So this past Tuesday, I took shot at one of my phobias. I went to a new dentist to look at my problem teeth. To help put this in perspective, let me give you some quick flashes of my psyche in regards to dentists.
1) I HATE NEEDLES! (a lot) 2) I have had a number of (bad) dentist experiences when I was little 3) After braving 3-4 fillings in a year, I come to find (from a different dentist) that they were all defective. 4) In avoiding dentists over the last 5 years, I have had 2 fillings fall out in the last 12 months.. 5) My responsible self is now dragging me (kicking and screaming) to a dentist before it gets worse
So a friend of mine (at OpenTV) who also had problems with dentists had to go in for some work. He found one of those “Sedative Dentists” and told me of this wonderful experience where he took a pill and remembered going into the office and then remembered leaving, but almost nothing in between. (NOTHING!) ….. WOOT! He said they were able to accomplish work that would have taken 4-5 visits in that one, and it was a pleasant experience. (sign me up).
Now his dentist is in the Mountain View area, too far for me, so I started searching around. After a while I finally found one in Montclare/Oakland Hills. I visited him on Tuesday (Sept 13th, of all days) and was surprised to find that my teeth were not as bad as I thought. Yes, the one that lost the filling about a year ago was on the teetering edge of needing a root canal but otherwise my teeth were surprisingly strong.
So we talked about the work (a bit), about the different sedative options (nitrous, valium, triazolam) and I opted for the triazolam (I wanted the added possibility of light amnesia). So I have now been scheduled for next Friday (Sept 23rd) for my $2000 worth of work.
Wish me luck…
Good luck, darling