Well done Honey!
I understand why you were so scared - so happy for you that you've found a dentist you can start to trust and are thinking of going regularly for check up. It feels great to get it sorted, doesn't it.
My new dentist is a woman too, maybe they are just better at it
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they may have thought you were 25, but many many years ago after an emergency visit to a dentist while I was on holiday, and I was crying my eyes out through the whole thing, they gave me one of the kiddies' 'I've been a good girl' stickers on the way out! I'm not sure if they were trying to cheer me up or take the piss.