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Kat0407
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Hi, so I have really bad luck with my teeth, my dental history is a long one so feel free to skip to end if you don't like horror stories...
So at age 11 I had my face smashed into a water fountain by a bully at school, my front 2 teeth became wobbly so I went to the dentist to get them checked out, an xray showed bad news, the nerves were dead and the teeth would fall out at some point (I'm 23 and they're still holding on but we don't have hope they'll last much longer) but the xray also showed something else, I lost my canines when I was 5 and they never grew back, turns out they were eating the roots of the teeth in their way, they were travelling slower as they were cannibalising the teeth in front of them, I had to have my upper R2 and L2 teeth removed, and dentures were fitted to cover the gap whilst my canines grew in properly. This started my extreme phobia, I was 11 and I had old people dentures, the type you put in a glass of water by your bedside overnight. I couldn't go to sleep overs, I couldn't go on overnight school trips and that's when the nightmares of losing all my teeth started. Eventually the canines grew in but they were all wonky, they had to be fixed. The best option would have been to pull them out and fill in the gap with implants, however as I was 13 at the time the dentist didn't want to, I had to have braces. We went for so many consultations before that was the decided path, including one I'll never forget with a cosmetic dentist, who told me, a 13 year old girl, that I would need lots of work done to be pretty, and no matter what he did he couldn't stop my teeth being ugly. Braces would have been fine only I have short roots on my teeth, they're barely in the gums, so I also had to have xrays every 4 weeks to make sure the braces weren't pulling my teeth out. Eventually they were as straight as we could get them, but still gaps between all my front teeth, I haven't openly smiled in 13 years... unfortunately for me my problems weren't all fixed, I've had my share of fillings in my life, one very quickly led to an abscess which spread to half my lower left gums, I also developed lock jaw for 3 weeks and antibiotics weren't lowering the infection, I had to have my jaw pryed open and two teeth removed, my lower L6 and L7 teeth. At this point you couldn't drag me to the dentist to save my life, I was 19 at that point and swore never to go back, I always lost teeth and left in pain. I didn't go to the dentist for 4 years, I'd had a hole in my gum for 2 years at this point and a wisdom tooth had grown in so I knew I needed to go, I had to make my mum book the appointment and my doctor referred me for hypnotherapy and gave me diazepam for the appointments, turns out my phobia meant I took such good care of my teeth I didn't have a single cavity after 4 years, however I had another abscess, the hole meant it drained itself but it wouldn't go away without treatment. A root canal would fix it fine only I have short roots, so that's not possible with me, it had to be another extraction, my upper R6 tooth. That was on Tuesday.
I'm trying to adapt to eating food with no lower left teeth but my gums are sore and scratched and I don't know if I can take anymore dental visits. I don't want dentures, I had enough trouble when I was 11. I'm 23 and don't want to have trouble with them for the rest of my life. But I just can't chew with my gums, they're not hard enough. I've not eaten in 3 days now because I can't cope with it. What do I do? Any advice, any help at all is so needed right now because I've lost all hope.
So at age 11 I had my face smashed into a water fountain by a bully at school, my front 2 teeth became wobbly so I went to the dentist to get them checked out, an xray showed bad news, the nerves were dead and the teeth would fall out at some point (I'm 23 and they're still holding on but we don't have hope they'll last much longer) but the xray also showed something else, I lost my canines when I was 5 and they never grew back, turns out they were eating the roots of the teeth in their way, they were travelling slower as they were cannibalising the teeth in front of them, I had to have my upper R2 and L2 teeth removed, and dentures were fitted to cover the gap whilst my canines grew in properly. This started my extreme phobia, I was 11 and I had old people dentures, the type you put in a glass of water by your bedside overnight. I couldn't go to sleep overs, I couldn't go on overnight school trips and that's when the nightmares of losing all my teeth started. Eventually the canines grew in but they were all wonky, they had to be fixed. The best option would have been to pull them out and fill in the gap with implants, however as I was 13 at the time the dentist didn't want to, I had to have braces. We went for so many consultations before that was the decided path, including one I'll never forget with a cosmetic dentist, who told me, a 13 year old girl, that I would need lots of work done to be pretty, and no matter what he did he couldn't stop my teeth being ugly. Braces would have been fine only I have short roots on my teeth, they're barely in the gums, so I also had to have xrays every 4 weeks to make sure the braces weren't pulling my teeth out. Eventually they were as straight as we could get them, but still gaps between all my front teeth, I haven't openly smiled in 13 years... unfortunately for me my problems weren't all fixed, I've had my share of fillings in my life, one very quickly led to an abscess which spread to half my lower left gums, I also developed lock jaw for 3 weeks and antibiotics weren't lowering the infection, I had to have my jaw pryed open and two teeth removed, my lower L6 and L7 teeth. At this point you couldn't drag me to the dentist to save my life, I was 19 at that point and swore never to go back, I always lost teeth and left in pain. I didn't go to the dentist for 4 years, I'd had a hole in my gum for 2 years at this point and a wisdom tooth had grown in so I knew I needed to go, I had to make my mum book the appointment and my doctor referred me for hypnotherapy and gave me diazepam for the appointments, turns out my phobia meant I took such good care of my teeth I didn't have a single cavity after 4 years, however I had another abscess, the hole meant it drained itself but it wouldn't go away without treatment. A root canal would fix it fine only I have short roots, so that's not possible with me, it had to be another extraction, my upper R6 tooth. That was on Tuesday.
I'm trying to adapt to eating food with no lower left teeth but my gums are sore and scratched and I don't know if I can take anymore dental visits. I don't want dentures, I had enough trouble when I was 11. I'm 23 and don't want to have trouble with them for the rest of my life. But I just can't chew with my gums, they're not hard enough. I've not eaten in 3 days now because I can't cope with it. What do I do? Any advice, any help at all is so needed right now because I've lost all hope.
. The risk of dry socket is quite small anyway, and even smaller for upper teeth, so hopefully you'll be feeling a little better each day 
. We have collected some ideas for easy-to-eat foods after extractions for when you feel a little better - you can find them here: 
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