Getting Three Fillings And Terrified

3 Teeth fillings? I am scared.?

i dont know about you, in england we have nhs to pay for alot of under 16s health care, thats how i got my braces, if the fillings are at the back or the mouth then they wont show up and it is for the best, other wise they might get worse. i had to have 4 adult teeth out at once for braces, and i assure you the injection is the worse bit, and its not even that bad, just squeeze somthing. alot of my friends have had fillings and its not noticable, and its mainly pain free, and it wont hurt for very long, maybe not at all! hope it helps :)

Scared about getting fillings?

If the cavity is superficial, it will hurt the most because the doctor will pass by the enamel.Usualyy, this kind of procedures take place under anesthetics, so u won't filll actuallyu anything.
If it hurts when u eat sweets, there is a probability(wich will put the diagnosis toghether with the Rx) that u're pulp must be extracted, wich again is done under anestethics.
i don't think u should be afraid because there are a lot of modern tehniques and new equipment that alouds u to feel even confortable at the dentist.

Getting fillings tomorrow and I'm scared?

A filling is very simple and nothing to worry about. You will sit down and most likely the dental assistant will talk to you and lay you down in the chair. If you are nervous and it is an option, laughing gas helps calm the nerves. Either way, a filling is easy. The dentist will numb the area by first putting a Q-tip on the area that has a numbing gel on it. Then the dentist will numb the "inside" of the tooth and area by injecting the area. It is just a pinch, you don't feel it, or barely do. Next the dentist will use a tool --drill-- to clean out all of the decay. The drill is more annoying then anything, it is a high-pitch sound. It also squirts water so your friendly dental assistant will be there smiling and using a straw looking thing to get rid of all of the water. Try to let him/her get all of the water, but if you have to swallow it will not be a big deal. Once all of the decay is out, the dentist fills it in with either a silver (amalgam) filling or composite. Composite is a white filling. After that, the dentist turns into an artist and shapes the new filling to look like the other teeth. Then, you are done!! So easy a cavemen could do it.

Does getting a filling hurt?

I'm a dentist.

Read these words carefully:

There is procedure that your dentist performs that should cause you pain. The only thing that should hurt is the injection of local anesthetic, which, if done properly, should hurt only minimally.

Once profound anesthesia of the tooth has been obtained, you should only sense the vibration of the drill and the air/water in your mouth. There should be no pain.

I cannot tell you, however, how long the procedure will take. It depends on the extent of the decay, the number of tooth surfaces involved, the doctor's experience, the restoration material to be used, the quality of the doctor's assistant, your ability to open your mouth wide and keep your mouth opened wide (more on this below), and the extent to which you salivate. Generally, on a good patient, placing a two-surface amalgam filling takes me about ten to fifteen minutes. A two surface composite (i.e. tooth-colored) filling runs about twenty minutes. A fidgety patient who repeatedly closes his/her mouth will require more time.

One of the things that patients do to make our job difficult is not open their f-ing mouths wide. You tell them "open wide" and they'll open wide for two seconds before closing half way again. The less you open, the less we can see, which understandibly means that the quality of our work is less. When your doctor says "open wide", that means you should open wide and keep your mouth opened wide until he/she tells you to close. It's in your best interest to do so.

Pain while getting a cavity filled? So scared!?

I apparently have two cavities..... I didnt know I had them until last week because I've had no severe pain but sometimes it hurt a little.... They are both very small... I'm getting one done tomorrow (the other one in about six months because my mom and I do not believe in silver fillings and that's all they can do on the one tooth) in the tooth coloured fillings. I've never had a cavity before and I'm so scared! I've had four teeth pulled (all were baby teeth; three were just there and one required oral surgery to remove from my jaw. I was awake) and that wasn't so bad, but really I'm scared more than anything for this! Can anyone explain how it feels or give me some reassurance (please don't lie!).

Does getting a tooth filling hurt? Help! I'm Scared!?

I just had a filling this morning. I had one as a kid but didn't remember what it felt like. I was really nervous, especially about the shot since I'm terrified of needles. It wasn't bad at all. They put gel on your gums before the shot so you barely feel it. Make sure you ask for the gel to be sure they give it to you. Some dentists might not automatically do it. If the cavities are on the bottom you'll probably need another shot but you won't even feel that one. Maybe some pressure but that's it. The whole procedure took about an hour for me but I only had one. Once they numb you they'll probably test it by putting ice on your gums and ask if you feel it. You have to wait a bit before they start to give the shot time to work. After that they basically do some drilling and then put the filling on. Then they have you bite down on some gauze and sit for awhile so the filling can harden. They had me bite down in this rubber thing as hard as I could after that to make sure it was in place and wasn't going to come off. Something I noticed during the drilling was that one of my top teeth hurt a little but I asked them about that and they said it's normal. I noticed minimal pain when I bit down on the side I had the filling on but it wasn't bad. The assistant had me take an ibprofin afterwards so you could take one in case it hurts when they're done. The only thing I hated was the feeling of my mouth being numb. For me it went away 3-4 hours after getting the filling. The whole thing is really nothing to worry about. They even let me listen to music on my phone for distraction. They might shine a special light on the filling to help it harden faster but I don't remember them doing that for me. Something you might find to be a pain is keeping your mouth wide open for so long. There will also be some stuff that doesn't taste good but it's not so bad. And be careful not to swallow anything they use for numbing so your throat doesn't feel a little numb. Also with the numbing, be careful not to bite your tongue or the inside of your cheek. Other than that, that's it.

Hope this helps and good luck! Before you know it, it'll be over and done with :)

Three fillings in one tooth?

They can make three fillings in one tooth that don't get anywhere near each other. It all depends on the size of the cavities. Cavities are basically holes in the enamel of your teeth. They can be very small or they can be very big. If they're too close together, however, they have to drill the whole area out and make one big filling. In your case, given the locations you described, your dentist may put two more small fillings in that tooth. The less drilling and filling they have to do, the better.

I'm scared to get fillings!What should I do?

I'm 15 years old,and I have to get 2 fillings.I am terrified.I have never had a filling,let alone a shot in my mouth.I am really scared.My mom told the dentist to give me a little bit of nitrous oxide to relaxe me,another thing I've never had.I know I'll be numb,but I am still scared it will hurt.I am a huge enetophobe(needle phobia),and I can't even stand the sight of even a small needle.I'm really terrified.I have a few questions.
1.What happens when they give me nitrous oxide?
2.How much does a shot in your mouth hurt?
3.How can I get over my needle phobia?

Thanks,
Hannah

I'm too scared to get a filling!?

I strongly suggest you seek out and find a dentist that has a "dental laser drill" that can drill your tooth. It does not cause pain and in fact, does not require you to get a shot of the AGGRESSIVELY CARCINOGENIC Novocaine, Lidocaine, Procaine, etc. that causes cancer from aniline homologs as a result of using those dangerous chemicals.

Then make sure the dentist uses a purple die to find the extent of the infection in the tooth before drilling. And then, DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO USE AMALGAM FILLINGS. First, it requires him to drill out a lot of good tooth to set the filling because it does NOT bond to the tooth, so he has to create a reverse wedge in the tooth to make it stay. Then ALL Amalgam fillings generate infection under them. They also leach mercury vapor out of them and that goes to your liver where it forms mercuric ions that damage your body greatly.

Make sure they ONLY do ceramic and use bonding to secure it.

I don't blame you for being terrified of the dentist. If people knew the entire story of what is going on in dentistry today and how so many diseases are generated by the infections that happen from bad dentistry, they would be amazed. Try to find a good biological dentist to do the work on you.

good luck to you