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bluejeans
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My dentist believes I need a night guard from tooth grinding, but in an emergency (it was an emergency to me, filling fell out and I thought it was a chipped tooth) I went to another dentist who could get me in quicker, and their assistant suggested it had been due to swishing soda in my mouth (in actual fact I tried pot over several months and hated the taste, and rinsed/spat out soda to get rid of it... the teeth started to wear away soon after this).
Main dentist is convinced that it's reflux and/or teeth grinding but there's no visible wear on any other teeth. He used adhesive to cover the wear but said he can't do it again, there's not enough at the back of said teeth to "build up" enough adhesive. I have a huge amount of trouble sleeping (am on anti-psychotics but they're only for insomnia) and doubt I'd be able to sleep with a night guard in (plus it cost $500 which he will certainly not cover).
Worst case situation is, when I asked him today, that eventually the teeth will chip without it. I asked what sort of time frame this would take place over but he said it's impossible to tell.
I'd hate the sensation of a missing tooth (my mother had false teeth from the age of 15 due to her parents working at a chocolate factory) and I don't think there's anything I could be given for the pain if a tooth were to be taken out... tramadol makes me vomit and codeine keeps me awake for 24 hours and you soon build a tolerance to it. I should have asked him if he'd give me oxycodone if it should ever happen.
I'm 35 and the scariest thing is that people I know who are about 30, don't have the advantage of a private dentist, so the public system just rips their teeth out when it becomes too expensive for them to do any sort of restoration!
Main dentist is convinced that it's reflux and/or teeth grinding but there's no visible wear on any other teeth. He used adhesive to cover the wear but said he can't do it again, there's not enough at the back of said teeth to "build up" enough adhesive. I have a huge amount of trouble sleeping (am on anti-psychotics but they're only for insomnia) and doubt I'd be able to sleep with a night guard in (plus it cost $500 which he will certainly not cover).
Worst case situation is, when I asked him today, that eventually the teeth will chip without it. I asked what sort of time frame this would take place over but he said it's impossible to tell.
I'd hate the sensation of a missing tooth (my mother had false teeth from the age of 15 due to her parents working at a chocolate factory) and I don't think there's anything I could be given for the pain if a tooth were to be taken out... tramadol makes me vomit and codeine keeps me awake for 24 hours and you soon build a tolerance to it. I should have asked him if he'd give me oxycodone if it should ever happen.
I'm 35 and the scariest thing is that people I know who are about 30, don't have the advantage of a private dentist, so the public system just rips their teeth out when it becomes too expensive for them to do any sort of restoration!