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Originally Posted by kanti
First of all let me thank Popadoopus and Dr.Pav for their valuable time to answer our queries.
My fear is of dentist full stop. the drill noise,injections etc.but I would have to to take courage and go.could you please tell me more about the air abrasion system and the dvd glasses, will they not be in the way when performing the treatment in the mouth or can i just have them for certail procedures
thanking you both again
Kanti
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Hi Kanti,
Im completely scared too, or was (i guess) you can see my thread above.
So how did I overcome each step? Well, I met with the dentists first, christ i was a wreck, honestly. But when I left I at least felt a bit more like I knew what would happen (had to have a root canal).
Firstly, I kept telling myself that people suffer from cancer and grin and bear chemotherapy, and "christ sake man, put things in perspective!".
On the chair itself, well, they were so good with the injection that i really didnt feel it much at all, certainly not pain, but I had to close my eyes.
During treatement, I found taking a large set of overear headphones a selection of nice loud music helps. I have a very understanding dentist who was quite happy for me to gargle/hum along to the music which really REALLY helps you to concentrate on the tune and not the work, and honestly, before you know it the treatment is over. She also found it better not to explain to me what was going on and just to get on with it.
Hope some of this helps you,