I've never really had a problem going to the dentist. You go, get your cavities filled in if you have them, and hope you can pay for it. No stress or anything. I didn't even worry when I had to have a root canal twice in the same tooth (once at age 16 and once when I was 23 or so).
I went to the dentist for the first time in 5 years or so the other day. (Haven't had insurance for a while.) Even that was fine. I needed a cleaning (which they still haven't done, this was a new patient exam), and he was going to look at my jaw and see if I might need a mouth guard for grinding my teeth. Nothing too serious, nothing that required immediate attention. I even didn't think too much about it when they couldn't seem to get me in for a cleaning till Dec. 22.
But then I got a call from the dentist's assistant today, asking if I could come in for a consultation *tomorrow* because they found something "of concern" on the X-rays they took the other day. What could they find of concern that would have them getting me in the very next day for an appointment? Now I'm freaking out. What if I have cancer of the mouth or huge bone loss in my jaw or something crazy like that?
Somebody reassure me, because it doesn't feel like it would be a simple cavity for this.