OMG my tooth has a huge hole in it but i can't go to the dentist

[Marne]

A few weeks ago i noticed a small hole in one of my back teeth now it is huge . I am sh*t scared of the dentist (i would rather go through the pain of giving birth than sit in a dentist chair). It doesn't hurt at all, what will happen if i don't go to the dentist? I know if i do go i will have to have it out , i hate having injections in my mouth, god i'm a wimp.

i left my slightly broken one and now i have to have it out. i really wish i'd just got the crown when it was still a possibility.

if you get an abscess you'd be beating the dentists door down. go!!

You may not need an injection. I had a huge filling done recently and told the dentist not to bother numbing it and it was fine, a few seconds of mild pain.
You know you have to go eventually. I'd ring and tell the dentist about your fears beforehand.

logic would dictate that a tiny hole that has grown v quickly in a not very short time is something that needs to be seen to before your whole tooth disappears.

get thee to a chemist. purchse yourslef a dental repair kit. insert dental putty in the hole. then grit your teeth(no pun intended), promise yourself something pretty afterward and go the the fecking dentist.

I had a wisdom tooth out a couple years ago and it wasn't as bad as i thought, its more the anxiety about going and having injections, i wish it would just drop out on its own.

Please please please go to the dentist. I didn't go for 20 year. I was totally shit scared, had big holes which turned into broken, crumbling teeth. Had to have 4 teeth out this year and it cost me (with some other things) £1500.

Since I steeled myself to go in November I have been to the hygenist twice and am just about to have my third dental appointment this month. It's not a party but I feel so much better having gone, and if I can, seriously, anyone can.

I have just returned from the dentist as I was getting jaggy pains when I bit down on one of my molars. Irritatingly, they found a hole that hadn't been spotted at my annual check in December. It would have been around because the decay inside the tooth was quite bad, although the hole was tiny and did not indicate such a problem. I've just had it excavated, the old filling flipped off, the tooth cleaned and packed out with a clove based sedative to calm the nerve down before I go back in 2 weeks for a proper filling. They were really calm and chatty and told me to raise my left hand if I was not happy at any time. The anaesthetic needle was painless, it numbed within 5 mins and they were able to do a lot while I zoned out and focussed on the ceiling. Now, I cannot feel my left nostril,, half of my tongue and my face looks like its slipped, but its better!! Seriously, if you are a nervous patient, tell them and they will be really gentle with you. Alternatively, you could lose your tooth (which is infinitely more painful), maybe some others and be a toothless hag. Its up to you.

Have you asked if they're willing to give you gas instead? A friend of mine in Australia is petrified of needles and her dentist gives her laughing gas.

You can't have gas in the dentist's chair in this country any more (haven't been able to for years).

I was sedated, with a proper anaesthetist! Cost a fortune but was well worth it. He did four extractions, two fillings at the front, probably a couple of fillings elsewhere and a deep clean and I didn't feel a thing. Was fab.

So you made that appointment yet

i AM PETRIFIED AND HAD TO HAVE 2 BACK TEETH OUT ....it doesnt hurt - dentists arent masochists.

Marne I know exactly how you feel! I would rather have gone through childbirth than go to the dentist - and so I didn't, for 20 years!
I had a hole that was getting bigger in one of my larger molars and I left it and left it. I was imagining having to have root canal treatment/extractiion and all manner of horrific things, so I just wouldn't go.
Then one day I just thought I would take charge of this whole situation (with a LOT of pushing from dh and friends) and I made an appointment to see a dentist.
I rang them before I went and cried on the phone while talking to the receptionist, she was so kind and understanding, and told me that NOTHING would be done without my full consent, and she really put my mind at ease.
My friend took me and got me to do relaxation exercises all the way in the car!
The dentist was lovely! I did need a filing, but he gave me a small chewing gum type thing to put against my gum to numb it, then injected the area, and I truly didn't feel a thing! Honestly. I was so relieved and proud of myself afterwards.
I thindk what I'm trying to say is that dentistry has moved on so much, and if you explain before you even get there that you are totally terrified, they will do everything they can to make it a happy experience!
Please make an appointment and go. You could get a terrible abcess which would give you a tremendous amount of pain.

Be brave and go.
Don’t forget Mar Twain’s famous quote:
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”

I didn’t go for fear until it was too late. Eventually I had to go and the injection was so quick and easy and I felt nothing whilst they did the work on my tooth. It took 4 appointments to sort it and cost me £1000. I should have gone at the time I noticed it

it could be a filling that fell out, and since (sounds like) it's not hurting, they won't need to inject you to put filling back in. (This happened to me).

No injection required may only be true if you go soon & not later after lots of decay has happened.

Erm this threads 9 years old hope the OP has had it sorted by now.