Got my first cavity and I feel like a failure

Well, at almost 30, I finally got my first cavity and I’m beating myself up over it.

I fell behind on my dental visits for the past two years after getting diagnosed with MS and trigeminal neuralgia. The constant facial nerve pain from those conditions really made me scared of going to the dentist. Then I started having intermittent pain in one of my molars and just assumed it was from the trigeminal neuralgia.

I finally made an appointment with my dentist and sure enough, a cavity. I’m so disappointed in myself and feel like I’ve let my body down :(