i have a dentist appointment in 2 hours for the first time since i was 18 (i am 24 now) and i am deathly terrified that they will tell me my teeth are un-salvageable, to the point where i am pacing in circles trying not to throw up from anxiety

>>81462013 (OP)
Maybe if you're lucky you'll just die

>>81462013 (OP)
You realize you don't have to do what a dentist tells you right?

>>81462021
thats the plan if theyre too fucked to save!
>>81462025
i know, but im broke as shit so there arent a lot of other options for me in the area. my teeth are beyond fucked too, like broken and turning black, and im missing 2 because they broke off while i was eating

>>81462013 (OP)
I stopped going to the dentist at the same age and didn't go back til I was 32. Tons of cavities, a root canal, periodontal disease. As long as you got the money it can all be fixed or treated. I didn't brush for months at a time and never flossed before returning to the dentist, now I'm doing 6 minutes of dental hygiene a day plus oil pulling three days a week. Your situation can turn around even if it may seem insurmountable.

>>81462013 (OP)
>>81462133
did you guys know you had problems before you went back??
ive not been since covid my teeth feel fine though just hoping i dont somehow have tons of problems too

>>81462133
i have 46 dollars and no savings, just medicaid dental ;-;

>>81462156
yes i was very aware. my mouth is black and crumbling from rotting. i only just qualified for state dental insurance this year (shittiest possible but beats nothing) so im only now going.

>>81462156
I had a couple of cracked, partially missing teeth and a shit ton of cavities. They look like shit too, crooked, but I don't really care about that. Dental pain is kinda relative though, two people can have the same thing and one will hurt more just because of the way their nerves are laid out or whatever.
>>81462162
damn, just get what treatment you can I guess.

its honestly rare that ALL of them will be at that point, at most you might have one at the back

the only time it really ever gets to that point is if you either never brushed your teeth in your life or got in a car crash and smashed all your teeth

dentists dont activley want to remove teeth because it costs less (lower pay for them) and the customer (you) will be unhappy

>>81462442
im going now actually, i will report back to my blogpost with how it goes :^(

Now THIS is what I browse this shithole for.
>>81462492
Good luck, anon. You'll be alright. Better to have your teeth fixed now than having all of them pulled in another six years.

>>81462646
my teeth are able to be saved! im so fducking happy and relieved holy shit!!!!! =D

>>81462013 (OP)
Sometimes they do end up beyond help. Like a long while back I tried going to a dentist and he told me I needed to see these 5 other specialists in some convoluted long term process in order to get everything fixed. I didn't bother and just let my teeth finish rotting out completely and then got the full mouth's worth of teeth replaced with zirconia implants.
The implant center guy told me it would've been more of a problem if only some of my teeth were rotted out instead of all of them because it's easier when they can do all of them instead of trying to fill in just part of the mouth with individual implants for every tooth. So he basically confirmed my thinking that it would be better to get it fixed after the whole mouth fell apart instead of seeking out help sooner.
Cost me $54k btw, but I think it was worth it. Having good teeth is nice.

I paid 8k for 3 ceramic crowns because my dumbass didn't brush

>>81462156
Never missed a brushing day in my life, am in decent shape and avoid pretty much all food/drinks that are bad for dental health yet i still gotta go to the dentist to get work done at least twice a year.

Some people are just lucky/unlucky

the dentist is nothing short of religious judgement for rotters

>>81463687
I'm happy for you, anon!
Now make sure to floss (I recommend any kind of expanding floss) and brush your teeth every night before going to bed.

>>81462013 (OP)
Dentists are glorified teeth brushers. Whatever they tell you they're more than likely retarded like doctors. They've likely have no real passion for dentistry anymore, they just repeat whatever bullshit they were taught in schools 20 years ago and push you towards doing shit that is more profitable for themselves like a doctor sending you off to buy a shit ton of meds.

Drink some ice water right now. Do any of your teeth hurt really bad? You may have a cavity though if you live in the U.S. thats very unlikely because they fluoridate the water.

Basically they'll just clean your teeth, tell you that you should brush more often(outdated bullshit) and tell you where you need to brush.

>>81463989
Based retard who thinks he knows more than he actually does and ends up hurting those around him because of it.

>>81463813
You just went through life with a rotting mouth waiting for every last tooth to go? How long did that process take? It sounds unbearable.

>>81464111
NTA, but if you wait long enough the roots die and you don't feel any pain (just a weird sense of pressure).

>>81464005
Go back to plebbit nigger.

original

>>81463687
I'm happy for you anon, I knew you'd be alright. Going a few years without dental intervention is normal for youths. Brush and floss everyday from now on, promise?
>>81463983
I like those double-threaded floss picks. they get so much gunk out your gaps it's unreal.

>>81464437
without a doubt i will be doing so every single morning and evening even after i get the work done on them in the future =D thanks anone!!!1!