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Toothanxiety
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Long post, I ramble a lot when I'm nervous
I've posted once here before but I've had a lot of dental problems from physical trauma since I was a child
But recently, my teeth were scaled (after a few years of not going, combination of pre-occupied with other serious health problems with my stomach and COVID shutting things down)
The gums on my bottom front teeth apparently were 'very bad' and they have lots of massive gaps like my gum was a straight line. But it's been a month since the scaling and the gaps between my teeth have gone very little and are triangular shaped again. Not sure if this is just inflamed or a sign of them getting better and reattaching? Will they just go back down again?
The bottom teeth used to hurt a lot, very major toothache like I was being pulled, like a muscle cramp. I felt it when I breathed, when I spoke, when I even moved anything.
But now that's completely gone and they only occasionally tingle and ache especially if I push with my tongue too much. They also feel like they move slightly when I brush behind them! Like something is stuck inbetween my teeth but then that subsides quickly within a minute (they are not visible wobbly though, dentist pushed them back and forth and they stay put, it's more a feeling). It's always only when I brush my teeth or push with my tongue or swallow aggressively, it's very strange?
The bottom row no longer bleed, although my top teeth still bleed even after a month of brushing and flossing and antibiotics etc... Dentist said gingivitis takes a while to go away, is this true? I'm scared to have gaps in the top too since they are the visible teeth whereas my bottom aren't (my lips are huge)
After going in today (last time she witheld a lot of information about my bones as I was borderline hyperventilating from panic of what I consider having essentially mutilated myself), she took another X ray and showed me that I had 10-15% bone loss in my bottom front teeth, a combination of irreversible periodontitis on the bottom whereas I have reversible gingivitis on the rest and I should come back every 3 months
I think my tears have dried up at this point, I have gone past the stage of big anxiety and I'm just feeling very low. I have a lot of trauma that I'm beginning therapy for and I deal with a lot of it by pushing it down.
So when I learned this, I don't have the energy to do anything anymore, my life has halted. I just want to know, will I eventually lose my teeth? Will my 'reversible' gingivitis also end up the same as my bottom teeth? Should I be saving up for implants? I had brushed twice a day and flossed yet this still happened within a span of only a few years so I have absolute 0 faith that my gingivitis will go away.
Granted I let plaque build up for 4 years but she did say that bone reduction could be focused in this area due to my bad habit of pushing my tongue on my bottom teeth/grinding at night. She did seem to be very confident on that opinion and emphasised that what I do with my tongue and grinding is a big factor.
I have a nightguard but I still push my bottom teeth with my gums subconsciously, just now I realised I'm resting on them again. When I swallow I tend to push out my tongue on them at the same time too
Does everything she say sound right? I'm getting a second opinion too in 2 weeks at a private dentist
Before I go, one last question that's been bugging me. Is it worth avoiding pregnancy over? I heard if you have pre-existing problems with your teeth, it can just worsen it. I'm very upset I have this disease so early in my life before I've had the chance to even do anything and now I might have to abandon thoughts of a family.
I've posted once here before but I've had a lot of dental problems from physical trauma since I was a child
But recently, my teeth were scaled (after a few years of not going, combination of pre-occupied with other serious health problems with my stomach and COVID shutting things down)
The gums on my bottom front teeth apparently were 'very bad' and they have lots of massive gaps like my gum was a straight line. But it's been a month since the scaling and the gaps between my teeth have gone very little and are triangular shaped again. Not sure if this is just inflamed or a sign of them getting better and reattaching? Will they just go back down again?
The bottom teeth used to hurt a lot, very major toothache like I was being pulled, like a muscle cramp. I felt it when I breathed, when I spoke, when I even moved anything.
But now that's completely gone and they only occasionally tingle and ache especially if I push with my tongue too much. They also feel like they move slightly when I brush behind them! Like something is stuck inbetween my teeth but then that subsides quickly within a minute (they are not visible wobbly though, dentist pushed them back and forth and they stay put, it's more a feeling). It's always only when I brush my teeth or push with my tongue or swallow aggressively, it's very strange?
The bottom row no longer bleed, although my top teeth still bleed even after a month of brushing and flossing and antibiotics etc... Dentist said gingivitis takes a while to go away, is this true? I'm scared to have gaps in the top too since they are the visible teeth whereas my bottom aren't (my lips are huge)
After going in today (last time she witheld a lot of information about my bones as I was borderline hyperventilating from panic of what I consider having essentially mutilated myself), she took another X ray and showed me that I had 10-15% bone loss in my bottom front teeth, a combination of irreversible periodontitis on the bottom whereas I have reversible gingivitis on the rest and I should come back every 3 months
I think my tears have dried up at this point, I have gone past the stage of big anxiety and I'm just feeling very low. I have a lot of trauma that I'm beginning therapy for and I deal with a lot of it by pushing it down.
So when I learned this, I don't have the energy to do anything anymore, my life has halted. I just want to know, will I eventually lose my teeth? Will my 'reversible' gingivitis also end up the same as my bottom teeth? Should I be saving up for implants? I had brushed twice a day and flossed yet this still happened within a span of only a few years so I have absolute 0 faith that my gingivitis will go away.
Granted I let plaque build up for 4 years but she did say that bone reduction could be focused in this area due to my bad habit of pushing my tongue on my bottom teeth/grinding at night. She did seem to be very confident on that opinion and emphasised that what I do with my tongue and grinding is a big factor.
I have a nightguard but I still push my bottom teeth with my gums subconsciously, just now I realised I'm resting on them again. When I swallow I tend to push out my tongue on them at the same time too
Does everything she say sound right? I'm getting a second opinion too in 2 weeks at a private dentist
Before I go, one last question that's been bugging me. Is it worth avoiding pregnancy over? I heard if you have pre-existing problems with your teeth, it can just worsen it. I'm very upset I have this disease so early in my life before I've had the chance to even do anything and now I might have to abandon thoughts of a family.