Please tell me this isn't gingivitis..?
A few nights ago I was brushing my teeth when I went over a tooth, and it hurt really bad, and looked like there was a little scrape so I thought maybe I cut it on a chip or something, and thought nothing of it.
So the next night it hurt as well, and I skipped over that part of my gums until tonight, because it finally feels okay to go over but it's still sensitive and looks sorta strange. My gums are a little swollen underneath that tooth, but fine everywhere else. It looks as if the scrape has gotten a little bit bigger, and spread some too, but hardly any. I also brushed directly over it and it starting bleeding just a bit.
I'm just getting really worried, any ideas?
I have braces if that helps, but I brush twice a day, and use the mini brush they gave me to go in between each bracket. I floss a couple times a week, as well as use mouth wash every morning.
Help, i haven't been to the dentist in over a year.?
I'm 19 years old now and i'm pretty sure i have at least two cavities and really severe plaque build up. I know if i go to the dentist they will give me fillings and scrape and drill and all that really horrible stuff. I stopped going to the dentist because usually when i go the pain and stress makes me pass out. which makes the whole dentist experience a 2-3 hour ordeal... What should i do? Is there anyway i could get them to put me to sleep like they did for my wisdom teeth?
Are soft teeth further harmed by vigorous cleanings by a hygenist?
I have severely soft enamel on my teeth. No, I'm not, nor have I ever been, bulimic, I do not suffer from acid reflux, and I do not chew icecubes or suck lemons, I have no medical conditions and am in excellent health, and my mother did not take any drugs, prescription or otherwise, while she was pregnant with me (all things that could cause such severe erosion.) My problems are simply genetic.
Anyway, with enamel as soft as mine (my dentist has "diagnosed" it as being just slightly above the softest level of enamel possible) could the hard scrapings from the cleaning tools actually WORSEN my chipped and eroded enamel? Two months after my last cleaning two teeth wore down rapidly and needed to be built up and bonded yesterday (I've got 11 crowns as well.) Every time I go for a cleaning I wince at how hard the hygenists scrape and pick at my poor enamel, while lecturing ME to not crunch anything too hard.
Could it be be beneficial to insist the hygenists stop the hard scrapings?
Also, I should mention, hygiene is not an issue as I brush and floss properly, regularly. My dentist is actually suprised that there is no decay anywhere on my teeth despite missing enamel. In other words, these hygenists really don't have all that much to scrape; when they do it so hard, I really think there are times they are actually flaking off my enamel. I felt two rough spots on my lower back molar after my last cleaning, and with a flashlight discovered to small missing pieces of enamel that WEREN'T missing before.
Dark mark on tooth caused by diet, what foods could cause it?
Yesterday my dentist completely got rid of this little dark mark on my tooth with a scrape & polish. So it's GONE now, my tooth is back to normal.
The dentist said the mark was caused by something in my diet, but he didn't know what.
The mark appeared 5 weeks ago. In the 6 months before this mark appeared, this is what my diet used to be:
- Breakfast = low fat cottage cheese, or yogurt, or toast
- Lunch = usually none. Sometimes i had a chicken sandwhich.
- Dinner = 6x a week, i had chicken, prawns or fish, with new potatoes or rice, and some salad or veg.
Most days, i'd eat lots of cashew nuts after dinner.
Can you see anything in my diet, or about my eating habits, which caused the mark? It's NOT decay or acid erosion.
Thanks V much =D
Help with Metronidazole for Gingivitis?
I have been told that I have gingivitis and a bit of gum disease, and my dentist prescribed me metronidazole antibiotics 5 day course. I am now on day 4, but the pain is still as bad. Does anybody know if my pain will go by the end of 2day, which is the 4th day? I saw a hygenist yesterday who gave me a thorough scrape and polish and gave me tepe's to use...shall I go to the dentist 2day or will my pain go by the end of my course?
Armcam Stefan goes to the dentist…..again
Goind to the dentist has never been so much fun?
A scrape on the side of my tooth!?
i have a scrape on the side of my tooth - its a small one - but i like to scrape plaque off with my nails,before i brush them....
is there any treatment from the dentist?
would it hurt?