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Teeth Getting Random Chips?

  • 18-01-2011 01:57PM
    #1
    Xinkai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭


    Ok so I know my mouth is in buts, just about 22 years old, 3 teeth pulled nearly all back teeth, ingrown wisdom tooth, fillings, and 2 more to get pulled, 3 more to get filled, yes, my bill is up the ass.

    Ever since my first trip to the dentist 2 years ago I have been scared about being toothless by the time I'm 25, and have been brushing like a good thing ALMOST every day. If I don't brush Monday I'll be brushing for double time on tuesday etc...

    Now whats happening to me now that my teeth seem to be chipping randomly and I mean erosion & just chunks going missing. My very back wisdom tooth on the bottom left of my mouth is missing a chunk of it that just happened afaik. I got the 2nd from back tooth on the left side removed, and when I got it removed I noticed that on the 3rd from back, there was a SCRATCH if you understand on the back of it. Now this scratch feels like it has developed into another hole, thus starting the erosion process again.

    Other than that just running my tounge along some of my teeth I can feel small holes and chips in my teeth too.

    Can anyone explain whats happening? I look after my teeth with Sensodyne & a strange mouth wash in a brown bottle & tastes like crap, it's a pink fluid in a brown bottle.


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  • #2
    Big_G
    Moderators Posts: 1,589 ✭✭✭Big_G


    You need to be brushing twice a day minimum. There is no ALMOST every day. I may be nerd for saying this but in the words of Yoda, do or do not there is no try. Similarly with toothbrushing, either you are brushing with the correct frequency and technique or you are not. And a dentist will know straight away if you are not.

    More important for you is the frequency of sugar intake. NOT the amount overall, but the frequency. Try and limit sugar intake to main meals if possible. Eliminate fizzy drinks, they are riddled with sugar and are highly acidic.

    Thirdly and most importantly, go and see your dentist again. It sounds like you have a decay problem. Your dentist will be able to tell you what to do to fix this problem. It is usually fixed with diet and oral hygiene measures. There are new treatment modalities from the States involving analysis of the oral bacteria, but I don't think anyone is using it here yet.


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