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After
I survived. No root canals, no real pain (thanks to the nitrous oxide). I have one "tiny" cavity, but - and this is hard to explain - it's in my lower jaw, and not in the back, so that bothers me almost not at all. It's the back upper right that triggers all my phobias. Maybe that's because the Angry Dentist who put in a big filling there many years ago threatened me - in his angry way - with a root canal, because the filling was so big.
Come to think of it, a lot of the reason he was so pissed off was because I didn't let him yank my wisdom teeth, but instead had him fill a couple of cavities back there - which is, apparently, kind of hard to do. But this is 13-14 years later, and I still have my wisdom teeth, and they're fine.
In fact, both of my lower wisdom teeth had "compromised" areas last time, areas which they told me were likely to become cavities. I took their advice, used floride rinse and brushed those areas carefully, and was rewarded: those teeth now look "great".
I survived. I do have to go back to have that cavity filled, but I don't expect to be paralyzed with terror. Whew!
Come to think of it, a lot of the reason he was so pissed off was because I didn't let him yank my wisdom teeth, but instead had him fill a couple of cavities back there - which is, apparently, kind of hard to do. But this is 13-14 years later, and I still have my wisdom teeth, and they're fine.
In fact, both of my lower wisdom teeth had "compromised" areas last time, areas which they told me were likely to become cavities. I took their advice, used floride rinse and brushed those areas carefully, and was rewarded: those teeth now look "great".
I survived. I do have to go back to have that cavity filled, but I don't expect to be paralyzed with terror. Whew!
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