I don't like going but it's better to than leave it.
I left my teeth go really bad when I was very ill with anxiety/depression (I was a recluse basically), the meds I was on killed nerves in my teeth and rotted around some fillings I already had and I ended up having abscesses... Nothing a dentist will do to you will be as painful as that trust me!!
I ended up having 4 teeth out and 4 fillings in one sitting last September and it was a breeze and kind of did away with any of my nerves about dentists! Just the injections that stung a bit and then lots of tugging
