To think that just under half a molar is perfectly adequate and I don't need to go to the dentist?

[HoneyDragon]

Dawndonna - floss. If you don't regularly, start. I'm very bad at remembering but whenever I now get a naggy ache, I floss religiously and 9 times out of 10 it goes away. :)

Extraction isn't too bad- ask if you can be referred to have it done under sedation.

Thanks thumb. I'll find out tomorrow. I booked appointment as soon as the tooth broke - just assumed root canal was for infections. It sounds so invasive and painful

Ooh I hate dentists too.
I shake horrendously in the chair and I have a god awful gag reflex
Im sure my dentist hates seeing me more than I do him

If they knocked me out they could pull my dodgy coil out at the same time? I've been putting that off too.

I'm such a catch

Now dh is being a total tit.

I've pointed out to him that it will be horrendously expensive. He has pointed out we have a credit card for such things and given me THE FACE.

Are you nhs?

You mean THE FACE with teeth in it?

He's right, go to the dentist with the credit card.

I am nhs yes

TePes are much, much better than flossing. And proper teeth brushing, you'd be amazed how much gets missed. But I'm a bit obsessed with keeping my teeth clean, and have a sonic toothbrush for mornings, and an electric one for evenings.

Do it, Honey. Ring in the morning.

Honey, go to the bleddy dentist.

DH was missing some teeth at the back on the bottom and dentist told him that eventually it will mess up the ones above as they need something to bite against....

..and that eventually that side of his face will become sunken

Sunken you say? As in glamorous cheekbones?

sort of, but only on one side....

So if I just wait patiently for the other side to crumble...

Bingo, problem sorted

See, if I don't go to the dentist tomorrow I will end up looking like Kate Moss. [happy]

Old snaggle tooth? Hmmm, takes all sorts.

Go to the fucking dentist or I will drive over and MAKE YOU GO

Whoah there, now you're getting scary

Go, you must. The injection techniques now are amazing, you barely feel anything. And I am the biggest dentist refuser ever.
I ended up at the dental hospital having a big molar removed, I'd left it and left it, it snapped at the gum line and couldn't be removed at the surgery as had a crooked root. They were so lovely I didn't even have the sedation, though I was offered it and I had always thought I'd take it.

You'll feel like the heavyweight champion of the world if you go, I was so proud of myself once I'd made that first step.

How amazing is amazing? Like amazing as in no longer put a fucking needle in your fucking mouth amazing?

You'll hardly know.

I can be a LOT more scary, you know. Don't make me get scary.

Don't know your financial situation but if you're going private and are covered by insurance then def ask about an I lay rather than a crown for post root canal.

I keep my eyes closed so don't see a thing (I don't like seeing things coming toward me), though they do warn you. You don't feel it going in and just feel a little small sting/a cold feeling, then the tingly numbness takes effect.

I had a horror of a dentist when younger, who was a bit brutal really. Every single one I've met in more recent years is gentle and lovely.