Long back story - pregnant with my DD (who is now 17, so this was mega ages ago) and my left hand side bottom molar tooth cracked. I went to the NHS dentist who "fixed" it but it's given me toothache ever since. It has since been refilled but it still used to hurt every time I bit down on it.
Earlier this year I was flossing and the filling came out YET AGAIN - but this time the hole is very very deep. It doesn't hurt unless I eat sugar and I clean it diligently about 3 times a day so, ironically, it's causing me less pain than it has done for 18 years.
Anyway, I went to a new dentist this morning (we moved to a new area) who said that I have to have this tooth extracted. I'm fine about this, as I'd been asking my previous dentist to do this, but he kept wanting to save the tooth.
Anyway!! My AIBU - my new dentist wants me to go under general anaesthetic. School holidays are coming up. I'll have kids at home. My DH will have to take at least one day off work to look after me them. And I don't want a GA at the dentist! But I don't want to have a local either. I suppose I'm scared because a GA is quite severe and then there's that little part of me who thinks it can all go horribly wrong and I won't wake up .
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KayAdams · 02/07/2015 12:03
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