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Hello everyone and thank you for your messages yesterday! Couldn't get on-line as hubby was hogging it ALL day - then I worked this morning. a n y w a y .... as Karen said, I've got to have TWO crowns - the one next to the broken one is cracked too. Thank goodness they are both the same side. Have got to go back on 24 May and I will be sedated - an injection in the hand that makes most people fall asleep. Have to be supervised for 24 hours afterwards - not allowed to cook or even lift a boiling kettle!!! That's the silver lining!! Hubby is still recovering from hearing the cost - £250.00!!!! I am really pleased that I don't need any other work though - no fillings today mum! And once he has cleaned them, now I have given up smoking for over a year - they will be and stay the cleanest they have been for years!!! Thanks again to everyone for your support and stories - glad to see I'm not the only one!! Maz. XX

Hi Maz Glad you got though today ok - good luck for the return trip at the end of May. Like somebody else (sorry can't remember who now) - I used to faint every time as a teenager. I grew out of that - and at the moment I have a brilliant dentist. Actually trust him. I never even felt the injection last month - when I had to have a feeling replaced. Liz

i have the same problem my filling came out in august haven't been to dentist . really phobic about them would rather suffer. sarah

Maz Oh boy! can I indentfy with you, I've been a bit naughty and have'nt been for over a year, its only the filling that's holding one of my back teeth together!! I'll be thinking of you. Good luck, close your eyes and think of something really nice. Yours sympathetically Lynda x

Hi Maz Have you been to the dentist ??? Hope everything was ok Why do they talk and ask questions when your mout is full of impression thingy's?? Mine was fine i forgot that I no longer have a nerve their any more but the blooming D Nurse soaked me not suctioning the water enough my back was drenched!!! I hope I look after my patients better than that!! Never mind over and done with till the crown arrives. Love Ann

I had to go to the dentist about a month ago for two fillings which i was really dreading as i've never had any before. That nice hubby of mine kept telling me that 'it wrecks' and 'don't look at the needle' so you can imagine what state i got myself into when the day came to go, palpitations wasn't in it!! But having got there (just about), i sat down and told the dentist that i was a bit worried and d'ya know what, i need not have been. Never hardly felt a thing but my hubby did when i got home!! lol after i'd finished slavvering (spelling?) everywhere! Tracey

Hi Maz, Hope you are feeling better now that the appointment's over with. Krissie went to the dentist yesterday for root canal treatments, Steve is going tomorrow and I should go as I've got a broken tooth!! On my records I am known as Terrified-East Ham!! I know how you must've felt as I LOATHE the very thought of the place...let us know how you got on. Aileenxx

Maz, When you read this you can laugh because it will all be over. I do sympathize, I hate the dentist and am a nervous wreck when I have to go. I even have it written on my card that I am a nervous patient. Funny thing is, I don't mind injections but have terribly sensitive teeth, in the past have had injections for a clean. But my present dentist wont do that, he just hand cleans them gently instead, he's a lovely man. ann Glos

Thanks for the update Karen!! I hope Maz is alright. She should be back soon. Sarah.

Hi Maz, Are you back home from the dentists yet? How did it go? Not too painful I hope.

Maz, Some years ago I fainted having a check up, I'd got myself in such a state.! Patience and a calm approach from my present dentist has helped me but you will definitely be in my thoughts, when you go. I was told to make sure I ate before going, - to keep the blood sugar levels stable, I think. You'll be fine, I'm sure.

And if they don't give you a sticker - have a tantrum! Think of me and laugh - every morning I have to walk through the clinic. There's 20 dentists chairs and thousands (ok I exaggerate) of dental nurses. I take a deep breath and bolt for the door at the other end to the corridor where my office is. Stuff of nightmares. Hugs for tomorrow.xx A xx

JANET OH MY GOD!!!! Mebbe I'm not so bad off then - blimey hope nothing like that happens to me, I'd just keel over on the spot!! Maz. XX

Maz, I'll think of you in the morning if you think of me in the afternoon. I went to the dentist last Thursday to have a tooth reparied that had broken in two. Instead of repairing that one they pulled out another that had lost it's crown about 3 years ago, found a lump that they didn't know what it was. They gave me antibiotics to see if that cured the lump (it hasn't) and I've got to go again tomorrow for them to repair the original broken tooth and for them to decide what they are going to do about the lump (if it's still there - which it is). Janet

Its nice to know I'm not the only big baby about! Once I went and just couldn't open my mouth for the injection - that's the worst bit for me - so I had to go back another time with my hubby!! Made him come in the room with me and everything. He has to take the kids too as I just can't! Ann - I will ask for a sticker and tell them YOU said so!! Maz. XX

AHH Maz, Don`t be scared,,,,I`ll hold your hand. Be brave Baz x

I'm going next week for a check up :-( I have a vertical crack in a molar that gets really sensitive every now & again. Every check up he says we could do something about it but it's a really nasty job - let's leave it til next time & if it doesn't get any better...... Doesn't ever get any better, but I don't tell him it's getting a little bit worse ! Do you think I'm too old to get my mum to go along with me ? Rick.

Good luck Maz - from one dental phobic to another. My dentist is my friend's husband - she FORCED me to see him when I was trying to ignore an infection. He has to treat me like I'm about 3. AND I get a sticker afterwards. If you don't get a sticker let me know and I'll send you one of mine ... I just started a new job as a researcher - guess where - ARGHHHH - in the Dental Hospital. Hugs A

Karen - its bottom row, one of the middley ones - not right at the back but a big one. I've kept the chunk so will show you tomorrow!!! That's summat for you to look forward to!! Maz. XX

Good Luck Will think of you Maz - Let us know how you go on tomorrow. lol Tracy