Brush your teeth thrice a day and take a clove and place it on the tooth which is causing pain. Your pain will start diminishing, as clove has got a medicinal value that cures tooth ache.
Inform your dentist of this and in some cases the dentist can provide you with a sedative-type gas, Valium or a similiar depressant prior to the dental work.
You shouldn't make up excuses. The only real solution is to face your fear of dentists. Otherwise you've just got another latent problem that isn't solved.
