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ijustwannasmile
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Hey guys like the subject says I'm a newbie to this site so hey lol. Any, who I'm here for the same reasons as most of you guys. I just needed somewhere I could vent where ppl understood where I'm coming from. I'm in the middle of getting dental work done and still at times my teeth just makes me feel defeated. A quick backstory...I've never had good teeth. Between my 2 siblings and me I have the worst teeth where they on the hand have great teeth. I noticed that my mother's side of the family doesn't have good teeth and neither did she so most likely it's hereditary.
Growing up I was one of those kids who you had to be strapped in the dentist chair, ask a million and one questions, and just scared of the dentist period. Toothaches for me were extremely painful to the point where I'd be balled up like a fetus ready to write my own eulogy lol dramatic right but it was that bad. Every time I would go to the dentist they'd just give me caps and by the time I'd get home they would be null and void and I'm back at square one. I've had caps, countless cavities, chipped teeth, abscesses, and everything else. Growing up my front teeth rotted bad and I had them filled in but those only last but so long especially when time is just flying by.
Every time I would go to the dentist I'd start getting procedures done but would never finish them and ultimately I ended up screwing my teeth over. By the age of 21 the dentist had told me that I needed to get dental surgery and that was just it for me and I never went back and by the time I was ready to go back I didn't have any insurance and that right there blows.
I recently got insurance thank God because I truly needed it. As soon as I got it I made my first appointment in years and although I was scared I was happy that I made it. I've been going to the dentist religiously and not missing any appointments. Now I'm happy to say that I've completed all the work for my bottom teeth and they weren't as bad as I thought. I ended up getting 6 fillings and 2 crowns and lord knows I've just been excited about that BUT...this is when I start to also feel defeated. Now I'm still getting work done but it's for my top teeth. I hate my top teeth. I have a cavity on one that's bad where it already started to chip badly, another front tooth has cracks where you can see where they did the filling but they look like 3 individual chips of teeth fused together, I have broken teeth in the back, and it just makes me feel so down. I can go about my day and be good and as soon as I look in the mirror at me teeth I just feel like the whole world sees what I see, bad looking teeth and that makes me feel worst.
My teeth are so bad that I have to get the tops removed and get dentures. At first I felt bad being a 28yo female with dentures but now I just can't wait to get them because I'm so ready to smile. Everyday I get up I check my teeth just to see what broke off today and today happens to be the day where more tooth chipped off! I swear it feels like every time I get closer it just takes me 3 steps back and then I'm back in the mirror all day looking at my tooth as if it could fix itself just by me looking at it. Please tell me I'm not the only one. I can't wait for this ride to be over! I JUST WANT TO SMILE!!
Sorry so long
Growing up I was one of those kids who you had to be strapped in the dentist chair, ask a million and one questions, and just scared of the dentist period. Toothaches for me were extremely painful to the point where I'd be balled up like a fetus ready to write my own eulogy lol dramatic right but it was that bad. Every time I would go to the dentist they'd just give me caps and by the time I'd get home they would be null and void and I'm back at square one. I've had caps, countless cavities, chipped teeth, abscesses, and everything else. Growing up my front teeth rotted bad and I had them filled in but those only last but so long especially when time is just flying by.
Every time I would go to the dentist I'd start getting procedures done but would never finish them and ultimately I ended up screwing my teeth over. By the age of 21 the dentist had told me that I needed to get dental surgery and that was just it for me and I never went back and by the time I was ready to go back I didn't have any insurance and that right there blows.
I recently got insurance thank God because I truly needed it. As soon as I got it I made my first appointment in years and although I was scared I was happy that I made it. I've been going to the dentist religiously and not missing any appointments. Now I'm happy to say that I've completed all the work for my bottom teeth and they weren't as bad as I thought. I ended up getting 6 fillings and 2 crowns and lord knows I've just been excited about that BUT...this is when I start to also feel defeated. Now I'm still getting work done but it's for my top teeth. I hate my top teeth. I have a cavity on one that's bad where it already started to chip badly, another front tooth has cracks where you can see where they did the filling but they look like 3 individual chips of teeth fused together, I have broken teeth in the back, and it just makes me feel so down. I can go about my day and be good and as soon as I look in the mirror at me teeth I just feel like the whole world sees what I see, bad looking teeth and that makes me feel worst.
My teeth are so bad that I have to get the tops removed and get dentures. At first I felt bad being a 28yo female with dentures but now I just can't wait to get them because I'm so ready to smile. Everyday I get up I check my teeth just to see what broke off today and today happens to be the day where more tooth chipped off! I swear it feels like every time I get closer it just takes me 3 steps back and then I'm back in the mirror all day looking at my tooth as if it could fix itself just by me looking at it. Please tell me I'm not the only one. I can't wait for this ride to be over! I JUST WANT TO SMILE!!
Sorry so long