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Does this dentist visit sound off to you, or is it me?

Asked by LornaLove (10037points) November 10th, 2017

I’ve had teeth issues for ages, simply because I have a terrible phobia of the dentist, I won’t go into it now, I might post it as another question.

I had a temporary crown which frankly had been left too long and long story short, it started to fall off and last night a huge chunk fell off. I hit panic mode but the worst part was that the pain was mind-boggling. I felt as though the nerve was hanging out.

This lead to me jumping through the roof if anything at all touched it, including the air that I breathe. I couldn’t even use my asthma pump as it whooshed past the gum.

I luckily got an emergency appointment and off I went as terrified as usual. I told him about the pain etc., and my main phobia is the actual injection (not the needle, but as I said I can post this in a different question).

So, I told him that I realized it was injection time as the pain was incredible and basically he said there was no time. He started to work on my tooth, which included, wrapping it in a temporary filling and using the polisher which was frankly agony. He did not blow on my tooth. I think I would have passed out.

Even the red light that sets the temp tooth felt like 16 long needles swiveling around inside of my nerve.

Was his approach Okay? Or, if it were you, would you have been upset or angry? I feel like not going back to him? Would you go back to him?

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