Georgina Consentino
Georgina Cosentino, founder of Healthy Smiles For Haiti, is a preventive dental assistant who is taking action and making a difference in the lives of many Haitians.
Georgina travels to Haiti a few times a year to not only bring much needed dental supplies but to also plant the seeds of proper dental care in that impoverished nation.
This selfless and courageous soul is leaving on another mission of mercy on February 19, 2008
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Fear
Of Dentists And Pain
By:
Mpam Id 1662897
I’m afraid of dentists. So very, very afraid of dentists.
I’m afraid of the pain. I'm afraid of needles. I'm the
kind of person who is NOT at risk to become a needle drug
user. Everyone should go to the dentist every year, some say
it is good dental care to go every six months. And I am no
exception, but I usually wait until I have a problem with
my teeth. Which is way too late. I then regretfully have to
make successive appointments to get everything in my mouth
back into shape again.
I sit in the dentist chair with my hands gripping the chair
every time I visit the dentist. I wish there was an easier
way. I always remind the dentist what a baby I am in the chair.
He then takes gentle care in swabbing some kind of awful tasting
goo in my mouth, but this will eliminate the pain. In my mind,
even the vibration of a dentists drill can make me cringe
in fear of pain.
The
doctor will then inject the needle into the gums of my mouth,
and that I know I can feel that needle go in to my gums. Then
there is the drip of whatever the numbing medication they
put in my gums.. it too tastes awful.
Eventually,
I become comfortable with the dentist performing his work.
I have sat in the chair nearly a half an hour, and the initial
pricks of pain have passed. The dentist does his cavity filling.
Does it bother you like it bothers me that the dentists always
want to talk to you and ask questions? Well, mind does anyway.
I nod and shake my head hoping it does not screw up the dentists
work. I now feel my lip be swollen, even though it is not.
Later this lip will feel rubbery, and I will have to keep
from biting it.
I
finish up with the dentist, and leave feeling much better
about having taken care of my teeth. And you know what? I’m
still here and the little amount of pain will pay off big
at meal times and at smiling time!
Writer:
Dan Sharp Visit http://www.dental-care-guide.com for additional
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source: mgrcentral.com
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