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Post by FFS on Aug 31, 2021 20:21:01 GMT 1
My tooth number 24 was 'dead', ie grey/black, for many years until it came out a year or so ago. Having lost its supporting mate, number 25 started moving, and that one came out yesterday while I was eating lunch. Now a gap of two teeth in the bottom middle ('lower central incisors' is, I think, the proper term). It doesn't bother me, but it does my wife. What can I do?
Visits to a dentist put me off for three reasons: cost, delay, and an unwarranted sense of embarrassment/shame at the state of my mouth.
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Post by JohnnyD on Aug 31, 2021 20:39:28 GMT 1
A visit to the dentist seems the the first choice in my books, you might save other teeth that are in a similar state.......i have paid a lot of attention to my teeth in the last 2 years or so and it really helps
1 Use a water flosser, its one of the best things I have ever bought health wise
2 Use an ultrasonc brush to de fur/de plaque teeth, especially the back ones
3 Brush regularly at least twice a day
My dentst says my teeth are so much better and gum bleeding has stopped completely since doing this.......
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Post by basileus on Aug 31, 2021 20:46:36 GMT 1
I consider myself lucky, I still have eight teeth!
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Post by FFS on Aug 31, 2021 20:47:32 GMT 1
No gum bleeding. I brush twice a day.
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Post by Crystal on Aug 31, 2021 20:56:32 GMT 1
If I was your wife it would bother me too - go to the dentist! Don't worry - no matter how bad they are your dentist will have seen worse.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2021 21:55:02 GMT 1
Agree with all the above. It sounds like you might have a condition that could affect all the teeth to some extent but can be treatable to prevent further loss.
Only a dentist can determine this so I'd say get an appt sooner rather than later.
I believe you are also a smoker. Smokers can have a form of periodontal disease which causes loss of bony support for the teeth but because of smoking the gum margins don't bleed (as they would in a non-smoker) making you think the gums are healthy when they aren't.
Seriously, get an appointment.
I know this sounds crazy but I really know what I'm talking about here!
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Post by Dominic Best on Aug 31, 2021 22:11:34 GMT 1
My teeth are awful but I’m always amazed by how positive my dentist is about them.
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Post by manonthemoon2 on Aug 31, 2021 23:54:05 GMT 1
My teeth don't bleed but I have receeding gums. I brush manually and carefully.
I would take out a second mortgage not to have tooth loss.
Good luck
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Post by FFS on Sept 1, 2021 5:28:17 GMT 1
Okay, I hear you.
To rephrase the question I posed in my OP, what can be done?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2021 7:36:04 GMT 1
I had to have a tooth removed which left a fair size gap as there was a space next to it already. I had a bridge fitted, not the most pleasant of experiences but good when it's finished. The whole job took 3 visits and the cost was about 1025€. Now that sounds expensive but with the new rules on payment of dental work by your mutual (assuming you have one) and I just have the base cover, I actually paid 150€ The part I had to pay was for a temporary bridge which is not covered by Cpam.
Get it done you will not regret it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2021 7:52:38 GMT 1
Okay, I hear you.
To rephrase the question I posed in my OP, what can be done?
There are so many variables it's only possible to answer that after relevant exam, radiographs and a diagnosis. Only your dentist can do that.
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Post by spectrum on Sept 2, 2021 7:56:12 GMT 1
Ye by gum lad gern to dentist.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2021 8:38:24 GMT 1
Your wife doesn't like the raffish look you have adopted?
I would be worried about the domino effect continuing. Get yourself to the dentist.=!
As an expert (patient ), you might get a bridge, though that would depend on the state of the two teeth on each side of the gap. The dentist files down the good teeth into pegs and puts a ceramic bridge of 4 teeth over the two good ones and the gap. An implant might be possible - I don't know if a single implant would support two teeth - but something, anyway, to stop the two on the side of the gap caving in through lack of support. Implants are costly, but perhaps your mutuelle would pay? My BiL is going to Turkey for his ...
And the state of your jaw bone is a factor. It might not be as good as it could be if you're a smoker.
Bon courage!
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Post by Polarengineer on Sept 2, 2021 9:22:35 GMT 1
I dunno, I would look much better with a new hat.
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Post by hal on Sept 2, 2021 21:05:31 GMT 1
If your teeth fell out naturally,then definitely go to a dentist and ask for a referral to a periodontal specialist. As has been said above, the reasons for this points to gum disease maybe exasperated by smoking. If two teeth have fallen out, then others may be at risk.
To make it worse, again as said already, the bone is probably damaged making it difficult for an implant. if gum disease, as it is called, forces your other teeth out, then the only solution is old fashioned dentures. Not pleasant! However, get it under control early and a periodontal specialist should be able to find good bone nearby for an implant. I suffered badly with gum disease and took the decision to have all my teeth taken out and replaced with implants whilst the bone was still good. Best thing I ever did - yes expensive, but worth every penny.
So please, having been there with the tee shirt, get to a dentist. I do not know where you live, but if anywhere in the South West, these guys only do implants and worth getting referred to...https://www.cabinet-griffe.fr/le-cabinet/
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