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So, I've had numerous nightmares before about my teeth falling out.

At the moment, my nightmares are practically reality.

Let me explain:

I broke my two front teeth when I was a kid. Fell off a bike or something. Anyway, I've had plastic bonds put on them all my childhood. The last ones I had done at least 9 years ago, and bonds are supposed to last 4-5 years. So I talked to my dentist about it and my parents and I decided that while I was still on their insurance before graduation I should get my teeth fixed in a more permanent way. On one front tooth I'm getting a veneer, on the other (more broken) tooth, a crown. That was decided about a month ago.

On Thrusday evening she carved up my two front teeth and made a mold, then made temporary plastic bonds to serve for the two weeks while my porceline crowns are being made.

Yesterday, Saturday, they were wiggling a fraction, and I could swear blood from when I brushed my teeth (my gums were still swollen from the operation) was leaking BEHIND the plastic. Last night I was eating something and they popped halfway off. Today, I was eating a really soft sandwhich (the softest I could get!) and they popped all the way off in my mouth: the two plastic teeth covers, as a connected unit. Gross!

It felt like my teeth were falling out. With them gone, I could feel my real teeth with my tongue and they felt broken, smaller. Which of course they are. So I immediately shoved the temporaries back on over my teeth. They stay pretty well as long as I don't try to eat anything... I think the suction is what pulls them off.

I'd emailed my dentist last night and I called her just now. The building's closed on Sundays so the soonest I can come in is Monday--- I have a 7am appointment.

I guess I'm on a liquid diet until then. I can't wait for these two weeks to be over. Then I won't have to bother with my front teeth for a good 15 years.

Comments

[gweniveeve.livejournal.com]

Yuck! My mom chipped one of her front teeth as a kid and it stayed that way until she was in college. She said she couldn't eat ice cream that whole time.

I'm scarred for life from having braces for 5 years. Going to the dentist is still one of my least favorite activities.

Hope that they don't trouble you anymore after your appointment!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I've been lucky in that my parents could affort to fix my chipped teeth as a kid (I chipped the inside corners of both), and have had fairly good dental plans. Ironically, my brother chipped one of his front teeth as well-- I hope my kids don't... but it's not like I can keep them from riding bycycles.

[gweniveeve.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't know if there wasn't the dental-treatment technology or what (maybe the only option back then was super-expensive)? Then again, my mom told me that back in "her day" people didn't take care of their teeth as much as they do now.

My mom broke hers playing tag in the basement. :)

Your icon is SO CUTE.

[flutingfrenzy.livejournal.com]

Ewww. I have a filling in one of my front teeth that's had to be replaced twice because I kept flossing it out. That's what I get for flossing. So between that and yours having problems when you brushed them and ate soft food, I think it's safe to conclude that teeth just don't respond well to being taken care of.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I had a filling fall out this year-- from my back teeth. Really freaked me out. Got it fixed for free though, since it fell out like a week after being put it.

I think the plastic bonding stuff just didn't stick to my teeth like it was supposed to from the start. She had two materials to choose from so she'll probably just use a different one tomorrow morning. These are only temporary, anyway.

It just bothers me because I dont' want to take them off and look in the mirror at my recently-drilled real teeth (she told me not to), but at the same time it's taunting me with its grossness factor.

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhh missing teeth are one of my phobias too (the other one: splinters from walking across unvanished wood in bare feet). I had to skim your entry (ew ew ew gross gross), but good luck with whatever your tooth problem is.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Thanks! My problem should be fixed by 7:30am tomorrow, and lucky they're not actually falling out-- it's more like losing a giant filling. It just feels that way.

[v-voltaire.livejournal.com]

Eeek! I have nightmares about losing teeth, too! Hope it gets fixed up right.

(In a shocking show of coincidence, I lost a bit of my molar this weekend. I bit into an overbaked bit of Captain Crunch and, er, something went crunch. I think it was just a filling, but I can't be sure.)