i have a real dental phobia, to the point where i cannot walk in to a surgery without hyperventilating and suffering extreme panic. I was held on a chair at the age of 8 yrs old for an extraction, and will take high levels of painkillers to avoid the dentist. I have already had 1 extraction under sedation, this was the last resort when the painkillers no longer worked. My teeth need some attention and i have another loose tooth which is possibly going to fall out soon. I have regular pain as well. I would like a dental phobic dentist reccomended by yourselves, nearer to where i live, that can offer full sedation for the work i need. I have read your website with interest and this has prompted me to write, although the word dentist sends me into a blind panic. I live in lewisham and have a husband who can drive me. I cannot make an appointment for the london clinics as this would mean train travel which is probably not a good idea after sedation!
Sorry for rambling on, but i am in need of some advice,
Thank you in advance

I have sever dental pain radiating up the side of my head I presently taking codeine but am terrified of the dentist although my life is unbearable due to the pain and the amount of codeine I’m taking is affecting my ability to work safely. I have always had terrible teeth always had filling had 8 teeth removed at 15 as my baby teeth hadn’t dropped out. I then had braces and was regularly told of by my dentist and orthodontist. In university when I went to the dental hospital I received a lecture on smoking (which I have never done) but was told that was the reason my teeth were the colour they were. I fear my children will have teeth like me and will have endless fillings, is it possible i have a low dentin level and this is what makes my teeth so fragile (my mother wanted to have my teeth coated and the dentist informed her it was a load of nonsense. I just don’t want my children to go through what I have if it is unnecessary.

Hi, I have a phobia about impression taking and gagging, I have bitten my dentist and after having taken the impression tray home to practise with I still have to wrench it out after a few seconds as I am heaving and that is at home with no putty in it, please help, 

i am terrified of dentists i cannot walk into a dentists im finding it really hard to write this to when i think of dentists i feels sick i want to cry and i wish i nva had teeth, i dont know what to do my friends hav offered to take my kids for check ups, my 1yr old fell onto my face while playing and she broke my tooth it dont hurt only hurts my tongue i been trying to find my own ways to smooth it down but no luck as of yet i knw i need major work i was transferred to my local hospital but kept puttin appointments off i was just too scared please help i knw my teeth need major work, i hate needles i do know where my phobia comes from and i dont know if i can over come it