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Carth
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- Dec 29, 2016
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Hi, it's me again. Some of you might remember a post from a while ago where I talked about what happened. I'll quickly run down what's happened.
-On November 19th, 2016, I got a bad pain in the back of my mouth, inside one of the molars. I couldn't get a dentist visit until 10 days later, the pain subsided halfway through the wait time.
-Inevitably, the day came, November 29th. I went to this non-profit place nearby that took Medicaid. The news was bad. After going through the possibility of several root canals and crowns, they brought someone else in, who claimed I needed a Full Mouth Extraction, likely with Dentures.
-Needless to say, I was very torn up about this. In December of that year, I discovered this site and made my first post, which I requested be hidden sometime later. Which I will probably do to this one once my journey is over.
-As I've gone on to do some research and further thinking about it, some of the following things have me wondering.
1. Someone related to me also went a lot of time without taking care of his teeth, but his look better than mine by a significant amount.
2. What I thought originally was hardened plaque coming off in tiny crumbling chunks (Prior to November 29th, 2016), was actually my enamel breaking off. There's also a rather deep cavity in the molar that started this whole thing, various gaps, and more recently, half of one what I had left of one of my incisors broke off, with a soft, dark inside.
3. All of this has led me to believe that the issues weren't just a fault of lacking self-care or poor habits, but of an issue with my mental state, as well as something genetic causing problems too.
-I've since come to terms with the idea of a full mouth replacement. It was a mistake I made, in general, to not take the best care of myself.
My teeth weren't in the greatest shape anyway because I never wore braces when I was young. I just have some questions about the full mouth replacement thing.
1. Is it true that bone loss occurs when nothing is attached to the bottom jaw? and 1a. If so, if any of my lower ones can be saved, should I have them be saved, to stop that?
2. Are dentures noticeable as being fake? I'm 19, which is typically too young for this sort of thing, which has me worried that it's going to have a negative impact on my life.
3. Are dentures hard to get used to? Like, will I be able to eat normally? Talk normally? Can I learn to smile again?
I REALLY don't have the money for a full set of implants, so the dentures would be the easiest option for the time being.
It's not all bad though, I guess. It's not like it can't be fixed. And this happening is what got me off the ground to really make an effort to start changing my life for the better. Something bad happened to make something good happen, I guess.
Thank you for your time, please don't judge me for anything I've said. Especially if someone I know happens to find and read this.
-On November 19th, 2016, I got a bad pain in the back of my mouth, inside one of the molars. I couldn't get a dentist visit until 10 days later, the pain subsided halfway through the wait time.
-Inevitably, the day came, November 29th. I went to this non-profit place nearby that took Medicaid. The news was bad. After going through the possibility of several root canals and crowns, they brought someone else in, who claimed I needed a Full Mouth Extraction, likely with Dentures.
-Needless to say, I was very torn up about this. In December of that year, I discovered this site and made my first post, which I requested be hidden sometime later. Which I will probably do to this one once my journey is over.
-As I've gone on to do some research and further thinking about it, some of the following things have me wondering.
1. Someone related to me also went a lot of time without taking care of his teeth, but his look better than mine by a significant amount.
2. What I thought originally was hardened plaque coming off in tiny crumbling chunks (Prior to November 29th, 2016), was actually my enamel breaking off. There's also a rather deep cavity in the molar that started this whole thing, various gaps, and more recently, half of one what I had left of one of my incisors broke off, with a soft, dark inside.
3. All of this has led me to believe that the issues weren't just a fault of lacking self-care or poor habits, but of an issue with my mental state, as well as something genetic causing problems too.
-I've since come to terms with the idea of a full mouth replacement. It was a mistake I made, in general, to not take the best care of myself.
My teeth weren't in the greatest shape anyway because I never wore braces when I was young. I just have some questions about the full mouth replacement thing.
1. Is it true that bone loss occurs when nothing is attached to the bottom jaw? and 1a. If so, if any of my lower ones can be saved, should I have them be saved, to stop that?
2. Are dentures noticeable as being fake? I'm 19, which is typically too young for this sort of thing, which has me worried that it's going to have a negative impact on my life.
3. Are dentures hard to get used to? Like, will I be able to eat normally? Talk normally? Can I learn to smile again?
I REALLY don't have the money for a full set of implants, so the dentures would be the easiest option for the time being.
It's not all bad though, I guess. It's not like it can't be fixed. And this happening is what got me off the ground to really make an effort to start changing my life for the better. Something bad happened to make something good happen, I guess.
Thank you for your time, please don't judge me for anything I've said. Especially if someone I know happens to find and read this.