Hi everyone, I don't often post hereand I'm expecting no solutions but if anyone understands it must be you good people here. I am absolutely petrified of the dental treatment I need to get done. This goes much deeper, I know than just the dislike of a drill or something. Sorry if this is long but I must tell someone. I can't have a sensible conversation about my teeth with anyone, not even my husband because I'm so emotional and just cry so can't tell the dentist how I really feel. All my life I've had trouble with my teeth- all my baby teeth came through black which I'm sure is because I was fed sugared water in a bottle for the first few years of my life, anyhow....my second teeth came through really crooked and finally when I was 27 I had braces and finally a jaw operation to re-align the jaw and I was so proud of my smile. All that was before I suffer panic attacks and extreme anxiety and nervousness like I do now(I'm 44) Every situation has potential to make me shaky and sweaty. Gradually my teeth have got worse and are now crumbling. I'm supposed to have at least one crown if not more and maybe a couple of extractions. When I went to have a tooth out last year the dentist couldn't remove it all and was tugging away for over half an hour. Apparently I was biting her by the end and almost passed out. I had to be driven home. Now I can barely sit in the waiting room. The dentist I saw last month (the other having moved on) has made me two more appointments and is talking of trying to save the teeth, maybe cleaning out and filling AGAIN etc. I told her how nervous I am but can't seem to convey how I really feel. A lot of it is physical as well as I have a really small mouth and can't open it wide. Las time when I had a filling I pulled my neck muscles as I'm so tense and was in agony for a fortnight. I also suffer from catarrh and feel as if I'm choking whn I can't swallow. I've just cancelled my appointments as I can't face being in pain and needing time off work so close to Christmas. I feel as if I'm being stuffed into a black box with no escape as you can't escape your teeth. I just want to be put to sleep and wake with false teeth that can't hurt or crumble. When I told the dentist this, she laughed. I did finally get the broken tooth the dentist couldn't removed taken out at hospital and put to sleep but they were reluctant to do it, saying it would only take about half an hour. I can't sit in the chair for 10 minutes! I just need to tell people how I feel as I can't mentiondentist without wanting to cry- the panic just rises. I feel like I'm being sent to the electric chair. There are no special dentists here for fearful patients and we have little money. Thanks for readin this, anyone. For someone with a fear of making a fool of herself this is so scarey. I know I have a year of maybe six or seven appointments ahead of me. How can I possibly cope with this?