Dental Anxiety and Sedation

Please don't judge me. I don't know what's wrong with me why I am the way I am. I just suck.

I've always had bad teeth. As a kid and teen I literally never brushed my teeth. It's not that I avoided it. I just never remembered.

As an adult, I'm 28 now, I'm still dealing with the consequences of my poor hygiene as a kid.

In 2018 I developed disc displacement in one side of my jaw. Making it very painful to keep my mouth open for dental work and after awhile about 20 minutes of work I can't even open my mouth enough to put a child guard in my mouth.

I've gone to 2 different oral surgeons and neither made a treatment plan for me. Just said to do stretches that do nothing.

In 2019 I was pregnant and all I could eat was ice. So I cracked 6 teeth. I went to my dentist. He said, you cracked 6 teeth, I don't know how you expect me to fix it when you can't even hold your mouth open. You should've take better care of your teeth. Would you want your daughter to end up with teeth like this?

That embarrassed the shit out of me and made me develop severe dental anxiety. It's been 3 years since I cracked my teeth or seen any dentist and as you can guess my mouth is fucked. I live in constant pain and now have no insurance.

I have medicaid which only covers dental for 20 and under, pregnant women, or 65+.

My fiancé said he will pay for any work I need but I'm so scared. Scared they won't sedate me. And scared it will be a 5k bill.

I am constantly in pain. My back teeth are breaking and I can see into the pulp of my teeth now.

I just don't know what to do. Has anyone needed extensive work donebefore and they sedate you? Can they do it all at once? How much did it cost ? I'm terrified.