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Bibliophile:
I have 2.5 fillings (one wasn't done correctly and needed fixing) from when I was young and lazy about my teeth. These days I brush morning and night, sometimes with a manual and sometimes with an electric toothbrush, depending on my mood. I also use Listerine but I hate it. I am one of those "evolved" people who will never get wisdom teeth. Which is pretty ironic because unlike most, I have plenty of room for them. I haven't been to a dentist in years because I can't afford to. But I would like to because I love the way super clean teeth feel and it's also nice to be positive you don't have any problems rather than be pretty sure. The front of my two front top teeth are cracked from an accident when they met some cement and did not get along, but apparently they didn't suffer structurally at all. 4 of my teeth have turned in their sockets over time (don't grind your teeth, people - apparently I do it in my sleep) but no-one can tell unless I open wide, tilt my head right back and point them out. Since I don't tend to do that, I will not bother with the expense of braces to have them corrected.

I am trying to organise our wedding for July (I'm getting married if you didn't know yet!) but looking at so many pictures of incredibly beautiful, Hollywood smile brides has done terrible things to my self-esteem. My teeth are too round, so I look like that Bertha lady from Garfield who eats too much. I prefer photos where I am smiling but you can't see my teeth (or preferrably my face at all - see avatar.)

thehollow:
I really didn't mind getting my mouth numbed for all the stuff I had to have done. Probably because they gave me laughing gas, which is fun as shit.

No one here should really be complaining about any oral surgery they've had, because I watched my friend experience the most intense oral surgery I've ever heard of, and I count my blessings that I don't need the same. He was born with birth defects, including a cleft palate, and had at least a dozen surgeries to fix his palate and other things (his hands are messed up too, some fingers are fused together and such) before he was 2 years old. When we were in high school, he had all of his teeth extracted and  titanium bars screwed into his jawbones, and now he has a complete set of fake teeth which sorta snap onto the bars. They had to wait for the wounds to heal before screwing in the bars, so for about 2 or 3 months he had no teeth at all and had to gum all his food. At least he was continually doped up on codeine for the first month or so.

0bsessions:

--- Quote from: Bibliophile on 06 Feb 2008, 12:17 ---I am one of those "evolved" people who will never get wisdom teeth.

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tania:
my teeth aren't great, but considering i have never needed braces or retainers or anything of that sort i think they turned out pretty okay. they're straight and all but completely yellowed due to consistent smoking/coffee drinking. they have small pieces missing here and there from my various facial piercings and overall stupid ideas. generally, though, they look okay when i smile. i'm pretty much the only person who can feel the missing bits, and i don't really care enough about the colour of my teeth to have them professionally whitened. i have lots of cavities, but the fillings are the same colour as my teeth so who cares?

my biggest concern is my gums. these also look pretty okay but i've been told over and over again that if i don't start paying attention to them i will experience some serious receding gum problems in the near future. there's actually a couple of teeth where the roots i think are starting to become exposed a bit. this year, for the first time ever, i finally started to floss on a daily basis. i have no idea if this is doing anything at all for the receding gum thing but my gums don't bleed as much anymore which is pretty nice.

lots of people don't floss so here's an incentive: apparantly, the majority of bad breath is caused by bits of food stuck between your teeth that are literally decomposing and rotting in your mouth. tasty.

carrotosaurus:
I have a gap that would make Condoleezza Rice jealous...

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