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neverbeen
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- Jan 26, 2018
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Hi all.
I've never been to the dentist all my life. I know I've had periodontal disease for 10-15+ years, a lot of tartar hard substances. I still have all my teeth including wisdom teeth. I have bad breath and recently my 2 front teeth has revealed a gap, I've stopped going out due to it. My social life has severely diminished and I constantly have a fear that a family member or friend will find the true extent of my bad teeth. I live with my parents and I always lock my room, I don't want them to come in while I'm sleeping and realize my teeth is so bad.
Nobody knows how bad my teeth is since I basically don't smile at all and speak with my mouth nearly closed. Every tooth has that hard tartar on it and I've learned to hide it well. I know this is not a lot of information to go by. Based on all this I said, are my teeth in really horrible shape? Would I likely need to have them all removed?
I have everything ready, my fears are:
1. Pain
2. Dying from surgery
3. Friends and family finding out
I'm thinking of going to one of those all in one clinics that does implants also so I don't need to go to so many places and face so many different people. And I'm thinking of doing one of those dental tourism things to save money.
I've been planning the previous year, my plan:
1. I'm responsible for paying all the bills for my parents, so I've set up auto pay for everything
2. I've renewed my passport a few months ago
3. Schedule an appointment with a dental clinic in a different country
4. Tell my parents I'll be going on vacation
5. Go to that country to see a dentist and I'll stay at a motel in that country until all the work is done or until I could return without any friends or family noticing
That's the plan, the first two items is done. But I keep having second thoughts, thinking about postponing until next year, etc. What can I do to stop having second thoughts?
I've never been to the dentist all my life. I know I've had periodontal disease for 10-15+ years, a lot of tartar hard substances. I still have all my teeth including wisdom teeth. I have bad breath and recently my 2 front teeth has revealed a gap, I've stopped going out due to it. My social life has severely diminished and I constantly have a fear that a family member or friend will find the true extent of my bad teeth. I live with my parents and I always lock my room, I don't want them to come in while I'm sleeping and realize my teeth is so bad.
Nobody knows how bad my teeth is since I basically don't smile at all and speak with my mouth nearly closed. Every tooth has that hard tartar on it and I've learned to hide it well. I know this is not a lot of information to go by. Based on all this I said, are my teeth in really horrible shape? Would I likely need to have them all removed?
I have everything ready, my fears are:
1. Pain
2. Dying from surgery
3. Friends and family finding out
I'm thinking of going to one of those all in one clinics that does implants also so I don't need to go to so many places and face so many different people. And I'm thinking of doing one of those dental tourism things to save money.
I've been planning the previous year, my plan:
1. I'm responsible for paying all the bills for my parents, so I've set up auto pay for everything
2. I've renewed my passport a few months ago
3. Schedule an appointment with a dental clinic in a different country
4. Tell my parents I'll be going on vacation
5. Go to that country to see a dentist and I'll stay at a motel in that country until all the work is done or until I could return without any friends or family noticing
That's the plan, the first two items is done. But I keep having second thoughts, thinking about postponing until next year, etc. What can I do to stop having second thoughts?