I understand how you feel. It’s very scary. That’s why the sooner the better they can hopefully do a good deep cleaning and fill the cavities in before it causes them to need a root canal.
if it does turn out that you need a root canal just get a dentist who doesn’t use a metal base for their crowns because the metal base will become visable over time and be less anesthetically pleasing.
you can stop this in it’s tracks now you just need to be proactive about it.
do not brush your teeth after you eat something acidic wait at least a half an hour and what would be even better is if you chewed gum right after eating anything acidic and then you can brush your teeth in 30min
the cost: a lot of people get turned off by the cost of these things
I have had friends who will not pay for their teeth because of the cost but will buy a car that costs that much and I just think it’s something that they need to mentally reframe because you drive your mouth a hell of a lot longer then that car but it’s just so shocking to them the prices of dental work they are blown away
its fucking shocking
I don’t see a country where you are from hopefully it’s the uk and you guys get dental right?
if it’s the USA and it turns out you need some extensive work done there is an option with a service called care credit where you apply like you are applying for a loan and then they approve the amount and you can pick how fast or slow you want to pay it like 5 year loan vs 2 year loan
if you don’t understand and need me to explain that better let me know
I would do that
it’s totally worth the investment in yourself
to feel good about your teeth and your smile
you will never regret investing in yourself and it will not get cheaper it will only get more expensive and inflation with them constantly increasing the damn loan rates if you are here in the states you know
you could also apply at your bank for a loan or your credit card company but check all the rates for interest I see a lot of people who have care credit at their dentist or veterinarian and put the bill on their credit card instead because they don’t want to take out a loan
psychologically it feels better to just charge it
but when they are looking at a 21 percent interest rate on the credit card! It’s not a good move financially
this made me laugh
See if you can find a dentist who has nitrous or if it’s really extreme; sedation
I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled at once and went under sedation to do it I just woke up and it was over and my head felt like it was the size of the moon —the dr tried to get me not to do all 4 together he suggests ppl do one side then the other but but I was insistent
I didn’t want to spread the suffering out I said I know myself this is how it needs to be done - lol
i did not get sedation when I had my dental implant post drilled into my jaw and even though I felt nothing hearing the sound of the drill and feeling the vibration was awful but I didn’t have my iPod and had nothing but my own dark thoughts to distract me and it was shite
I go to the dentist so fucked up sometimes I wonder what they think of me
I just pour myself into the chair
i recommend people take anything and everything they have on hand to make the experience better
definitely take Tylenol it helps with anxiety as well as pain
If your teeth start to crumble when they start scraping the tartar off they will probably need something to make that area strong enough to be a proper biting surface again either composite bonding or a crown
before they even start to work on your teeth they will do an X-ray and they will know what the situation is. If the teeth are crumbling but the root/pulp of the tooth is still healthy they will be able to remove the part of the tooth that is too damaged to stay intact and then fill the area with bonding and if too much of the tooth is affected = crumbing etc they will have to put a crown over the tooth. If the pulp is dead you will need a root canal and then a crown
I have seen many people get the root canal and then not get the crown bc it’s expensive everything dental is expensive getting the quotes is like getting mollywopped and even after all this time I still can’t get over how damn expensive it i
like teeth are like fucking important not just for nutritional and aesthetic purposes when you have infected gums and cavities in your mouth constan swallowing that shit causes inflammation throughout the body and leads to heart disease and causes damage to the heart valves even leading to growths on the heart valves
there was this poor kid who had to have brain surgery bc he had a dental abscess that was so bad and another case like that this poor kid died he actually called his mother and said pray for me and she rushed to the hospital and he was gone
because of dental problems! because dentistry is so motherfucking expensive!
it’s criminal
edited to say this because i drifted off topic and never finished the statement
I see people who do the root canal and then skip the crown and invariably the tooth will break sometimes Breaking so low it’s at the gumline and now cannot be saved when all they needed was the crown and I get it I love to procrastinate I hate spending a shitload of money on something that isn’t fun and where you know they are running your damn pockets
but this is one area where you have to follow the directions and do what the dr ordered
once the tooth is root canaled it is very weak why I don’t know but when you leave it without a crown it’s just a matter of time before it breaks and if your lucky it’s just more expensive to fix and then you still have to get a crown or worst case scenario you have to have it pulled and either get an implant bridge or a flipper
I wish we humans could demand that things be more fair
medicare doesn’t pay for dental work
this stupid idea that the body is separate and that the teeth aren’t medical is stupid the idea that the body doesn’t work together as a united machine that needs each part in rip top shape I’m order to run properly is asinine
Having teeth shouldn’t be a luxury
Make sure you pray before you go to sleep," he told her.
The next morning at about 6, she got another call, this time from the boy's grandmother. Deamonte was unresponsive. She rushed back to the hospital.
"When I got there, my baby was gone," recounted his mother.
It was on Jan. 11 that Deamonte came home from school complaining of a headache. At Southern Maryland Hospital Center, his mother said, he got medicine for a headache, sinusitis and a dental abscess. But the next day, he was much sicker.
Eventually, he was rushed to Children's Hospital, where he underwent emergency brain surgery. He began to have seizures and had a second operation. The problem tooth was extracted.
After more than two weeks of care at Children's Hospital, the Clinton seventh-grader began undergoing six weeks of additional medical treatment as well as physical and occupational therapy at another hospital. He seemed to be mending slowly, doing math problems and enjoying visits with his brothers and teachers from his school, the Foundation School in Largo.
On Saturday, their last day together, Deamonte refused to eat but otherwise appeared happy, his mother said. They played cards and watched a show on television, lying together in his hospital bed. But after she left him that evening, he called her.
Make sure you pray before you go to sleep," he told her.
The next morning at about 6, she got another call, this time from the boy's grandmother. Deamonte was unresponsive. She rushed back to the hospital.
"When I got there, my baby was gone," recounted his mother.
In spite of such modern innovations as the fluoridation of drinking water, tooth decay is still the single most common childhood disease nationwide, five times as common as asthma, experts say. Poor children are more than twice as likely to have cavities as their more affluent peers, research shows, but far less likely to get treatment.
Serious and costly medical consequences are "not uncommon," said Norman Tinanoff, chief of pediatric dentistry at the University of Maryland Dental School in Baltimore. For instance, Deamonte's bill for two weeks at Children's alone was expected to be between $200,000 and $250,000.
