31.3.13

Fear of dentist....

It was quite a tough week leading up to Easter today. Last Saturday, while eating, one of my molar tooth chipped. Though there was no pain, that really gave me a hard time and lots of frustration and anxieties as well. Morever, I gotta be on training for the following week and if I go for an extraction, I was not sure if I can recovered on time. And, it was Sunday the next day too and there won't be many dentists around. Thus, I decided to 'tahan' the tooth for the entire week leading to my appointment on last Friday. It was a tough week, as I needed to be on course and sat for an exam on the third day. With that, I needed to study at night. Then, my company been calling me on and off while I was on course and the little fear in me of going to the dentist doesn't help. I was wondering would it be an extraction, filling or the big thing, root canal. Filling will be unlikely though this is the best option for me and I guess it will likely be an extraction as the tooth has chipped. A portion of the tooth actually came out. If it's an extraction, I was wondering would the dentist needed an operation, as this is a huge molar tooth!! Aiyo... all these thoughts kept on lingering in my mind, while I preparing for exam.

I was actually 'trained' not to fear the dentist since young as yearly, the clinic at my school will always summon us for extraction, filling or scaling. With all these years of  'training', I was not really that fearful of dentist and even bravely went for my wisdom tooth extraction in my younger teens. However, five years ago, I had a cavity where it bled profusely after the extraction and also, I went in and out the dentist's clinic for almost 5 times for a bridging and crowing works, in order to 'implant' back the missing tooth. After all these are done, I began avoiding the dentist ...... till last Friday.

 I was quite anxious leading up to the appointment but once I am in the clinic, which are those modern type, I began to feel better. There was no sound of drilling, no smell and the dentist was very friendly. The environment was clean and wifi was available too! Then, it was the procedure. The dentist seems to be quite humourous and also take time to explain my tooth's problems on a LCD screen and he recommended filling. Voila..... I felt so relief. The procedure lasted 30 minutes and I never felt so better after that. I was asked to come back for scaling and polishing three weeks later. It seems like I am back to my old self. The procedure cost me RM250.

I guess choosing a good dentist with modern equipments helps a lot compared to those old school clinics. And, over the weekend, I had some good food. :)


Chocolate Sundae for my kid

Strawberry Sundae for my little princess

Lovely ham and cheese toast
My favourite coffee with milk

Enjoying!

yummy!

Cheese baked rice ....

Curry Laksa

Fried chicken

 I guess we have face all fears sometimes and some of the best way to cope was to tell ourselves we can cope with it and try to relax. Another thing is, better to solve a problem faster so that we don't have to endure the problem for too long and get over it. :D

Btw, I went to Raffles Dental at Taman Molek, JB. Have a good week!

18 comments:

  1. used to fear dentis coz associate it with pain but now found one that suit me. No more fear. He is so talkative that I channel the fear to the feeling of wanna knock his head :p

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    1. Small Kucing - A friendly dentist helps a lot! At least he's more sensitive to your needs. I remember there are dentists who seldom talk Anne very cool. These are the types I won't go back to again.

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  2. Hi Chris, I too have a phobia with dentists!
    When I was in primary 1, 2, and early grades back then, there would be a government dentist that will visit our school every 6 months.

    And he, or she sometimes I think used those drills meant for drilling rocks or road projects.
    And many of us when seeing the dentist van, will run and hide.
    But fortunately, I still have all my teeth today, ha ha.
    Lee.

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    1. Uncle Lee - You guys can run away but not for us. They will look for you during classes and call out your name in front of the teacher, even though you opted out and signed by your parents.

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  3. oh dear..my greatest fear is also the dentist!!! the other day i was having anxiety over my holey molar too.. but when inside the room, the dentist only took 5-10 min to have it done.. drilling only 5 sec.. hahaha... RM45 only la!!!

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    1. reana - Rm45 cheap! even my son's filling cost rm100+! Anyway, the modern dentists now are sort of less painful now. They also spray something onto your mouth to numb it before injection.

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  4. don't worry..it's easily done by the dentist.

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  5. Wenn - yup, most of time, dentist can settled it.

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  6. *faints* Me scared too!!!! But with all those gorgeous treats, I would not mind going to one. LOL!!!

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    1. STP - Must treat yourself after a dental procedure! hahaha

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  7. reminds me of the times in pri sch when they will 'summon' us to check our teeth...

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  8. I think almost everyone is scare of dentist la!
    Regular dental check up and taking good care of our teeth is important, right?

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  9. RM 250! That's really expensive. I was quoted a ridiculous price in KL too, so I did my root canal back in Sibu over CNY. It was done by a really unprofessional dentist but she got it out after several tries. Set me back RM 80.

    I hate dentists too, it's a phobia since childhood. I'm always afraid they'll accidentally use the pick like thing and spear my tongue. :)

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  10. Huai Bin - well, nowadays this will be the cost to pay if you opt for those modern 'specialist' dentists. Even a normal dental treatment in JB cost RM100+

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  11. Kids look absolutely delighted with their desserts!

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  12. I did not see a dentist for some 10 years as I have terrible phobia to visit them. My wife got her cert for hypnotherapy and managed to hypnotize me for just once. I ended up going to the Mahsa Dental School to support them and made 13 visits in 6 months without fear. They gave me hell using the latest equipments the world can offer. Only RM10 per visit regardless of treatments - extraction, scaling, polish, fillings and root canal treatment!

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  13. How you incorporated your recent dental visit with life lessons is noble. I'm happy to hear that all you needed was a simple filling and that things went smoothly for you. Here's to better oral health!

    Doug Smith DDS

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  14. You deserved to indulge in those treats for reaching this milestone in your life. Congrats for finally getting over that fear of the dentist, after so many years of evading them. It’s only right that you won’t let that one unfortunate incident completely alter your notions about going to the dentist. You’ve got to keep in mind that there’s still a lot of good dentists out there that you can trust. It's good that you were able to finally find one. Take care!

    Claire Reed @ Arbor Creek Dental

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