r/Teethcare

Look forward to some insight into this from dentists on here thanks

One of my molars with a large filling fractured yesterday and a chunk of the enamel broke of when I bit into a chip. There's not pain or bleeding or irritation whatsoever. I put the piece of my tooth in a zip loc bag with my saliva in it. The only thing that's irritating me is the filling rubbing against my tongue, but it doesn't cause me any pain.

I tried to call my dentist this morning, but they are closed for the day and will reopen tomorrow. Can I wait until tomorrow or is this an urgent problem.

I only had the acid on the tounge for 3 minutes then flushed it for some reason I’m stressing will it be way weaker now did I just waste a tab

This is kind of embarrassing to post but whatever.

About two years ago I went in for a routine cleaning. My teeth aren't perfect, I drink coffee, I went through a rough period where I wasn't taking great care of myself, and my gums had receded a bit. Nothing dramatic, just not Instagram teeth.

The dentist looked in my mouth for maybe ninety seconds and said, and I quote, "well these are the consequences of years of neglect". Then handed me a treatment plan for $4,800 and left the room.

I cried in my car.

I know I need to go back. My teeth haven't gotten worse as far as I can tell but I also have no idea because I've been too anxious to book anything. Every time I think about calling a clinic I just remember that guy's voice.

I've been reading about how to find dentists who are good with anxious patients or people who feel embarrassed about their teeth. Someone mentioned looking for clinics that specifically say they're judgment-free, one person in another thread mentioned a dentist in Winnipeg that apparently their friend who hadn't been in years went to without any issues, which gave me a tiny bit of hope.

But more than anything I just want to know, did anyone else have a bad experience like this and then find somewhere better? How did you get yourself back in the chair? Did you tell the new dentist upfront that you were nervous?

I'm just tired of having this low key anxiety about something I know I need to do.

Please help - my gums are severely inflamed and my teeth are just crumbling. I did 3 root canals and 3 crowns in January, and yesterday a piece of my top tooth just fell out, I guess there was a cavity there that they couldn’t repair because the tooth is mostly held together with fillings. I’m absolutely freaking out, I can’t seem to stop the spread and my gum issues are making things worst. I had a deep cleaning last year, followed by 3 month cleanings but had to stop at the end of my pregnancy because I can’t lay flat without passing out.

I started researching toothpastes and I’m just so confused, I see livfresh and hydroxyapatite toothpastes and some say remineralizing, some say they help gum inflammation and prevent plaque from forming. I really have no idea which to choose, which one actually works or helps.

Please I need your recommendations - I absolutely do not care about the cost, I’m 10 k deep into the dentist just in the last 5 months with no end in sight, toothpaste isn’t going to be the thing that bankrupts me at this point

I wanted to ask about people's experiences. If you had a root canal did you have pain before on that tooth and area if so how? I saw someone say they needed a root canal but had no pain eating and that is making me confused tbh.

NAD question

My mom brushed her teeth with a orange colored mix of lemon, banana peel insides, pink salt, toothpaste. She said it cleaned her teeth really well. I thought well that sounds basically the equivalent of using sandpaper scraping off all enamel ruining her teeth.

Full story

I didn't think much of it when my mom told me she was following those ridiculous random Facebook homemade diy ai 5 minute craft people. Saw my mom mixing something orange, she said it worked well really getting rid of stuff around her teeth that regular toothpaste didn't get out. I asked her what she used, she said lemon, pink salt, inside the banana peel part, toothpaste mixed together. Then I thought how the internet which I confirmed with the dentist said you should wait 30 minutes after eating so anything acidic goes away and you don't brush the softened enamel caused by the acidity. She doesn't listen to me and trust these random Facebook people who don't sound like dentists or chemists.