I lost my...

[RZ1029]

And seriously. If this young girl can hold a spider:

http://ihatepeacocks.com/resources/goliath-birdeater-spider.jpg

then im pretty sure the dentist will be fine. :P

Hmm... big spider. Cool. All I ever see are like the size of my thumb. WTB Shelob?

[Thor.]

Hmm spiders, never you see a spider that big, not only that poisoness is a uncommon in house holds as well here. But there is the odd time though

[Keanumoreira]

...Cavity virginity. :sad:

 

I have 3 (very) small cavities between a couple of my teeth in the upper right part of my mouth. (right in between so they could only see them on X-ray)... I cannot feel them, but you can see the slight gray spots on the sides on the x-ray, and I do not want them to progress.

 

Going in on Monday, to get drilled and filled, i guess.

 

I'm scared to death. They said they're going to freeze which means a needle in my gum. How much will it hurt? How long will it take for my teeth to go back to normal? Am I going to have to go through the difficulty of getting them replaced every 10 years?

 

I feel so down and sad right now. My problem is I haven't been flossing right. I swear in school I was told to not go that deep because you can injure your gums. Damn them. :(

 

Now the whole thing has led to a fight between my mom and dad over who will pay for it. Dad said some really nastly things about me to my mom through text message and now I feel even worse. I'm sad, I'm hurt, and I also really hate myself right now.

 

I don't know how this could happen, curse me for actually swallowing the rubbish they spouted at me in elementary school. I just hope the shape of my teeth doesn't get messed up so my retainer will still fit properly.

 

I want to die right now. I'm sitting here having a glass of milk. I wish I could feel happier.

 

Dentistry doesn't hurt as much as it potentialy could; infections, they hurt, and getting a tooth removed hurts, but generaly speaking cavities aren't too bad. The problem is dentiphobia, a mass condition that effects about 90% of western adults and arises from a mixture of natural pain aversion and a mix of fear of loss of control of one's self, and of sharp, whirring objects. Generaly speaking it's the most common phobia in the western world. Arachnophobia(Fear of spiders and other arachnids, sometimes insects) would be the second most, Theraphaginaephobia(Fear of particularly large spiders) would be third, and a fear of snakes would likely be fourth, fifth would likely be Capsaicinophobia, fear of eating chillis.

 

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee454/Vindekarr/711px-Brachypelma_edit.jpg

 

The vast majority of phobias are irrational fears, which means that they are fears of things that cannot harm you. Theraphagnaephobia (bird-eater-fear) is a classic example: only one, extremely rare species of Vietnamese Tarantula can actualy harm you, and the balance of Tarantulas are slow moving, and very docile-however their shear size(up to the sie of your hand) and fearsome, armour-plated appearance causes them to be one of the world's most wide-spread fears.

 

Lol, fear of eating chillis? That's an easy phobia to get over. The more you eat them, the more the (I think it's called the TC levels....TLC? Whatever) pain in your mouth gets lower. I usually don't eat them, but I'm not afraid of them.

 

Anywho, there is nothing wrong with going to the Dentist. The first time I went, I was totally cool, despite the doctor poking around in my mouth, lol. And like the guys said up there, they have medicines and sedatives like nitrous oxide (laughing gas) to subdue the pain. So all in all, you should be leaving with a few laughs and giggles in your system. ;D