Submitted by HairyToothEww t3_1233tcq in tifu
I (43f) have a severe dental phobia. My husband has to take the kids to the dentist because I just cannot be in the building. I brush and floss to try and minimise the need, but then this happened.
About a decade ago, I bit into something crunchy and a tooth snapped in half. It didn't cause any pain, so I left it. I brushed as usual, flossed as usual, but I found that I had a really bad taste in my mouth.
I bought an electric floss thing that uses water and tried that. Foul smelling food fell out. I was mortified, but I'd found the solution and carried on my usual routine.
Cut to decade later. It's night time. I brush my teeth, floss my teeth, and use the electric flosser. I do a quick visual check to make sure the hole is clear, when I see something. I grab some plastic tweezers that I have, and I start to dig around. I thing I have it, so I pull it out.
It was a hair. A disgusting, discoloured hair wrapped up in my tooth with clumps of food stuck to it. I am so mortified that I just stare at it in horror. I have no idea how this happened and I hate myself.
The next day, I called the dentist and made an appointment. I'm having the tooth extracted in a week and I can't wait.
TL;DR: I broke a tooth, didn't see a dentist because of a phobia for a decade, and pulled an actual hair out of the hole in my tooth. Have an appointment to see the dentist in a week.