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bovary
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- Joined
- Jul 10, 2009
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Hi, I'm new and desperate.
When I was a kid I endured several years of tooth extractions and 'train track' braces to straighten my teeth. I have to be honest it did put me off dentists, but my teeth were great.
When I was 20 I had an accident and damaged my front teeth. I had root canal surgery, a crown and 2 veneers. That put me off dentists a bit more!
At 26 I was having wisdom tooth issues, I had 2 of them out (very bravely!!) and the dentist mentioned that boundary of my crown was poorly done, and that I had 2 options, get it fixed asap or wait for it to fall out.
I decided to wait.
Fast forward 10 years, where I've been in that river in egypt about my teeth.
My crown needs something doing to it. It hurts (in the gum, right by my nose). It looks bad, I'm sure that I've got gum disease and 2 of my back teeth have holes in them.
I'm worried about my teeth under the veneers too.
I really want to see a dentist, but I'm scared that he/she will take one look in my mouth and run off screaming.
When I had my wisdom teeth out the dentist said that there was some bone loss around the root canal/crown and that there had been along term infection there.
Can a dentist please tell me the worst case scenario here, and would they run off screaming if they saw my mouth.
I am diligent about brushing, flossing, mouthwashing, avoiding sugar - it just sucks that my teeth have ended up in such a state.
It's taken a lot for me to post this, I've been lying to myself about the state of my teeth for a long time.
Thanks.
When I was a kid I endured several years of tooth extractions and 'train track' braces to straighten my teeth. I have to be honest it did put me off dentists, but my teeth were great.
When I was 20 I had an accident and damaged my front teeth. I had root canal surgery, a crown and 2 veneers. That put me off dentists a bit more!
At 26 I was having wisdom tooth issues, I had 2 of them out (very bravely!!) and the dentist mentioned that boundary of my crown was poorly done, and that I had 2 options, get it fixed asap or wait for it to fall out.
I decided to wait.
Fast forward 10 years, where I've been in that river in egypt about my teeth.
My crown needs something doing to it. It hurts (in the gum, right by my nose). It looks bad, I'm sure that I've got gum disease and 2 of my back teeth have holes in them.
I'm worried about my teeth under the veneers too.
I really want to see a dentist, but I'm scared that he/she will take one look in my mouth and run off screaming.
When I had my wisdom teeth out the dentist said that there was some bone loss around the root canal/crown and that there had been along term infection there.
Can a dentist please tell me the worst case scenario here, and would they run off screaming if they saw my mouth.
I am diligent about brushing, flossing, mouthwashing, avoiding sugar - it just sucks that my teeth have ended up in such a state.
It's taken a lot for me to post this, I've been lying to myself about the state of my teeth for a long time.
Thanks.