Mouth Xray

[tayla233]

I went to the dentist in October and he wanted to take an Xray of inside my mouth as there is some black discolouration on one of my teeth. I had a bad experience when I was younger with a mouth Xray as it kept making me gag and at the time I had a phobia of sick. When the dentist tried this time they could not do the Xray as my natural instinct was to keep pushing his fingers away with my tongue. I honestly couldn't help it!

I have had some toothache so have booked in again. Does anyone have any advice or a way I can get over this as I really want to Xray done?

Thanks

 

[MattKW]

Depends on the dentist skill, the thickness of the X-ray film/device, the actual size of film (0, 1, 2, or 3), the type of film holder. maybe also start with an OPG and then try a size 1 film.