Hello, I don't know if this is a good place to express my concerns, and I'm unsure whether or not I could receive good advice from a website that seems to be specifically based around relationships. I have seen some topics which are totally irrelevant to relationships so here goes.
Hi, I am 19 years old and I had to go to the dentist at the start of August in which was a difficult moment for me because I just don't like going to the dentist. I had some problems with my baby teeth when I was younger and once the adult teeth started to come through they had already started rapidly decaying, so I had to have the back four on the top and the back two on the bottom left removed due to severe pain at just 12 years old. I don't think this was because I hadn't looked after them, whilst the dentist didn't have a reasonable explanation to give me so at that age I just left it at that.
This is back onto the point I wanted to make originally. Well back in August I attended the dentist for the first time since I was like 14, this was a new place and a new guy so it was even more worrying because I had to show this guy something which most likely wouldn't have already been on record.
So I sat in the chair he checked my teeth and I was told that my existing teeth are fine, I then had to have an xray because unfortunately I still have 2 canine teeth has baby teeth which have no adult supports and then an obvious question was do I struggle to eat? Which I don't, my gums had been healed for ages by this point but after this small conversation he recommended me some dentures. I explained that I could eat perfectly fine but he said that they are free and I should get some made for the 6 back teeth I am missing so I nervously accepted.
Then the next few weeks I had to keep returning to do all the routines you need to do when you're having dentures. When I eventually got my dentures my teeth next to the fake teeth started to hurt, my gums started to hurt, I spoke with a lisp and I couldn't eat my food properly so I took them out and haven't worn them for about 6 days now.
The question I want to ask fellow members on this message board is what should I do? Should I just accept that I need to have them in or could I continue as normally and not wear them? I very rarely smile with my teeth visible anyway, and I've been perfectly fine eating with my other teeth although that then puts extra pressure on the remaining back teeth but what would you guys and girls recommend?
Hi, I am 19 years old and I had to go to the dentist at the start of August in which was a difficult moment for me because I just don't like going to the dentist. I had some problems with my baby teeth when I was younger and once the adult teeth started to come through they had already started rapidly decaying, so I had to have the back four on the top and the back two on the bottom left removed due to severe pain at just 12 years old. I don't think this was because I hadn't looked after them, whilst the dentist didn't have a reasonable explanation to give me so at that age I just left it at that.
This is back onto the point I wanted to make originally. Well back in August I attended the dentist for the first time since I was like 14, this was a new place and a new guy so it was even more worrying because I had to show this guy something which most likely wouldn't have already been on record.
So I sat in the chair he checked my teeth and I was told that my existing teeth are fine, I then had to have an xray because unfortunately I still have 2 canine teeth has baby teeth which have no adult supports and then an obvious question was do I struggle to eat? Which I don't, my gums had been healed for ages by this point but after this small conversation he recommended me some dentures. I explained that I could eat perfectly fine but he said that they are free and I should get some made for the 6 back teeth I am missing so I nervously accepted.
Then the next few weeks I had to keep returning to do all the routines you need to do when you're having dentures. When I eventually got my dentures my teeth next to the fake teeth started to hurt, my gums started to hurt, I spoke with a lisp and I couldn't eat my food properly so I took them out and haven't worn them for about 6 days now.
The question I want to ask fellow members on this message board is what should I do? Should I just accept that I need to have them in or could I continue as normally and not wear them? I very rarely smile with my teeth visible anyway, and I've been perfectly fine eating with my other teeth although that then puts extra pressure on the remaining back teeth but what would you guys and girls recommend?
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