Monthly Archives: Dental Fear

• Do I Still Need to Have My Tooth Extracted If It Feels Fine?

  I had a tooth that really started hurting me. I am not that fond of the dentist. Translate that as terrified.  But, it eventually hurt so much that I went in. The dentist said that it was infected and then  gave me ten days of amoxicillin.  It’s been a month and that tooth still does…

• Family Pressuring Me to See Dentist

  I have a toothache. I have for a while. My parents keep telling me that I need to see the dentist. They’ve even offered to pay for it. The money isn’t the problem. My real problem is I am terrified of dentists–like throw up at the thought of going terrified. I keep telling them I’m…

• Who Removes Teeth for Dentures?

  I have always had a problem with going to the dentist, ever since I was a child. This has led to me having some pretty severe problems with my teeth. I was pretty much only going when there was a dental emergency . I’m really tired of it because every appointment is a nightmare. I’m…

• Pediatric Dentist Strapped My Child Down

  I am absolutely appalled. I took my daughter to the pediatric dentist for the first time. I got a little nervous when they didn’t let me back with her, but I didn’t want to make her worry so I pretended it was no big deal and she’d have a lot of fun. You can imagine…

• Months of sensitivity in tooth after white filling

  More than six months ago I had a large cavity filled with a white filling . Almost immediately following, that tooth became really sensitive to cold temperatures. Heat is OK, but cold just sends me through the roof. I went back to see my dentist because of this, and she said that the cavity was…