Good Dentist for someone Terrified
 

I am one of those people who are "Dentist Phobic". It began when I was a young child and had to have a number of baby teeth pulled. I admit to terrible teeth, and feel fortunate to still have all my natural teeth. I need a new dentist down here and am looking for one I can trust and who will understand my fear of dentists. Any suggestions.

Dr. Edwards at Marion Dental. He is so very nice and gentle. I've been going to him for many years !

For that reason and many more I suggest you go to Palm Ridge Dental, Off 466 near the high school and behind Lang Eye. Drs. Kathleen Williams and Reem Jabar are both trained at University of Florida and are intelligent and very warm and kind. The finest dentist I have had in my whole life. Husband and daughter agree too.

Of course you could find a local bartender before your appointment.

That will be a real possibility....or Zanax......:loco:

I agree - Palm Ridge women are exceptional dentists and very fairly priced.

Thanks Bonnie and Gracie for suggestions. I will check out Palm Ridge.If I had to go all the way to Ocala I would find to many excuses not to go....I need to remove all possible roadblocks and a half an hour drive would be a big one.

Marion Dental is on 441 next to Billy's Cafe

If I may, I would like to make a suggestion - if and when you make your appointment with whomever you choose, tell the receptionist that you are scared to death, tell anyone who will listen, and also let the dentist know when she comes in. Believe me, dealing with people of our age, they have heard all the horror stories of the stone age dentists we grew up with. By the way, I went to a school dentist and was tied into the chair - really tied into the chair - how is that for what to do to a young child.

I recently broke off a tooth that required pulling. It was a molar. I'm getting an implant. My own dentist said he would pull it using a local anesthetic. I having never had a tooth pulled so I agreed. By the time the day rolled around I was terrified. By the time I got to his office I was shaking like a leaf and on the verge of tears. I was shaking so bad he said I needed to stop as I was making him nervous. He was a small man and it took two people holding me down to pull out my tooth. The pain wasn't too bad but the pressure and the enire scenario scared the daylights out of me. Little did I know that I could have gone to an oral surgeon and had it pulled while under anesthesia. I had another tooth break off recently and will be going to Dr. Caylor an oral surgeon. He wll be doing an implant on that other tooth and pulling the other. He said it would take about an hour all together. What you don't know will hurt you.

It's always best to avoid an anesthetic if an alternative exists. Anesthesia puts you to sleep - true - but you may suffer serious injury or worse for any number of reasons. The vast majority of people never have an adverse reaction, but it does happen.

I would recommend Dr. Jerkins in Fruitland Park. I WAS dentist phobic until I went to his office with severe jaw pain. An X-ray and some antibiotics later, I felt fine. I told him I was afraid of dentists and he told me he was, too. On one visit, I told him I could feel him working on a tooth and his response was "Can't have that!" and he gave me more anesthetic. I've had dentists in the past that would just say "Almost done" and keep right on working. After avoiding dentists almost my whole life, I am now a regular, happy patient.

He should have been given the option and I should have been allowed to make the choice.

My mother when taking me to a dentist apt. always told me to be sure to wear an old shirt incase I get blood all over it.

We agree, but one should always opt for the least dangerous option.