Baby, Chicken, Wuss: These are all words that describe me in regard to dental work. Anyway, I neglected a sore tooth for too long, until this Saturday when the tooth finally had enough and said “you know what? Eff you” and decided to revolt by developing a lovely abscess. And by lovely, I mean blindingly painful, can’t get any sleep, handfuls of ibuprofen, awful pain and swelling. I called Emergency Tooth Doctors at 9am on Sunday; I was in the office at 11. My anxiety was completely out of control. (Dignity and restraint were in very, very short supply for Miss Genna V. on this day. Oh, I lost it, totally lost it.) I was nervous and scared and really embarrassed by the fact that I had let this tooth get to this point due simply to being such a complete child about these things. Dr. Tanada and his assistant calmly assured me that they were there to help….. no problem…..we will get this taken care of. They told me that at any point I could let them know if I felt pain and they would stop and make sure I got properly numbed. I did this many, many times as I was really tense and just burning right though the stuff. They probably had to order more anesthetic after my visit. But it was never a problem, they said this is totally normal and I felt like much less of a blubbering idiot. They said nice things to calm me down and they really did make sure I was comfortable. (The assistant also calmly, gently, reminded me to breathe, many times; pathetically, in situations such of these I do actually need to be reminded.) Anyway, I will keep the yucky details of the issue and my procedure to a minimum but believe me when I say – GO SEE A DENTIST, people, when your teeth hurt! This office just took such good care of me, made me comfortable and went the extra mile to assure that I was leaving their office with aftercare instructions, a few prescriptions, but most importantly pain-free. They took this sobbing FOOL and turned me into someone who would write a 5-star review of a dental office. Prices were totally reasonable too
more