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axolotl
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Hi everyone,
I'm am writing because I feel way frustrated right now, and kind of need to release some thoughts about it. I don't want to make it too long though.
Well, I am 27 years old and had a history of depression during my 17's-23's, and yeah as you can guess I didn't take care of my teeth cause I had other physical issues--my teeth were the last thing on earth I would have thought about. The consequences showed up when I was 22, just when I was feeling better and kind of recovering from my depression. I had many fillings then, my three upper front teeth had root canals and big fillings in the front so they don't look so good now, and had many other fillings in both upper and lower teeth.
I was so scared back then and I run away from treatment...
Since then I have felt sad and self-conscious when talking and smiling, and as you can also guess, my confidence is way low right now.
Well, even though my situation, I have been taking care of my teeth, brushing and flossing three times a day, rinsing and so on. But no matter what I do I continue getting new cavities, this year I had another root canal and like 5 new fillings or so... and I need another 3 ones, that maybe are the results of me not finishing the treatment back then, but I was really scared and didn't have the right support from others nor could find any in myself. I have fillings in all my upper teeth and in my lower back molars.
Anyway, the whole situation is like a lost battle, however, I think I have to continue flossing, brushing, rinsing and getting dental treatment even though it will eventually end up with me losing all the remainings of my teeth, but there is no other better thing to do, I guess. Sorry for the rant but I really have mixed feelings of anger, disappointment, embarrassment, sadness and frustration...
They say I need orthodontic treatment too. I don't know if this will be any good for me because of my situation, maybe after the orthodontic treatment I will get many other cavities, because there is a higher risk with all the devices installed in your teeth... I just don't know whether or not to have them in my situation... they will worth the try?, I am kind of scared too.
I am trying to occupy my mind in other more productive things and not letting my teeth to consume my whole life, it's not that easy though...
The funny thing is that I like to learn new languages (I'm learning German now and eventually wold like to learn French) but maybe I will end up having no teeth to speak them ha. This also frightens me.
Well this was quite long indeed.
If you have some words of relief or some recommendation about dental treatment, orthodontic, etc. just let me know.
Hope you all the best!!
I'm am writing because I feel way frustrated right now, and kind of need to release some thoughts about it. I don't want to make it too long though.
Well, I am 27 years old and had a history of depression during my 17's-23's, and yeah as you can guess I didn't take care of my teeth cause I had other physical issues--my teeth were the last thing on earth I would have thought about. The consequences showed up when I was 22, just when I was feeling better and kind of recovering from my depression. I had many fillings then, my three upper front teeth had root canals and big fillings in the front so they don't look so good now, and had many other fillings in both upper and lower teeth.
I was so scared back then and I run away from treatment...
Since then I have felt sad and self-conscious when talking and smiling, and as you can also guess, my confidence is way low right now.
Well, even though my situation, I have been taking care of my teeth, brushing and flossing three times a day, rinsing and so on. But no matter what I do I continue getting new cavities, this year I had another root canal and like 5 new fillings or so... and I need another 3 ones, that maybe are the results of me not finishing the treatment back then, but I was really scared and didn't have the right support from others nor could find any in myself. I have fillings in all my upper teeth and in my lower back molars.
Anyway, the whole situation is like a lost battle, however, I think I have to continue flossing, brushing, rinsing and getting dental treatment even though it will eventually end up with me losing all the remainings of my teeth, but there is no other better thing to do, I guess. Sorry for the rant but I really have mixed feelings of anger, disappointment, embarrassment, sadness and frustration...
They say I need orthodontic treatment too. I don't know if this will be any good for me because of my situation, maybe after the orthodontic treatment I will get many other cavities, because there is a higher risk with all the devices installed in your teeth... I just don't know whether or not to have them in my situation... they will worth the try?, I am kind of scared too.
I am trying to occupy my mind in other more productive things and not letting my teeth to consume my whole life, it's not that easy though...
The funny thing is that I like to learn new languages (I'm learning German now and eventually wold like to learn French) but maybe I will end up having no teeth to speak them ha. This also frightens me.
Well this was quite long indeed.
If you have some words of relief or some recommendation about dental treatment, orthodontic, etc. just let me know.
Hope you all the best!!