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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!

[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.

[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.

[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.)