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I know that I shouldn't be afraid, that my new dentist is probably a very nice person but that doesn't take away my fear and nervousness. Amongst other things, my old dentist was also very heavy handed and lacked people skills. This literally caused me so much pain the last time I went I was sick for two days. I know I wasn't the only person who had problems with him, when he retired there were several lawsuits between him and his old practice.
I tried several times to switch to another dentist in the same practice but they didn't do that. There's a shortage of dentists in my area and many don't take on new patients. I called them again yesterday but they had de-registered me and had even destroyed my file. They say they had sent letters to all the patients of my old dentist that before a certain date they had to contact them otherwise they would be removed from their list and their files would be destroyed. I never got the letter. I couldn't re-register but the nice receptionist tipped me there was a new dentist practice that was taking on new patients.
Apparently my last experience made a big impression on my mother, too. I can vaguely remember her being very angry about what happened last time. Last night she insisted that she was going with me and wait for me in the waiting room. I did sleep surprisingly well last night.
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