I fucking hate the dentist, which is a shame as I have to see them so damn often. My teeth are HORRIBLE and cause me no end of grief. Two weeks ago, a dead wisdom tooth abcessed and I had an infection so bad that half my face and neck was swollen. They pulled the tooth and said my X-rays didn't look good. So I got back to L.A. and today I went to another dentist. This crown that's been uncomfortable for a couple of years has pulled away from the root and is badly decayed. I have a couple other cavities, too. Today they cleaned my teeth and I'll go back in a few days for a new $600 crown. *sigh*
Anyway, lately I tend to freak out at the dentist because I'm terrified of infection. I can't stop thinking about all that bacteria in my mouth and all the open, injured gums that result from the dental work. I always bleed at the dentist, especially when I had the wisdom teeth pulled, and I keep thinking about all the nasty bacteria getting into my bloodstream and infecting my heart or brain and killing me. Consquently, after I go to the dentist, I go home and have panic attacks, which causes chest pain, which leads me to think "heart infection!" - which makes the panic attack worse, and so on.
Y'all please tell me I am being a dumbass.


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They would ingore my request for extra pain medications. The last time I went the dentist got my shirt all wet and refused to give anything too dull the pain. She was just cleaning my teeth but she could have atleast been sympatetic. But she was like "you need to come every six months!!!". I never went back to that office after that. They kept my braces on my teeth for FIVE YEARS just to get the medicare money I hate going to the dentist. I brush and mouthwash three times a day. I floss twice. I am planning to go to the dentist soon my sister found one that will give enough pain medication. Strangely enough the male dentist I use to see as a child never liked to wear gloves. I saw him all the way into my teens. A few years after I stopped seeing him he died of AIDS. Yes, I have been tested negative. This was also like ten years ago before someof the stricter cleaning standards went into place.

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