r/Teethcare

I’m on day 5 post op , I tried eating some applesauce and did the saltwater rinse . I think whatever that is just got lose , I’m a little nervous . Can anyone confirm or not if this is healing fine ? I’m not gonna eat until I get a response , please enlighten me , is the the blood clot they told me about .

I saw my dentist a couple months ago worried about these horizontal lines on my upper right front tooth. They were very light in colour at that time. I have craze lines that run vertical and then spotted these. My other craze lines look more white not gray like these. My dentist took a light to them and said it’s nothing to worry about. Now months later they are very noticeable. I was drinking green tea every morning at work but stopped that these last few weeks. Can someone please share their thoughts if this is just staining or do we think this is a cavity or something else? my next dental cleaning is in October. When I take a flash light to the tooth I can see grooves. Perhaps my daily drinking of green tea really stained the area? I don’t have any pain.

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so 2 days ago i noticed that my front bottom teeth were hurting, like aching but honestly i didnt pay any more mind to it than just letting my parents know that they hurt. also important note, i have 2 mouth ulcers, both are located right bottom, one is more up and the other one is down next to my bottom front teeth gums, but they're literally aligned😭 and next day it was beginning to really really hurt and i looked in the mirror and my bottom front teeth gums were red, not bleeding but obviously red because the top were pink so i went to the school nurse and she told me it was normal and that my teeth was hurting because my ulcers did something to the gum i think? and she told me to take bactidol or to use salt water, so i used saltwater for the time being and told my mother to get bactidol and i used it after i ate my lunch and it got better for abit and then i went home, dinner, brushed my teeth and bactidol and repeat for after breakfast and dinner up until now where i dont really know how to explain my situation cause, i mean the hurt is less but i dont know if im paranoid or not but i honestly feel like their gonna fall off and like i mean its not visible wobbly but i dont know if what im doing is right or if gurgling bactidol has its side effects😞 pls tell me if its this is normal or i should be doing something else or should i stop, and im sorry if this was a stupid question but ive never experienced teeth pain like this where it feels like their sensitive ☹️

I’m 31m and have a lot of anxiety stemming from CPTSD. That being said I’ve never been a clencher or grinder.

I went through a really hard break up recently and my insecurities started flying. I saw videos on mewing and I tried it. But I think I was forcing my tongue up very hard for 3-4 days total.

I stopped , however during and after this time I started noticing my front teeth, or more specifically two teeth kept clashing. In my anxious state I was unsure “has this always been this way, is it normal?”

I still don’t know the answer. I saw a dentist who did a bite paper test and basically said I could get Invisalign. But in 31 years I’ve had the same teeth and unless I moved them from 3-4 days mewing, I can’t see how that’s the solution.

Some info: I wake up feeling my jaw is more forward and if I shut my teeth it’s from the front.

If I let my jaw hang without tension, it seems to swing slightly to the left (which is the side the teeth hit on)

My right side jaw muscles do hurt and I’m getting some clicking now.

Please advise what to do. This started about a month ago, I’m nervous to develop real TMJ issues and/or break a tooth.

Is there a specific specialist I should see? Does this simply happen and I just need to stop focusing on it and let it rest? I’m nervous I’ve messed up my joint . I feel as if my jaw went back to normal my teeth would stop clashing. I can close my back teeth with space on the front , I don’t feel like I should need corrections.

I am also very nervous about a bite guard. I am hypermobile and read they can mess up your teeth.

Any help appreciated.

Are my front teeth too yellow

I just had an extraction for 2 teeth last Friday , it’s now Monday .

Saturday seemed pretty fine . I starting eating just only mash potatoes and yogurt .

Around 12am today as I was trying to go to sleep , I keep getting a sharp throbbing pain in the little area that looks like a big pimple .

I haven’t smoked or used a straw , I’ve done the saltwater rinses and haven’t ate nothing crazy . Is it possible to follow everything right and still get it . Also how did I deal with it until u was able to get to the dentist . Please help lol I’m going crazy .

Also ( I’ve been brushing around the areas as well ) trying to avoid as much toothpaste in the areas as possible .

Hi, should I have my wisdom teeth removed? At the hospital, I was told that since they are not causing me any pain, there is no need to remove them - especially if I replace the missing tooth with an implant. They also said that the lower wisdom tooth on the other side is apparently fused with the jawbone and will not erupt.

However, implant clinics are telling me that I should remove all of my wisdom teeth.

Also, will I need a bone graft before getting the implant? Everyone seems to give me a different answer - some say yes, others say no.

Yes i brush about 4-5 times a day but still have cavities and tartar building up what can I do to avoid it 😭 😭

So overall, I feel pretty good about my teeth. I have good oral hygiene and brush 2x/day and floss regularly. Might miss a day or two over the weekend but overall keep up with it. I will say I didn’t have the best oral routine growing up and really locked in around late high school/college (saying that now it feels kinda late lol) but better late than never I guess!

Anyways, my biggest issue is my bottom front tooth (specifically my left one, 24 I believe?). I’ve been experiencing discomfort, sensitivity, and when I move my mouth I can sometimes feel a pop there? It’s uncomfortable to bite into things, suck on a straw, etc. I definitely notice some gum loss in between the bottom teeth too - there’s that black triangle and feels deep/loose when I floss in between. It’s been at least 18 months since I’ve been experiencing this bc I’ve addressed this at my last 3 cleanings (every 6 months).

The first time, they did x-rays, those typical tests-bite down, putting pressure, tapping, etc. and said they didn’t see anything wrong. I ended up going back about a month later bc I still felt uncomfortable about it and thought something has to be wrong. Still nothing.

I just had my cleaning last week, brought it up again, and STILL nothing. They even did a CT as a courtesy and apparently nothing showed there either. I’ve done a lot of research and I’m convinced I have gum disease, but the dentist has never mentioned anything. Not even receding gums or anything along those lines. I asked them to send me copies of my X-rays, and from what I’ve learned (from Google so take that into consideration I guess), even those appear to show gum disease…

These are from 2/6/26 + 3/5/26 (don’t have a copy from this month yet). I have ones from 2023-2025 and it doesn’t seem like a drastic difference from then and now. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated!!

First 2 pictures: my bottom right wisdom tooth starting to grow in. Last picture: my left wisdom tooth growing in, for reference on how it should be looking. (Had to block out my tongue since I just drank coffee that made it look super disgusting lol)

I (19F) have had my top 2 wisdom teeth growing in for months now with no real issues. Now my bottom 2 just started noticeably growing in and the right one seems to be having problems, starting a few days ago.

My jaw feels tighter, it hurts to chew on that side of my mouth, and I'm not really sure what that white-ish yellowy thing is. I don't think it's a canker sore since I get them constantly and this is nothing like one I've ever had before so I'm worried it might be some sort of abscess/pocket of pus? Either way it's really painful and anything touching it hurts really bad.

I'm not experiencing any swelling, severe pain, or anything other signs of an infection turning systemic, so I'm not super concerned right now but I'm not entirely sure how serious this is. I'm planning on calling my dentist tomorrow to see if I could potentially get an emergency consultation but I'd like to hear what people on here think about this.

TLDR; wondering if my incoming wisdom tooth is causing an infection (and overall what is going on in my mouth???), and how worried should I be?

My teeths are very yellow is there any solution?

Hello, does this look like a tooth crack? I had a root canal on this tooth about 10 years ago and they never put a crown on it? I went to a new dentist a couple weeks ago and he said he wants to put a crown on it. I’ve never had problems with this tooth after the root canal, today it started really bothering me especially when chewing. Also to note, I had a cavity filled on the tooth on the top of my mouth last week. Didn’t know if this could have caused a possible uneven bite or if maybe that’s what is causing the pain. I see my dentist on Tuesday, but was wondering if I should be concerned. Thanks in advance!