I am glad you mentioned the article about the gel, because I am sure I read a similar article. I recently mentioned this to a friend and she said I must have dreamt it.
This is what made me get the bottom ones redone.
Yeah that's good. My teeth have taken a bit of a hammering over the years, but they've remained aesthetically not too bad, but I need a tiny bit of cosmetic work on them. I don't know if it's genetics for me, but probably more so to do with my diet of the past.Wow, reading some of your stories it just makes me appreciate my teeth so much more. I am very lucky in that I have excellent teeth. I put that down to genetics but also my mum used to give us fluoride tablets when we were little. These days fluoride is added to the water.
I am 40 and have had no fillings and strong teeth. I do have some receding gums from brushing too hard and get told off every time I go to the dentist.
I did have teeth taken out at 11 because of overcrowding and then had braces for two years. At 16/17 I had my wisdom teeth out and at 38 I paid for braces on my bottom teeth again as I never wore the retainers as a child. But it only took 26 years for one tooth to go really skew
I didn't like the idea of invisilign, although they really wanted me to use that. I prefered getting ceramic braces and on the plus side it worked quicker. I only had them for about 9 months.
I hope I never have real problems with my teeth as everybody says it's the worst pain. And the dentist is probably the one DR i'm not scared of seeing
I’ve got antibiotics and had it drained slightly at the dentist but the swelling in my face is still very apparent and the abscess is leaking out of my tooth. Last night I thought the swelling had gone down but I’ve woken up this morning looking worse? I guess we grew up in a time where junk food etc was a treat and we didn’t have lots of money. So we ate really healthy. Everything home cooked. Something like carbonated drinks was a treat you got for birthdays etcYeah that's good. My teeth have taken a bit of a hammering over the years, but they've remained aesthetically not too bad, but I need a tiny bit of cosmetic work on them. I don't know if it's genetics for me, but probably more so to do with my diet of the past.
As a teenager I loved fast food, soda and crap junk food. Not ideal at all. In hindsight I haven't treated my teeth good enough, and neglected them too much by putting off the dentist visits for many years in between. I think I last went to the dentist 4 years ago.
How has your diet been over the years? Are you someone who snacks on junk food or soda, or not so much? Diet is the most important aspect to maintaining good teeth in my opinion. I have cut out soda, pretty much entirely now.
I’m 31, got a root canal at 21, and 30 + fillings I say in my lifetime. I have bad luck with teeth too. ( not like you though, my parents weren’t strict, had a lot of junk and hardly brushed my teeth as a child- yet my teeth looked wonderful. Up until the age of 14, when a tooth came out near back of mouth. I always promised myself I would start eating better ( I am chocolate, jellies obsessed)- I never ate betterBizarre one!
I’m under 30 and have absolutely crap teeth and it’s really starting to get me down.
My parents were very strict on sugar when I was young, no fizzy drinks/juice/sweets etc. My dentist says my oral hygiene is brilliant and I’m just unlucky.
I feel every time I go to the dentist I need new fillings or replacement fillings (some huge ones) and I’m very close to a couple of root canals or even extractions of my back teeth.
So I’m curious to know just how unlucky I am!! How old are you and what’s the state of your mouth?
. Had to have it removed and it has 3 roots all going in different directions. Hence I'm terrified of the dentist. Yeah, my fault really. I left it years before visiting a dentist, then needed fillings. Then I left it again for about 5 years, and need to get a little more work (although on NHS it shouldn't be costly) done. If I went private it would be a bit more costly for sure. As they say, prevention is better than cure and it's true. I used to have great teeth. They are still ok-ish, but there's wear and tear due to my sweet tooth and lack of dental checkups.
I don't know your circumstances, but if you're employed, can you get dental cover through work? A lot of employers offer it, but don't shout about it.
If you’re in pain you can call the emergency dental number and they will get you out of pain and try and allocate you an nhs dentist.
Oh no, not in pain. It's just a small chip on the front tooth. It's very small and barely noticeable unless I'm close up. Also, just a tiny bit of enamel wear on the underside of my front teeth which I believe the dentist can fix with some kind of filling or whatever it is.
No, I'm self employed. But still, I would prefer to use NHS as private would cost me. I have started saving Incase I have no choice but to go private. I will start contacting private dentists to enquire about their costs, but if I can get an NHS dentist then waahaay! Lol
My advice, take some paracetamol an hour before the hygenist as it can be quite painful (depending on how much plaque you have).So I went to the dentist, it was £89 for the checkup, I need 3 fillings plus I need to see the hygenist. I’ve booked in to get that sorted next week. Approx about £700 down
I went last year, it wasn’t so bad but it just builds up so fast for me
I’m planning on getting invisilign but my dentist recommended sorting the fillings out firstIf it builds up too fast some patients can come in sooner instead of the usual every 6 months.I went last year, it wasn’t so bad but it just builds up so fast for me
I’m going every three months now
that with flossing daily and using an electric toothbrush it’s virtually all gone. So happy now and I’ve started my invisalign 
