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I went to the dentist for the first time when I was 18 years old (I had a rather unconventional upbringing), and he saw that I had a cavity that needed to be filled. I was terrified and didn’t show up. Put it off for another 6 years, until the pain was so bad that I could no longer chew on that side. Finally went back, and the decay in said tooth was extensive enough to need a root canal. Root canal was done, and 15 years later I still have no other dental issues... with the exception of a pocket underneath the root canaled tooth, likely stemming from an asymptomatic infection, caused by neglecting what should have been a simple cavity that needed to be filled. My dentist will leave it alone as long as it doesn’t cause any pain, but it’s weird to have a ticking time bomb in my mouth... one that could have been prevented decades ago.
After a lifetime of car/motorcycle accidents fights and general poor dental care i had my last tooth extracted around 20 years ago,i have since had beautiful plastic dentures , Teeth? Highly overrated
Actually dentures are not a good substitute for your teeth.
Your bite force with your natural teeth is somewhere around 200-250 pounds of force. With dentures, your bite force is about 50 pounds of force.
There are taste buds on your upper palate (the roof of your mouth). If you use upper dentures, these will get covered. That means your sense of taste is going to be markedly diminished.
Upper dentures can be fixed with a plate that uses suction on your upper palate to stay in place, the bottom denture simply depends upon gravity to stay in your mouth.
I went to the dentist for the first time when I was 18 years old (I had a rather unconventional upbringing), and he saw that I had a cavity that needed to be filled. I was terrified and didn’t show up. Put it off for another 6 years, until the pain was so bad that I could no longer chew on that side. Finally went back, and the decay in said tooth was extensive enough to need a root canal. Root canal was done, and 15 years later I still have no other dental issues... with the exception of a pocket underneath the root canaled tooth, likely stemming from an asymptomatic infection, caused by neglecting what should have been a simple cavity that needed to be filled. My dentist will leave it alone as long as it doesn’t cause any pain, but it’s weird to have a ticking time bomb in my mouth... one that could have been prevented decades ago.
Hopefully that pocket under the tooth is empty, and it's not open to the surface via a crack in the tooth, or the root canal itself. Might be worth keeping an eye on, though. If there is access to that pocket from the surface, it can end up infected from food/bacteria etc that get into it.
That happened with my one (and hopefully only) root canal. I stupidly assumed that once a tooth has had a root canal and a crown nothing else can ever happen to it
Well, fast forward about five years, and I discovered an abcess that popped out on my gum right by that tooth/root canal, and I figured it was coming from under that tooth somewhere. It didnt go away, continued to drain, and I took it to my dentist, who x-rayed the tooth and confirmed an abscess under the root. He prescribed an antibiotic, tried to save the tooth by doing a deep planing around the root, and it got better. Then about 1.5 yrs later another abscess popped out on the gum, the dentist did another x-ray and told me (showed me on the x-ray) that the root canal had broken, and the tooth had cracked right where it was, so there was access to the tooth surface and all the associated flora and fauna. Since it was the last molar, he just recommending getting rid of the problem by pulling the tooth, and that did take care of it.
Hopefully that pocket under the tooth is empty, and it's not open to the surface via a crack in the tooth, or the root canal itself. Might be worth keeping an eye on, though. If there is access to that pocket from the surface, it can end up infected from food/bacteria etc that get into it.
That happened with my one (and hopefully only) root canal. I stupidly assumed that once a tooth has had a root canal and a crown nothing else can ever happen to it
Well, fast forward about five years, and I discovered an abcess that popped out on my gum right by that tooth/root canal, and I figured it was coming from under that tooth somewhere. It didnt go away, continued to drain, and I took it to my dentist, who x-rayed the tooth and confirmed an abscess under the root. He prescribed an antibiotic, tried to save the tooth by doing a deep planing around the root, and it got better. Then about 1.5 yrs later another abscess popped out on the gum, the dentist did another x-ray and told me (showed me on the x-ray) that the root canal had broken, and the tooth had cracked right where it was, so there was access to the tooth surface and all the associated flora and fauna. Since it was the last molar, he just recommending getting rid of the problem by pulling the tooth, and that did take care of it.
Yeah, I get an x-ray every 6 months to keep an eye on it. My working theory is that getting IV antibiotics during during each of my 3 children’s births must have killed off any active infection.
Yeah, I get an x-ray every 6 months to keep an eye on it. My working theory is that getting IV antibiotics during during each of my 3 children’s births must have killed off any active infection.
It might have at the time you got those IVs, but the problem is if it's open to the surface food particles and oral bacteria can make their way down into the gum and jaw under the tooth- that's what happened to me with the crack in the root canal itself, which extended into a crack in the tooth root adjacent to it.
It's great you are approaching 50's and you have no cavities, no other issues.My in-laws faced crowns problem. My dentist suggests me to put her crowns. I had several crowns put in by him. Just a 5 months after completing this, she had no problem with that area of the mouth. I didn't believe him. That was over 3 years ago and she has been chewing that side of my mouth, sometimes eating nuts and everything.He is a great dentist. She doesn't want to go back to him
Just curious...Does anyone know why gum disease (since it's a bacteria) can't be cured with antibiotics or penicillin instead of having the bacteria scraped out of your gums?
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