anyone else suffer from dentophobia?

I have the really bad type.

My cavities are starting to KILL me, and I mean literally.
It is making me go depressive and I have been having suicidal thoughts.
*Dentophobia is severe fear of dentists, by the way.

I just want to know that I'm not alone.

well, no Ash. if she did she wouldnt have the problem with her tooth in the first place. i think your friends/family should drug you, sneak you into a dentist, get your tooth fix. if you wake up during this process, then they should knock you out with sleeping gas and get your tooth fixed.

i think that'll do the trick!!

seriously, just go to the dentist, hun. it might be at a point where the cavity is so bad the tooth cant be saved. and that means not have that tooth anymore, and if its toured the front, would you really like a missing tooth??? you should really try and go, it'll better your self in so many ways.

~la boricua

BTW, sorry misspelled words

A dentist checked me over.
I have a root-canal infection, which means that they have to operate the tooth.

With this illness I go around dodging dentists, until the pain is so great that I

a) Go to the dentist despite immense fear.
b) commit suicide.

After they explained the process of cleaning the infected tooth option b is looking better and better.

wow ok... unnessisary blaspheme much! id think suicide would hurt ALOT more than going to the dentist. Seriously they dont hurt that much especially if you take care of your teeth and go reguarly and so it might hurt a little, but i mean.. what exactly about the dentist scares you?

ok watch the language there

Language?
Fear overpowers anything I can say, which is why no one understands exactly how afraid I am.

If I knew exactly what about the dentist scares me, I would have overcome it long ago.

It's an irrational fear. I can't find its source, I just know that I have tried very hard over the years to face it and nothing works.

I HATE DENTISTS.. im not like deathly afraid of them, but i just hate going there. I always dread it

Thanks guys.

Fortunately, I know what a painkiller is.
Now, I just have to work out how to smuggle one in, and take it occasionaly, until I can find a sedative strong enough to allow me to go to the dentist.

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The fear of dentists is apparently the most common feared profession. I don't have any true phobia of them, but like doctors, I don't really like going to see them. I like my current dentist though. She's pretty good. It's over fairly quick. My advice, take good care of your teeth outside of the dentist. Makes the appointment go quicker.

hey i fear the dentist, only because he pulled out my teeth when they werent numb. but not all are that way

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