Why I HATE the Dentist

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This reminds me. My mom is made at me because I won't wear my dental retainer at night, but I have enough difficulty falling asleep as is. I even had to get the orthodontist to roughen the top retainer because it was too smooth. I don't even agree with insurance paying for braces, it's a cosmetic procedure.

I've never had a traumatic experience at the dentist but I despise it too. I hate having anything stuck into my mouth... unless I am the one doing it.

Mutanatia, Your dentist sounds like an as*hole. I'm sorry you had such a horrible time with her. There are good dentists too, but I guess they could be hard to find.

oh the dentist the dentist. it's good now. I've had a lot of cavities filled in the last few years. last checkup was ok. just can't skip appts anymore even if I have no insurance. earlier in my life the dentist used to be worse. I remember I think after the appt something to do with the fluoride perhaps i threw my lunch up on a grocery store parking lot

Hi Mutanatia. I am so glad the Pro Health is working for you. And thank you for letting me know because I kept thinking about you and this issue.

There are sleep dentistry places out there now that will put you under for procedures if you're scared of the dentist. I am considering using it.

A lot of dentists also have laughing gas as an option so that you can be out of it during the visit.

I can't stand the taste of toothpaste, but I found that Colgate's Icy Blast toothpaste is minty so it freshens your breath but it doesn't taste like mint.



Anyway thought that might help anyone else having toothpaste taste issues

Thanks Kirska. That looks like it might work too. I will look for it next time I'm out---always good to have variety. Right now, I think we are having a real Icy Blast in Ohio---I have been chilling all day.

You mentioned the laughing gas for the dentist. My youngest son, who is seven, has shown some signs of having Asperger's. Of course if he does have it, I will know he got it from me. But anyway, he had to get some work done on a couple teeth a couple weeks ago. He hates shots and literally goes into terrified hysterics when he gets a shot at the doctor. So the dentist we go to decided to be sneaky. He sprayed some of the numbing stuff on his gum, then sneaked the numbing shot in his mouth---and my son never noticed. I really praise our dentist for his compassion with us.

I dug this one up to avoid unnecessary topics.

Does anyone else have issues with metal objects in their mouth, like dentist instruments? I can't stand metal in my mouth makes me litterally sick. Its the main reason I haven't been to a dentist in years...

Why I hate the dentist?

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And that's just the ultrasonic cleaning.

Things go downhill quickly when they find a cavity.

I am responding to this thread because I was at the dentists for a few hours today and afterwards I had a meltdown....I started acting up before i was even in the office and I had to have Flakey sit with me and help me talk to the people because I was becoming unresponsive....They were very frustrated with me because they were one of those fancy schmancy dentists who tries to make everyone feel good...the catch is that they have to do it with blaring pop music and florescent lights and advertisements for different botox products all over the walls and people smiling everywhere...I was able to get nitrous and watch classic movies while they basically reconstructed a whole tooth and filled a small cavity...but it was not fun...Flakey sets me up for this stuff and drags me through it...People kept asking me how I felt and I could barely respond...afterwards, Flakey took me to lunch and then I went into complete meltdown mode and woke up in the bed not remembering how I got there...that was my day today....

Flakey did not use the "A" word, but he had to explain to them that I had "issues" so he said I was under treatment for "generalized anxiety"

I go to the dentist twice a year. I brush twice a day, floss and use ACT mouthwash at night. I'm ok with the taste of toothpastes. I do have sensitive teeth though. The only things I can't stand at the dentist is the sound of the cleaning they use when brushing the teeth. The taste of the toothpaste they use at the dentists makes me gag sometimes because the taste is terrible. Some flavors are ok like chocolate mint. My dentist also uses some cleaning tool where he cleans around the teeth with baking soda and water. That isn't the greatest of feeling since I have sensitive teeth. Sometimes when they floss my teeth they press too hard and I do bleed a little. But I don't hate my dentist. I have had terrible dentists in the past that were just mean and nasty. When I was a kid I remember biting the hands of the lady who put the dental x rays in my mouth. I hated those things because you had to sit still in order for them to take a picture. I did had to take out 2 wisdom teeth (lower side). I was put to sleep because they were impacted. I was in pain for a few days, but they gave me medications which helped. There were some nights I couldn't sleep because the pain was bad, but it went away. Now when you have a cavity it's actually quick and painless for the dentist to fill in the cavity. They numb the area, and you do hear the drilling noise which can be annoying, but I personally didn't feel any pain. I had a cavity filled last year and no pain. Now in the 1990s or so getting cavity filled was painful. They feel in the cavity now with your natural teeth color. I can't stand pain at all either. But I do brush daily. That's the first thing I do in the morning. Brush my teeth. Then after dinner I brush again, floss, then use the ACT.

I am obsessed with the oral cavity. Someday, I want to be a dentist.

I HATE the dentist. I suffer through said torture twice a year at my mother's request, and I DO want to keep my teeth (all of them) so I pop a Klonopin and go, dreading every moment.

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