When I was younger I always had good oral hygiene habits, though I had to have a tooth pulled at 11 and that felt traumatic to me as I remember him having a hand on my forehead pushing me down as he was pulling the tooth out.
After my assault I started getting nitrous oxide and that helped. I can survive a cleaning without it but I shake, sweat, have pain in my chest, it really is awful when having any work done. I was put out in hospital for my wisdoms.
Then I went to a new dentist as mine passed away. I had to have a tooth pulled 3 years ago....it took him 1 hour..about 45 min into it he said he was going to have to call his friend the dental surgeon. I was pretty much hysterical at this point, requesting nitrous (Low and behold it was not used at that office. I was balling..please can't you just try to get it out!!!! So he worked for quite a bit longer and got it out in pieces and when you hear the bone cracking..OMG, it is like fingernails down the chalkboard.
Now 3 years later...that last dentist pulled so hard and my teeth are not in the best of condition, the one behind it fell out and the one in front of that area is half only, lots of nerves exposed. I also have four other areas that need work, they are broken at the back and apparently they have to cut through your jaw to get the remainder of the roots out. I have been having searing pain, like dead in my tracks, shaking, wanting to vomit from toothache pain so bad. It has come and gone before but this was intense. I went to the walk in clinic as I have no dentist so he put me on two antibiotics, now 3 days later the ache is tolerable but I am only drinking through a straw (good way to lose weight!)
I go tomorrow to the new dentist and the have the laughing gas and oral sedation. It is just an assessment and x-rays and then I will have to go when the antibiotics are done. I am still panicked even about that..uuuggghhh. I did an emdr session about this today..on top of the bad experiences with dentists.....my attacker tried to suffocate me about three times with a pillow....the feeling at the dentist with all the instruments and things gives me the same feeling...that is also why I have been avoiding.
Do I come right out and tell the dentist or do I just say I have ptsd or tell him I have anxiety???? I don't know what to tell him if anything but I am sure he will be wondering why I am shaking!
After my assault I started getting nitrous oxide and that helped. I can survive a cleaning without it but I shake, sweat, have pain in my chest, it really is awful when having any work done. I was put out in hospital for my wisdoms.
Then I went to a new dentist as mine passed away. I had to have a tooth pulled 3 years ago....it took him 1 hour..about 45 min into it he said he was going to have to call his friend the dental surgeon. I was pretty much hysterical at this point, requesting nitrous (Low and behold it was not used at that office. I was balling..please can't you just try to get it out!!!! So he worked for quite a bit longer and got it out in pieces and when you hear the bone cracking..OMG, it is like fingernails down the chalkboard.
Now 3 years later...that last dentist pulled so hard and my teeth are not in the best of condition, the one behind it fell out and the one in front of that area is half only, lots of nerves exposed. I also have four other areas that need work, they are broken at the back and apparently they have to cut through your jaw to get the remainder of the roots out. I have been having searing pain, like dead in my tracks, shaking, wanting to vomit from toothache pain so bad. It has come and gone before but this was intense. I went to the walk in clinic as I have no dentist so he put me on two antibiotics, now 3 days later the ache is tolerable but I am only drinking through a straw (good way to lose weight!)
I go tomorrow to the new dentist and the have the laughing gas and oral sedation. It is just an assessment and x-rays and then I will have to go when the antibiotics are done. I am still panicked even about that..uuuggghhh. I did an emdr session about this today..on top of the bad experiences with dentists.....my attacker tried to suffocate me about three times with a pillow....the feeling at the dentist with all the instruments and things gives me the same feeling...that is also why I have been avoiding.
Do I come right out and tell the dentist or do I just say I have ptsd or tell him I have anxiety???? I don't know what to tell him if anything but I am sure he will be wondering why I am shaking!
