Starting to worry about my teeth...

belfastgirl23

by the way do let us know how you go. Sometimes having a sense of having people to 'report in' to can help motivate you onwards Works for me on the grocery challenge anyway

scotlass99

Well i've got an appointment! 23rd February!!! Maybe the dentist i'm registered with is busy after all!

It's damage limitation now, as the tooth that the filing fell out off isn't sore (touch wood!) but does have a great big hole in it, so taking my time eating things and steering clear of crunchy things. Also, being very disciplined in brushing teeth for the right amount of time..

How are the rest of you getting on in your quest for nice teeth?!

LouBlue

Well done to all of you with a phobia but now deciding that 2008 is the time to look after your teeth. :T

I didn't go for years, after crap one the school would send me to. But had to go after I needed root canal treatment.....so then decided I couldn't avoid it any longer. So I went and found another one and signed up with Denplan, £14 a month for me. I go twice a year for a check up and 4 times a year to the hygienist. So now I go little and often, I need less done.

Its my OH that I need to get there now. He hadn't been for years but then had terrible tooth ache so we had to take him to a clinic for nervous patients...ie sedation...so it cost us a blooming fortune! I told him he can't leave it now, he has to go regularly, and he actually said to me that he hates having the phobia, he hates dreading it, and he really wants to overcome it now, so thats a start anyway.

toshkininny

Hope you get yourselves all sorted and don't worry too much. I've never had a problem with going to the dentist - it's the doctor I can't stand !

Does anybody have any good tips on getting your children to go to the dentist? My daughter is 3 and a half, and didn't want to go anywhere near the dentist when I took her - even to get a sticker as a reward, so I really want to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand.

ofnus

well done on making the appointment scotslass. i hope to go on my visit of the local practices that are accepting nhs patients some point this week.

been looking at HSA dental insurance today but it just seems so confusing. really not sure whether it offers value for money or not. looking at it i think the worse your teeth are = the more treatment you'll need = the better value for money it is. wont know whethers its right for me until ive seen a dentist though. need to go to the opticians as well. 2008 seems to be the year of the body MOT!

ofnus

toshskinny - would bribery work? not ideal but if thats what it takes to get her to go...

toshkininny

ofnus wrote: »

toshskinny - would bribery work? not ideal but if thats what it takes to get her to go...

maybe a bit of chocolate perhaps?

scotlass99

I looked into a dental plan but was put of that in the first 3 months you can't claim!! And I don't think I can wait that long til I get treatment! Why do these things always have clauses to catch you out! Grrr!

LouBlue

scotlass99 wrote: »

I looked into a dental plan but was put of that in the first 3 months you can't claim!! And I don't think I can wait that long til I get treatment! Why do these things always have clauses to catch you out! Grrr!

Pretty obvious really. People would wait til they had really expensive things needed doing, then suddenly all sign up. Its worth it in the long run!

belfastgirl23

My dentist told me that your teeth had to be basically in order before you signed up for dental insurance although that said I had a lot of very old fillings coming to the end of their life and she could have been a bit sticky about this (I joined up after I hadn't been for about 4 years :eek: ) so you might find with the right dentist once you get any really obvious problems out of the way (scotlass well done on making the appointment by the way ) they'll let you sign up before you get the longer term more remedial work done. Especially if you make it clear you're in the insurance for the long term and you're sticking to a plan.

Toshskinny is it worth having a word with your dentist to see if they have any ideas about how to encourage your dd in to see them? TBH if they don't or if they aren't available to talk about it then they aren't the right dentist anyway It might even be as simple as them taking off their white coat or going in and talking to her in the waiting room first. It might also be worth getting from her what it is she doesn't like about it. Has she had a bad experience or has someone put her off? You're right to try to nip it in the bud