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Dentists
by catrocks03
I don't have good teeth. As a child I was constantly given Coca Cola as a drink- I remember it often being a bedtime drink aswell. I must of been a very hyper child. I also remember a dislike of brushing my teeth- my Mother used to buy this horrible strawberry flavoured child toothpaste which I hated. Often she wouldnt bother with the ... fuss of making me brush my teeth. Chocolate and sweet treats were widely available in the house. All of these make for bad teeth. As i turned 18 I'd often have nights out binge drinking on sugary alcopops, possibly being sick during the night and going to bed not brushing my teeth.
It probably wouldn't be as bad but I remember going to a dentist when I was 15 and him telling me the enamel on my teeth had gone so there was no longer any protection on them.
I'm a big girl now and I try to keep up a good routine although old habbits can die hard I know I can't blame my teeth on anyone but myself now! I try to ensure I brush my teeth at least twice a day and rinse with mouthwash. My diet though would probably still make a dentist wince.
I had a particuarly bad experience with the dentist when I was 19, I had to have a back tooth extracted. He was a foreign man and very direct in telling me how horrible my teeth were. He sighed after I told him it still hurt after one injection in the gum as if he was impatient with me. When it was over he asked me to stand up, I told him I felt dizzy and again he ordered me to stand up. My boyfriend at the time was waiting for me in the waiting room and as he stood with me in the queue to pay he says "You've gone as white as a sheet". I had gone hot, dizzy and my vision had blurred. After paying I had to sit on the step outside for 5 minutes or I believe I would of passed out.
As you can imagine this completly put me off the dentist. I didn't return to the next appointment. I didn't plan to make any others. Sometimes I'd get chronic toothache and rather than being sensible I'd fend them off with painkillers, clove oil or any other remedy I could think of.
I was anxious of going again, worried a new dentist would have a go at me because of my teeth, be nasty or when I had work done to my teeth it would be just as unpleasant.
A few months ago my boyfriends Mother told me about her dentist, she had spoke to her about me and asked if I'd like to arrange an appointment with her as she was very nice. I was apprehensive but I knew I had to get something done. I would often get toothache and had a broken tooth that needed removing. I also badly needed a few fillings, sometimes when eating I'd chew and it would hit the cavity and a thunderbolt of pain would shoot through my tooth. It feels silly writing it down, but I put up with it because of my fear.
Me and my partner currently recieve child tax credit and working tax credit which means we were tax exempt- I needed a lot of work done and right now I could get it done for free.
My checkup was very reassuring, she noted that my teeth weren't in great shape and asked the reasons why I had no enamel. She told me what would need doing and how often she would do it. She was a really nice dentist so I felt instantly calmer.
I had to have 3 appointments in all- it was only meant to be 2 but I go the time wrong on the second one so was a little late. Each time I had work done she told me exactly what she was doing e.g. putting an injection in, she watched me to see if i winced in pain, asked me if i was ok etc. She polished my teeth afterwards to help clean any bad bits of plaque.
The injections are often the most feared experience of a dental patient. For me the injections in the gum aren't bad at all. The injection in the roof of my mouth is horrific, it feels like the needle is going through my head and I almost cried but it only lasts seconds and then its all numb. I just pinch the skin on my arm really hard while having it done. The pain is nothing compared to the amount I've had in toothache.
I'm going back in a couple of months for a checkup. In my last session she noted that there may be a bit of root or tooth left in the extracton site but she couldn't tell while it was healing. Now its healed I can feel a sharp bit there so I am a little nervous of getting that done but I am calm about it because I have such a good dentist.
My advice to any nervous patients is take time choosing your dentist. Ask local people for reccomendations. Dental procedures are not a fun experience, the only way to make them that bit bearable is to have a nice dentist!
I give this 3 stars- my dentist is lovely and the stars are for her but the pain (although short lived) is not lovely!
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Anglian
by spicey80
we received a call from Anglian, they running a promotion and my house chosen for discount if we allow them to put their advertising board at my house. i agreed and arranged, their sale rep arrived and told me the list price for my doors and windows £19,035/- it was big joke of the year then said we will give u discount because i am ... allowing them for advertisement sales rep called to his manager who quote me £9700/- which i refused. i last when the sales rep about to leave i asked how you can do last again sales rep called to his boss who quote me £4850/- and if you confirmed by tomorrow you will get some more discount.
just image if i was agreed with the £9700 or some where near.....i would be ended up with the loss of £5000/- approx.
if they are really serious about business they should speak truth and quote initially right price. i believe that company try their luck to rip off as much as they can.
i got all conversation record.
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Dentists
by mejulie999
In life, two things are harder than anything. One is giving birth and the other is going to the Dentist. All human beings have to do things they don't like and other things they love. I defy anyone to say they like to go to the dentist. I don't want to write about any particular dentist, just the experience of it.
As a ... child i remember being marched in, kicking and screaming and insisting that i be knocked out before the man in the white coat dared approach me with his 'mirror on a stick' as i called it. Of course my insistence to be in a state of oblivion was met with a harsh look over the thick rimmed glasses of the dentist and an offer of a lollipop when he had finished, which defeated the object of going at all, if i was going to get something to further rot the teeth at the end of the visit.
I know now the importance of healthy teeth and gums but as a child you don't relate to what is good for you, even when it is drummed into you. A visit when i was about 9, stuck in my mind because i had a tooth that was growing at a very strange angle and had to be removed. It was then that i first had the experience of being put to sleep. I remember distinctly, flying in a hot air balloon and looking down on a village full of dentists, running around with mirrors, trying to find me. Every time i go to the dentist now, i still envisage this and i see myself in the balloon whenever the mirror heads towards my open mouth.
Most of our fears when visiting the dentist are irrational because products numb our mouths ready for the work that has to be done. However, i see the needle that is going to numb my gums and think of the pain it causes before the numbing takes place. I cannot bear the noise of the drill and the packing in of the filling into the tooth. Most of all, i dislike myself for feeling so scared and child like when it comes to my dental visits. I am an independant woman who has always had to make alot of important decisions in life but i quiver at the thought of sitting in a dentist chair. I do have to say though, that i regularly visit the dentist, at least twice a year for a good cleaning and look after my teeth. If the alternative is being gummy and watching my teeth in a glass next to the bed, then i will continue to deal with my fear.
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