If it's any consolation, improving your diet will also help you have less dental problems longterm and less cavities. I was also terrified of the dentist and avoided going for years. Finally forced myself to go this year and she took one look at my teeth and said she could tell I'd drastically improved my diet as there was an area of 'arrested decay' which shows where a tooth actually starts to but stops decaying if you improve your diet.
The problems you're getting now will be from your old diet - so if you can get things fixed, less dentist trips in the future!
I since had all my dental work done (painlessly, by a brilliant dentist!) and now am on Denplan which means I will get loads of help keeping my teeth nice. For me, losing the weight was only part of the journey to get healthy - just see your dental adventure as part of the whole thing.
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