Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
#1
Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
Hey there!
I have had toothache for 3 days now and have finally admitting I might need a filling..............I am on the Gold Coast and am terrified of Dentists. I have also heard they are really expensive. Does anyone have any nice stories of dentists who don't hurt too much and don't charge an arm and a leg. We have private health care, but unfortunately no private dental. I think I can hold out a few more days due to great painkillers.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Est
I have had toothache for 3 days now and have finally admitting I might need a filling..............I am on the Gold Coast and am terrified of Dentists. I have also heard they are really expensive. Does anyone have any nice stories of dentists who don't hurt too much and don't charge an arm and a leg. We have private health care, but unfortunately no private dental. I think I can hold out a few more days due to great painkillers.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Est
#2
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
Think of blokes in Iraq getting limbs blown off and stuff and stop being such a nancy!
#3
Make it happen!!!!
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Little Mountain, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Posts: 3,008
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
I find a stiff glass of sherry calms me before I sit in that chair!!!!
I hate the dentist too......eeeewwwwwww
Beth x x
I hate the dentist too......eeeewwwwwww
Beth x x
#4
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
Hey there!
I have had toothache for 3 days now and have finally admitting I might need a filling..............I am on the Gold Coast and am terrified of Dentists. I have also heard they are really expensive. Does anyone have any nice stories of dentists who don't hurt too much and don't charge an arm and a leg. We have private health care, but unfortunately no private dental. I think I can hold out a few more days due to great painkillers.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Est
I have had toothache for 3 days now and have finally admitting I might need a filling..............I am on the Gold Coast and am terrified of Dentists. I have also heard they are really expensive. Does anyone have any nice stories of dentists who don't hurt too much and don't charge an arm and a leg. We have private health care, but unfortunately no private dental. I think I can hold out a few more days due to great painkillers.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Est
#5
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
Cheers loads for that, will have to look him up. Does it take long to get an appointment with him or can you more or less walk in?
#6
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
Hey there!
I have had toothache for 3 days now and have finally admitting I might need a filling..............I am on the Gold Coast and am terrified of Dentists. I have also heard they are really expensive. Does anyone have any nice stories of dentists who don't hurt too much and don't charge an arm and a leg. We have private health care, but unfortunately no private dental. I think I can hold out a few more days due to great painkillers.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Est
I have had toothache for 3 days now and have finally admitting I might need a filling..............I am on the Gold Coast and am terrified of Dentists. I have also heard they are really expensive. Does anyone have any nice stories of dentists who don't hurt too much and don't charge an arm and a leg. We have private health care, but unfortunately no private dental. I think I can hold out a few more days due to great painkillers.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Est
sending you some karma
#7
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
try 3mg of Dmarzipan (bad spelling), it worked a treat for me.
now I dont use anything at all, I've gotten over the GBH I got off a female dentist.
now I dont use anything at all, I've gotten over the GBH I got off a female dentist.
#9
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Joined: Feb 2007
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Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
Ask for sedation.
It works, your not completly out but you dont really remember anything.
Hubby said I spoke to them during the fillings but I cant remember.
All I remember is the start and when they say, right all finished!
It works a treat, you need someone else with you. In case your groggy on way home(you cant drive home).
Im not sure of price here as this was in the UK.
Anyway I have real phobia of dentists and after years found a dentist who suggested this. It works a treat.
GEMS
It works, your not completly out but you dont really remember anything.
Hubby said I spoke to them during the fillings but I cant remember.
All I remember is the start and when they say, right all finished!
It works a treat, you need someone else with you. In case your groggy on way home(you cant drive home).
Im not sure of price here as this was in the UK.
Anyway I have real phobia of dentists and after years found a dentist who suggested this. It works a treat.
GEMS
#10
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Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Perth, WA
Posts: 1,376
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
Hey there!
I have had toothache for 3 days now and have finally admitting I might need a filling..............I am on the Gold Coast and am terrified of Dentists. I have also heard they are really expensive. Does anyone have any nice stories of dentists who don't hurt too much and don't charge an arm and a leg. We have private health care, but unfortunately no private dental. I think I can hold out a few more days due to great painkillers.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Est
I have had toothache for 3 days now and have finally admitting I might need a filling..............I am on the Gold Coast and am terrified of Dentists. I have also heard they are really expensive. Does anyone have any nice stories of dentists who don't hurt too much and don't charge an arm and a leg. We have private health care, but unfortunately no private dental. I think I can hold out a few more days due to great painkillers.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Est
I finally went to a dentist to get it fixed, but it was so far gone that it had to be removed and because of the tooth's position, I ended up having it removed in hospital under a general anaesthetic. Even though the operation was done within 2 weeks of seeing the dentist, I was in agony a lot of the time as the painkillers just wouldn't do it.
With no health insurance it cost me $2500 for the surgeon/anesthetist/hospital - and this is for an op that lasted 20 mins tops. Needless to say, I now have private health insurance WITH dental cover.....
Dentists here are expensive, no two ways about it. At least it's not the terrors of NHS Dentists years ago. Please get it sorted - I can guarantee it will get a lot worse at two in the morning on a day when you have no pain killers.
#11
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
Hi. It's a fairly busy practice, so I imagine you would need an appointment. I think they are open Thursday evenings as well, and they also do saturday mornings. If you just say you are in a lot of pain, I'm sure they will try and squeeze you in sooner rather than later.
#12
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 33
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
How much does your dental insurance cover? And how much does it cost? I've seen some policies cover dental crowns etc but does it cover the full cost?
#13
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 33
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
So true. Maybe that's why lots of peeps travel to countries such as Thailand for dental treatment. It's a lot cheaper there but dunno about the quality. Then again, I've been to expensive dentists who don't do such a great job either.
#14
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
Hey there!
I have had toothache for 3 days now and have finally admitting I might need a filling..............I am on the Gold Coast and am terrified of Dentists. I have also heard they are really expensive. Does anyone have any nice stories of dentists who don't hurt too much and don't charge an arm and a leg. We have private health care, but unfortunately no private dental. I think I can hold out a few more days due to great painkillers.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Est
I have had toothache for 3 days now and have finally admitting I might need a filling..............I am on the Gold Coast and am terrified of Dentists. I have also heard they are really expensive. Does anyone have any nice stories of dentists who don't hurt too much and don't charge an arm and a leg. We have private health care, but unfortunately no private dental. I think I can hold out a few more days due to great painkillers.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Est
#15
Re: Help!! Fear of dentists and need a filling!
I can second the suggestion about sedation - it works a treat. Other option is to ask for a Penthrox inhaler which will administer pain relief and take the edge off your nervousness as well. It's a green whistle looking device which some dentists use for particularly phobic patients.
Best of luck with the filling- but remember the longer you leave it, the bigger the bill is likely to be!
Best of luck with the filling- but remember the longer you leave it, the bigger the bill is likely to be!