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krystal
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salut! i was advised to post here by some very very woundeful people from the support forum (and i swear i'm not shaking or crying this time when i post this).
i understand that dentistry is as much an art as a science, and it isn't always an exact art or science.
if you appear at a dentist and he's trying to solve a problem for you: pain when biting down. he gives you an exam (IV sedate because you won't let anyone near you otherwise) and takes x-rays and the area is clear of infection/cavities in the tooth/teeth (two next to one another) in the upper right jaw. but it hurts to bite down.
so he says "i'm not exactly sure what's causing your pain because there are a lot of different things going on". you understand that, this is your dental first. he first think it might be your wisdom teeth (impacted teeth) coming in causing pressure on your upper rack teeth. fills six other teeth (refered pain).
(ok, let me say that this dentist is awesome amazing -- it's quite funny, really, there i am with my shock white mohawk and studs and piercings and chains and he's being so super supportive and accomadating and nice. he let me bring my friend -- with vest-- into the xrays, always sedated me so i wouldn't feel fear ...so i have nothing but a million good things to say about him)
anyway, i have the impacted wisdom teeth out and the fillings done. it's such a messed up experience and i survive...and still manage to come back again....because there us still no progress on the pain in the upper rack of my teeth.
he then suggests -- because i'm an intense person -- that maybe i'm bearing down too hard on my teeth at night, so he makes me a mouth guard.
pain resolves itself slightly (maybe placebo affect, but i swear i'm not having psychosomatic symptoms -- i swear, the pain is eased with numbing gel) but it is still there. and even tho there is nothing on the xray to prove anything, it hurts when you bite down and you know it.
at any rate, at what point is there just no answer to your problem and you just submit yourself to not chewing on that side anymore because the problem is seemingly unsolvable. i'm feeling pressed to return to his practice again -- not because he's a wonderful doctor or anything -- but i just don't want to submit myself to more treatment.
do dentist's ever come to a point when they have no answer to the problem because they don't know (i'm not making a slight at him, he did all he could) how to solve it, so you just let it be and stop going/trying?
i don't think i really want to go thru another set of attemptive treatments when it's easier at this point to just admit your teeth are messed up (your fault, you never went to a dentist) and you'll just have to live with it.
again, i don't fault the dentist at all, he's awesome, i just think my teeth must be too messed up to fix. being someone who is so scared, it's really hard to keep coming back and back again. every time i go, it's like he finds something else that is wrong (more fillings after a year) and it seems like a never ending cycle of bad news. and it's all these other problems he's finding and fixing, and i'm greatful, but my original complaint about not being able to bite down is still there.
i understand that dentistry is as much an art as a science, and it isn't always an exact art or science.
if you appear at a dentist and he's trying to solve a problem for you: pain when biting down. he gives you an exam (IV sedate because you won't let anyone near you otherwise) and takes x-rays and the area is clear of infection/cavities in the tooth/teeth (two next to one another) in the upper right jaw. but it hurts to bite down.
so he says "i'm not exactly sure what's causing your pain because there are a lot of different things going on". you understand that, this is your dental first. he first think it might be your wisdom teeth (impacted teeth) coming in causing pressure on your upper rack teeth. fills six other teeth (refered pain).
(ok, let me say that this dentist is awesome amazing -- it's quite funny, really, there i am with my shock white mohawk and studs and piercings and chains and he's being so super supportive and accomadating and nice. he let me bring my friend -- with vest-- into the xrays, always sedated me so i wouldn't feel fear ...so i have nothing but a million good things to say about him)
anyway, i have the impacted wisdom teeth out and the fillings done. it's such a messed up experience and i survive...and still manage to come back again....because there us still no progress on the pain in the upper rack of my teeth.
he then suggests -- because i'm an intense person -- that maybe i'm bearing down too hard on my teeth at night, so he makes me a mouth guard.
pain resolves itself slightly (maybe placebo affect, but i swear i'm not having psychosomatic symptoms -- i swear, the pain is eased with numbing gel) but it is still there. and even tho there is nothing on the xray to prove anything, it hurts when you bite down and you know it.
at any rate, at what point is there just no answer to your problem and you just submit yourself to not chewing on that side anymore because the problem is seemingly unsolvable. i'm feeling pressed to return to his practice again -- not because he's a wonderful doctor or anything -- but i just don't want to submit myself to more treatment.
do dentist's ever come to a point when they have no answer to the problem because they don't know (i'm not making a slight at him, he did all he could) how to solve it, so you just let it be and stop going/trying?
i don't think i really want to go thru another set of attemptive treatments when it's easier at this point to just admit your teeth are messed up (your fault, you never went to a dentist) and you'll just have to live with it.
again, i don't fault the dentist at all, he's awesome, i just think my teeth must be too messed up to fix. being someone who is so scared, it's really hard to keep coming back and back again. every time i go, it's like he finds something else that is wrong (more fillings after a year) and it seems like a never ending cycle of bad news. and it's all these other problems he's finding and fixing, and i'm greatful, but my original complaint about not being able to bite down is still there.