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Went to the dentist today; I really didn't want to, but I found some black staining near a filling, and i managed to muster up enough will to actually make an appointment.
He got me to take some full-mouth X-rays since it had been more than a year since the last one
He mentioned that two of my wisdom teeth are fractured, but he doesn't really want to pull them out if they're not hurting... is that normal? Isn't a fracture like a huge risk factor for infection? Don't get me wrong I would rather not go through an extraction right now... but is that really the safest/best choice?
Secondly, I have probably relatively bad genetics teeth-wise (my mum always had the poorest oral health). Never really brushed AT ALL until my 20s, cause i was an idiot teenager, so as a result of both now i have a LOT of fillings in my mouth.
Nowadays i try to have a good oral health routine, although sometimes life is hard and I get too depressed to brush twice a day, and just end up doing once. 90% of times though i brush twice, and 50% of times I floss too! I think I'm doing as good as I'm able to... and yet i still get more decay regularly. (and admittedly I get too anxious to get regular checkups at my dentist, although I've been going once a year in the last three years, so... progress I guess?)
Two fillings I did 5 years ago apparently failed, and there's a lot of decay under them, and they'll have to become two very deep fillings, marking 5 total deep fillings in my mouth.
My current fillage is the following:
upper left first molar: medium filling (2019)
upper left second premolar: deep filling, was almost a root canal, if it fails it will be a root canal (2016)
upper left first premolar: small filling (2016)
upper right first premolar: small filling (2023)
upper right second premolar: a small filling and a medium-ish one (2023, 2016)
upper right second molar: deep filling (2016)
lower right first molar: small filling (2016)
lower right second premolar: deep filling, was almost a root canal, if it fails it will be a root canal (2016)
lower left second premolar: First i got a small filling (2016), then another small filling near it (2022), then I guess the two fillings were kind of awkward structurally and failed letting some decay in, so my doctor replaced them with a single medium filling (2024)
lower right first molar: was a small filling (2019) will be a very deep one
lower right second molar: was a small filling (2019) will be a deep one
I guess my general question is... how screwed am I going forward? I'm 31 right now and it feels like my oral health is constantly worsening regardless of what I do.
Since 2016 I've pretty much fixed most my bad habits, and yet stuff keeps getting worse. So like, what are my prospects for the future? I'll never be able to afford implants or whatever, and I absolutely DREAD the moment when I'll have to get my first root canal. I guess I'm just really sad and I could appreciate some rational perspective on how things will be for me...
He got me to take some full-mouth X-rays since it had been more than a year since the last one
He mentioned that two of my wisdom teeth are fractured, but he doesn't really want to pull them out if they're not hurting... is that normal? Isn't a fracture like a huge risk factor for infection? Don't get me wrong I would rather not go through an extraction right now... but is that really the safest/best choice?
Secondly, I have probably relatively bad genetics teeth-wise (my mum always had the poorest oral health). Never really brushed AT ALL until my 20s, cause i was an idiot teenager, so as a result of both now i have a LOT of fillings in my mouth.
Nowadays i try to have a good oral health routine, although sometimes life is hard and I get too depressed to brush twice a day, and just end up doing once. 90% of times though i brush twice, and 50% of times I floss too! I think I'm doing as good as I'm able to... and yet i still get more decay regularly. (and admittedly I get too anxious to get regular checkups at my dentist, although I've been going once a year in the last three years, so... progress I guess?)
Two fillings I did 5 years ago apparently failed, and there's a lot of decay under them, and they'll have to become two very deep fillings, marking 5 total deep fillings in my mouth.
My current fillage is the following:
upper left first molar: medium filling (2019)
upper left second premolar: deep filling, was almost a root canal, if it fails it will be a root canal (2016)
upper left first premolar: small filling (2016)
upper right first premolar: small filling (2023)
upper right second premolar: a small filling and a medium-ish one (2023, 2016)
upper right second molar: deep filling (2016)
lower right first molar: small filling (2016)
lower right second premolar: deep filling, was almost a root canal, if it fails it will be a root canal (2016)
lower left second premolar: First i got a small filling (2016), then another small filling near it (2022), then I guess the two fillings were kind of awkward structurally and failed letting some decay in, so my doctor replaced them with a single medium filling (2024)
lower right first molar: was a small filling (2019) will be a very deep one
lower right second molar: was a small filling (2019) will be a deep one
I guess my general question is... how screwed am I going forward? I'm 31 right now and it feels like my oral health is constantly worsening regardless of what I do.
Since 2016 I've pretty much fixed most my bad habits, and yet stuff keeps getting worse. So like, what are my prospects for the future? I'll never be able to afford implants or whatever, and I absolutely DREAD the moment when I'll have to get my first root canal. I guess I'm just really sad and I could appreciate some rational perspective on how things will be for me...