afraid to choke on teeth

OK. This must be the weirdest phobia (or OCD) ever. I am afraid to choke on my dental crowns. I have 3 of them, 2 of them are on teeth that are "bigger" (a molar and an incisor). Since once of them fell off last month while I was eating I am scared to death that they will fall in my sleep and that I will choke to death on them. I am considering buying a nightguard to prevent them from choking me if they fall but I am wondering if I will be able to tolerate a nightguard.

I was anxiety free for a while before that so I am so mad that this new phobia has appeared in my life.

What can I do? All the techniques I used in the past for my usual anxieties (I had panic attacks and agoraphobia) don't work on this new symptom.

Please if someone can help me

 my two front teeth are crowned, I didn't know they could fall off.

Okay, for what this is worth. I currently have dentures. Full upper and lowers.

But along the way, I've had partial these-and-those, crowns, what-have-you. I even broke a front tooth off my denture. Guess what happened (for years, this has happened several times, just to give perspective). I swallowed the suckers. I didn't even know it.

It just,....goes right on through, shall we say? No harm, no foul.

I'm hoping my story at least gave you a chuckle along with a sense of relief.....?





M.

Thank you all for your posts.

In a way, I know this is a ridiculous fear but sometimes I just feel like it is a real possibility and it makes me totally panic. The one chance in 10 million that it could happen (estimation I make when I feel calm and rational) becomes a 1 in 2 chance. Anxiety always find a way to trick us I suppose.