I have developed a fear of dentists from poor treatment as a child and my fear not being taken seriously as a teen and young adult. Compounded by the fact as a child I was never taught the importance of looking after your teeth, and was a teenager when I realised. By now my teeth were terrible and needed a lot of care, which was not a great experience for me - it left me with a fear of going to the dentist.
As an adult I have managed to see a dentist a couple times and always ended up in panic attacks where I shake so much its hard to get any work done. I managed to get a denture to replace my 4 front teeth several years ago (I'm not 100% sure when).
Most of my teeth are broken and crumbling away and its now to the point I have maybe 4 teeth that are in semi ok condition.
My denture is holding on by a thread and often feels loose. I'm very aware of the fact I need to go back and face my fears again and by my count apart from previous extractions I'm probably looking at about 17 extractions most at or near the gumline, some partial tooth remaining between upper and lower jaw.
One one of the supporting teeth to the denture is hurting a bit so I'm guessing its got a hole and isn't ok.
What are my options here?
Can I get an immediate denture? I can't face no front teeth again - that was humiliating.
I'm scared of dentures falling out