cancelled appointment

I cancelled my appointment this morning or more to the point my wife did lol..I am still quite nervous of dentists despite my extensive treatment. I browse other sites looking at peoples experiences of dentists and there are a lot of scared people out there. I suppose some dentists put you at ease where as others strike the fear of god in you. My dentist does try and calm me somewhat but gets on with the treatment straight away. My stepdaughter is 17 and she still attends a children dentist wtf? She went a couple of weeks ago to have a tooth extracted, on arrival in the dentists chair she had a gum numbed by a soothing gel, then she was given copius amounts of gas and air to sedate her and then she had her novocaine shot mmmm ok she is having a tooth pulled after all and we all know what an uncomfortable experience it can be. The dentist changed her mind about extraction and gave her a filling instead..all that for a FILLING!!!! I am not warped and bitter but please god I want to be a child again