Dealing with Tooth Pain because of My DISTRUST of dentists!

I broke off a tooth a while back, and at the time, it did not give me problems. Now, it's starting to give me problems, and hurts a lot. I need to go to the dentist, but I have a problem with going to the dentist. First when I was younger, when I first had to have a filling, the dentist ended up having to drill deeper and cause my teeth to be sensitive. So from that point on, I have been dealing with sensitive tooth pain. That started me losing my trust in dentist. Then when I was a little older, around the time I was losing my final baby teeth, the same dentist (the same dentist because due to the insurance I had he was the only one who would take it, and I couldn't go out of town for dentist) decided to pull the last two baby teeth. I at that time had pulled ALL my baby teeth on my own. My dad or anyone in my family had not helped me pull them out. My first tooth I pulled out with the strap of a Little Mermaid purse. So I go in to get these teeth pulled which I tried to pull on my own before, but they were not loose. Already not wanting to get these pulled, I go back. So they numb my mouth before they do anything. I have to have some kind of treatment on my molars, I can't remember what it was. Then after that is when they are pulling my teeth. Guess what the numbness had started to go away. Yeah! So I had two teeth pulled with the numbing wearing off. At least point, I would only go to this dentist when I had to. I got away with going to the dentist only once a year or so, basically when my insurance required me too ( my insurance at the time was through the state and if I didn't go, I could have lost my insurance).

Now, it's been a little bit since I have been to the dentist. I have lost count on how many YEARS it has been, and  I know that I need to go, but I don't trust any dentist. Another reason is that I don't really have the extra cash to go at this point. Hopefully in August I will be able to go. Yes, I do have dental insurance. BUT, with the amount of work that I would need to have done, would cost a lot. Right now, my pay check has to go to other things. Dealing with the pain is my only option right now.

--Rue.