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Danni13
Junior member
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2022
- Messages
- 5
- Location
- Ohio
I have had bad teeth my entire life. Treated with liquid tetracycline at birth then again at a year old. As a child they were discolored and had most of them pulled by age 7. At age 8 I lost my parents and became orphaned. I was never taken to a dentist again. When I was 21 I was able to get my wisdom teeth removed but not before the entire staff took turns looking in my mouth and asking me if I had ever brushed my teeth! I left crying and embarrassed. I’m 53 now and most of my teeth are broken or missing. I have a front tooth growing through my lip and the pain is unbearable. I suffer from infections often and from years of antibiotics I now have ulcerative colitis. Three months ago I tried to get dentures and after six shots in the mouth they sent me home because I had tears from the pain of the shots. I didn’t care about the pain and the tears were a natural reaction, but they told me I needed to reschedule! I begged them to please finish as I had come an hour and a half away and I was lucky to have found a ride in the first place. I told them I have waited 53 years to smile. I found myself in disbelief that I was being asked to leave after receiving six shots my entire mouth was numb, and because tears fell from my eyes I was told to leave. As I am writing this it hurts to speak I can hardly eat I literally have a tooth coming through my face and now I’m terrified to go anywhere. I have considered ending my life but I love my kids and grandkids and what I would love even more would be the chance to smile at them. I want to know what it’s like to smile at someone and have them smile back at me. I have been a prisoner in my room I don’t go anywhere I can’t work because people look at me like i’m a monster. I have dental bonding across my broken front top teeth so they don’t fall out when I try to eat. This has ruined my life and I just want to be a part of the world.