Dealing With Dentist Anxiety

My hubby has been in horrible pain since Friday night. He has a bad tooth that is causing pain up to his ear and down into his neck and jaw. We tried finding someone to see him on Saturday but no one will do that any more. Sad. But his dentist did call in some pain meds. We were able to get in Monday to see the doctor but the tooth has so much decay that it is right into the nerve and cannot be saved which means he has to see a specialist to pull it. That meant another day and night of suffering. He has not slept in 48 hours now. We are able to get him in this morning and they should be able to pull it. The bad part is that he has terrible anxiety along with a fear of dentists so this whole weekend and yesterday has been a stressful, horrible pain filled time for him and me. Watching someone suffer like that is hard.

Do you have a fear of the dentist? Are you good at going on a regular basis so any issues are caught early on? We knew that the tooth has to be fixed, but like everything else, money is always an issue when you don’t have dental insurance. Ugh.