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Originally Posted by Artemis
Dentists are one of the few things I have an intense phobia of (along with pigeons and needles) now I'm 18 I refuse to go now, I just don't like them at all.
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Girl (boy?), go to the dentist. Otherwise you may end up 40 and in serious trouble. Dentists are actually quite friendly and if you find the right one, he or she will keep you out of pain. I can't tell you how sorry I am for not taking better care of my teeth. Part of it stems from poor dental care in childhood, part of it (periodontal disease) is genetic, and then the rest is ignoring my teeth all through my twenties and thirties.
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Originally Posted by Nikolaj
I do have a 'composite'-- fake tooth, built up with some sort of dentist magic tooth-like substance he attached to broken root canals, on a tooth in the back, actually two teeth. Much less expensive than a crown, but they do sometimes need to be replaced (every 3 years or so).
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My husband had this done on his front few teeth this past week and he looks wonderful. All this dental work has been spurred on by a client of his. He is a dentist and is working with us on getting all this work done. He can't really cut us major financial deals, but at least we know he is honest with us and cares about the outcome.
I still can't believe I need braces. I had them for FIVE YEARS as a kid, but my parents never took me to get the retainer, so it's like I never had them at all. I'm too vain to get traditional metal ones, so I think I'm going to go with ceramic. I really wanted to get Invisalign, but my dentist said he doesn't think they work as well. *SIGH* I wish I could describe what my dentist said would happen if I decided not to get braces, but it's too long and complicated. Think buck, splayed, unable to close my mouth.....I think all of the color drained from my face while he was talking to me. I need a crown (had the root canal done last year), an implant, and special periodontal cleanings every 3 months, plus 2 cavities to be filled. Yea!