my smile.  i'm very scared.

can anyone help me with this?