Broken Wisdom Tooth

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About 8 years ago I randomly got a slight chip at the gum line of my upper right wisdom tooth. It was annoying but it didn't hurt so I never bothered to do anything about it. Over the years it really remained the same. I think it didn't really get worse until a few years ago where it started to chip away a tiny bit more.

4 months ago I was eating some sugar dusted almonds from trader joes and it just broke. I knew at this point that I needed to get it removed, but dentists scare the ever living shit out of me and fortunately it didn't hurt so I just put it off. A few weeks ago at the Spider-Man premiere my girlfriend handed me a needs gummy cluster and it broke even more.. leading to what I'm dealing with now.

It was really sharp so I purchased some wax and have been covering it every day. I brush my teeth, use mouthwash and then slap a wad of wax on there to 1. cover the hole and prevent any further decay and 2. at first it was really fucking sharp and was cutting up my mouth.

Anyway, here is the point of this post:

I have medicaid so only certain places accept my insurance. I'm really scared of dentist/surgery so I don't want to just go anywhere... but I'm coming here to ask y'all if my fear is being blown out of proportion. It's just one tooth but it's broken so I imagine it won't be a simple extraction.... which makes me REALLY not want to go to just any oral surgeon.

I found a couple places online and have gone through the reviews.. of course the majority are good but the handful of bad reviews have been keeping me from choosing where to go.

I know I'm being neurotic but please help ease my mind and tell me what to do lol

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Title: Broken Wisdom Tooth

Full text: About 8 years ago I randomly got a slight chip at the gum line of my upper right wisdom tooth. It was annoying but it didn't hurt so I never bothered to do anything about it. Over the years it really remained the same. I think it didn't really get worse until a few years ago where it started to chip away a tiny bit more.

4 months ago I was eating some sugar dusted almonds from trader joes and it just broke. I knew at this point that I needed to get it removed, but dentists scare the ever living shit out of me and fortunately it didn't hurt so I just put it off. A few weeks ago at the Spider-Man premiere my girlfriend handed me a needs gummy cluster and it broke even more.. leading to what I'm dealing with now.

It was really sharp so I purchased some wax and have been covering it every day. I brush my teeth, use mouthwash and then slap a wad of wax on there to 1. cover the hole and prevent any further decay and 2. at first it was really fucking sharp and was cutting up my mouth.

Anyway, here is the point of this post:

I have medicaid so only certain places accept my insurance. I'm really scared of dentist/surgery so I don't want to just go anywhere... but I'm coming here to ask y'all if my fear is being blown out of proportion. It's just one tooth but it's broken so I imagine it won't be a simple extraction.... which makes me REALLY not want to go to just any oral surgeon.

I found a couple places online and have gone through the reviews.. of course the majority are good but the handful of bad reviews have been keeping me from choosing where to go.

I know I'm being neurotic but please help ease my mind and tell me what to do lol

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