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Tragoul
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Ahoy, just want to start by thanking this forum for existing, as well as the wonderful dentists here that take time out of their day to help people.
I'm 32 and haven't been to a dentist for around 10 years due to financial problems, trigeminal neuralgia and mental health issues. For over a year at one point I almost completely stopped brushing my teeth and flossing as well because of extreme depression and SI. I also got a chemical burn on my gums which only accelerated the damage further.
Fast forward to today and my face is in near constant agony. I can no longer tell if its nerve related or because of my teeth now. My cheeks feel like they are on fire, and my chin has recently started hurting too. What I do know is tooth related is I have some pain below my gumline on a few teeth, as well as all my front bottom teeth ache and hurt as well and I have occasional pain in many other teeth. My gums have receded almost everywhere to the point that im pretty sure my roots are exposed, and i have dark brown/black lines on many of my teeth at the gumline. I also have severe calculus buildup on the backs of my teeth that are crooked.
I'm both terrified of loosing my teeth, but also of the potential financial burden this has become as I have no current source of income, and probably never will other than disability which I am trying to get on but no luck so far. As well as I am terrified of what the dentists will say after I finally go and see them, even though after reading around here I'm starting to realize how illogical that fear is.
Lately I have finally got my mind on track enough to start brushing and flossing regularly and thankfully the bleeding in my gums has finally stopped. And last night I took the first steps to finally helping myself. I cut off my lip piercing because it wasn't doing me any favors, as well as applied for an appointment to see a local dentist, but haven't got a call back yet for a confirmation.
Any advice or knowledge would be greatly appreciated, thank you so much in advance. <3
I'm 32 and haven't been to a dentist for around 10 years due to financial problems, trigeminal neuralgia and mental health issues. For over a year at one point I almost completely stopped brushing my teeth and flossing as well because of extreme depression and SI. I also got a chemical burn on my gums which only accelerated the damage further.
Fast forward to today and my face is in near constant agony. I can no longer tell if its nerve related or because of my teeth now. My cheeks feel like they are on fire, and my chin has recently started hurting too. What I do know is tooth related is I have some pain below my gumline on a few teeth, as well as all my front bottom teeth ache and hurt as well and I have occasional pain in many other teeth. My gums have receded almost everywhere to the point that im pretty sure my roots are exposed, and i have dark brown/black lines on many of my teeth at the gumline. I also have severe calculus buildup on the backs of my teeth that are crooked.
I'm both terrified of loosing my teeth, but also of the potential financial burden this has become as I have no current source of income, and probably never will other than disability which I am trying to get on but no luck so far. As well as I am terrified of what the dentists will say after I finally go and see them, even though after reading around here I'm starting to realize how illogical that fear is.
Lately I have finally got my mind on track enough to start brushing and flossing regularly and thankfully the bleeding in my gums has finally stopped. And last night I took the first steps to finally helping myself. I cut off my lip piercing because it wasn't doing me any favors, as well as applied for an appointment to see a local dentist, but haven't got a call back yet for a confirmation.
Any advice or knowledge would be greatly appreciated, thank you so much in advance. <3