What does it mean to let anxiety wash over you in this context? Like accept and embrace it and be all “fuck yeah I’m anxious! I’m Awesome Noisy Xtreme Iguana Outstanding Uvula Supercool!!!”?

Funnily enough the needle in the mouth isn’t so bad for me if I’m swabbed with a bit of lidocaine first.

I’m being referred to a specialist who apparently offers general. From the sounds of it here it’s probably overkill but knowing how I respond to tooth trauma, I’ll pay extra for it 🥲 I have a prescription for Xanax that I’ve never used or tried. I don’t know how it affects me though so I’m hesitant to go that route.

It’s weird seeing “engineer” for jobs that don’t actually require a P.Eng.

Where’s your chatgpt iron ring??? Your AI coveralls??? Where’s your PTSD???

I really appreciate the play by play 🩷 I’ve had an implant and wisdom teeth extracted so those steps all checked out. One thing that really causes anxiety for me is experiencing those sounds, vibrations, smells, lighting. They all blend together for me when I’m stressed (or high) and it can cause a really terrifying experience for me. I’m hoping that I can get either nitrous oxide or a general anesthetic or just take an anti anxiety pill beforehand

Good choice on DS9 haha. My imagination is hard to control so I might have to be on something because the sounds, smells, and vibrations all blend together and cause me absolute terror haha

I had 4 wisdom teeth extracted at the same time when I was younger so I’m really relieved to know it won’t be anywhere like that. 🥲

Wooo! 🥳 forgetting that it was even done is the best case scenario in my head. The human body is WACK.

Pain tolerance is very low rip. I’m looking to get fully knocked out haha

Gosh that abscess sounds absolutely horrible! I’m sorry you had to experience that but interesting that the removal of the nerve was felt that way.

The removal of the root and therefore no more feeling in the tooth is the part that scares me the most about it all.

Apparently the stuff they fill the root in with is a biocompatible composite mush thing (according to the dentist today).

I appreciate all the detail and well wishes :) Makes my day a little better because I’ve been an anxious wreck haha

That’s honestly a relief for me to read 🥲 Your description makes sense to me and that’s a relief as well haha. My implant tooth feels very weird to me compared to all my other teeth.

I’m lucky to have a very empathetic dentist. I told her I was beyond nervous but she could see it cause my hands were shakey and I kept tearing up haha. Felt kind of embarrassing but I know she’s seen worse.

I’ve got an old memory of my baby canines being extracted just with local anesthesia and the tugging and drilling was terror for me.

I can’t imagine cavity fillings WITHOUT anesthesia. You’re a trooper.

I’m relieved to hear it’s not that bad. I guess not knowing what a cavity filling is like is what’s getting to my head. I’ve been so anxious about it all.

Gosh that sounds horrible. It’s my front tooth and I don’t need a cap apparently. Lucky that the facilities were close by.

Solid and sound advice. I’m looking for peoples personal experiences mainly. Saw my dentist and saw the X-rays and heard the explanation and it checks out with some anxious googling I did before. More scared about the procedure and how the tooth feels like afterwards. I guess it’s a fear of change.

I was told I won’t need a cap as the tooth is my front tooth. One of my big concerns is how my tooth will feel when I bite things since they extract the nerves from the tooth.

I have an implant right next to my front tooth and that was such a traumatic experience for me when I got it as a teen. I’m afraid my tooth will feel like the fake one.