Brush, brush, brush (correctly I might add) and floss (at least once daily)!!!
Yeppers, this baby boomer has at least a dozen fillings and about 5 crowns by now. I've needed one root canal also. 2 crowns are two days old in fact (that lovely dental appt. lasted nearly 3 hours this past Monday and required 4 novacaine shots). Well, one brand new crown popped off in the grocery store. I managed to not swallow it (cha-ching, that baby is worth about $800!) and slid it back on, to hold my tongue on that side of my mouth for the rest of the shop. Hoping I wouldn't run into someone I know and have to talk! I was hoping to put it back on with adhesive they gave me if one ever pops off (don't ask what to do if this happens, if I hadn't asked maybe I wouldn't have jinxed myself).....long story short, I couldn't get it back on and it's in a baggie. And of course my old tooth is throbbing. I just took 2 Motrin and 2 Benadryl (no lectures, I want to sleep!). I left a message for an appt. early in the morning. My dentist's office is very good about getting you in right away.
Anyways, I'm just saying you don't want to chip teeth when older, so take good care of them and drink your milk!
I swear if I even look at popcorn, I chip a tooth. I often joke I'll start eating baby food. And to top it all off, we don't have dental insurance - never had it, never will. Dental bills are outrageous!
Okay, my little lecture, if it does any good, is over! LOL
Mary
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Miss Mary
Put down the candy bar and go brush your teeth! lol
Seriously, take care of them.
I love bubble gum and as a kid, I used to munch on rock candy. Those baby food jars are looking mighty good tonight! I've been sipping drinks thru a straw and tilting my head to the side, so the throbbing tooth doesn't hurt too much more!
The main reason for this thread is my dentist is near my age and he's already said our age group in particular is having lots of dental problems right now. Yes, the baby boom generation. Good money for him but terrible for our wallets, just the same. He admitted our kids and younger generations won't have nearly the problems we're having - b/c of flouride and sealants. My kids (16 and 19) have never had a cavity. Never!
Mary
Seriously, take care of them.
I love bubble gum and as a kid, I used to munch on rock candy. Those baby food jars are looking mighty good tonight! I've been sipping drinks thru a straw and tilting my head to the side, so the throbbing tooth doesn't hurt too much more!
The main reason for this thread is my dentist is near my age and he's already said our age group in particular is having lots of dental problems right now. Yes, the baby boom generation. Good money for him but terrible for our wallets, just the same. He admitted our kids and younger generations won't have nearly the problems we're having - b/c of flouride and sealants. My kids (16 and 19) have never had a cavity. Never!
Mary
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I never had a cavity until I was in my 20's. Then my teeth went downhill. I became addicted to jawbreakers (Ed, Edd, and Eddie). As a result two of my teeth broke in half and couldn't be saved. Of course, one broke on each side, causing the most possible difficulties chewing. I just got done having 7 fillings.
One of my kids just had a root canal and a crown. Fortunately, we have insurnce, but for big bills, it ends up paying just over half. I like my dentist, but his business practices are, lets say, agressive. For big jobs, he wants 25% when I make the appointment, and the balance of the estimated amount that I'm responsible for at the time of service. No bills after the fact. I figure that I can pay him now or pay him later, so it doesn't bother me that much. I even made "installment" payments up front.
If you have a flexible spending account, use it! I could pay $100 and turn that in for reimbursement. Then use the reimbursement to pay the next $100, and so on, just rolling over the same $100 each time!
Until I figured that out, we went without some major dental work for several years, because even with insurance, it's hard to come up with the $200, $300, or $400.
One of my kids just had a root canal and a crown. Fortunately, we have insurnce, but for big bills, it ends up paying just over half. I like my dentist, but his business practices are, lets say, agressive. For big jobs, he wants 25% when I make the appointment, and the balance of the estimated amount that I'm responsible for at the time of service. No bills after the fact. I figure that I can pay him now or pay him later, so it doesn't bother me that much. I even made "installment" payments up front.
If you have a flexible spending account, use it! I could pay $100 and turn that in for reimbursement. Then use the reimbursement to pay the next $100, and so on, just rolling over the same $100 each time!
Until I figured that out, we went without some major dental work for several years, because even with insurance, it's hard to come up with the $200, $300, or $400.
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I don't drink milk (very severe allergy to it), haven't had any since I was about a month old, I have the strongest teeth in the family, the dentist when he tried to pull my wisdom teeth (the non-impacted ones)it took over a half hour, he kept saying I had very strong jaws.
As for my brother, he drank tons of milk, had over $50 grand in dental work, ended up at the age of 40 getting them all pulled anyway and has full dentures-I'm 44 and still have great teeth which I attribute to no milk, so I don't believe that stuff about milk at all. http://www.notmilk.com/
As for my brother, he drank tons of milk, had over $50 grand in dental work, ended up at the age of 40 getting them all pulled anyway and has full dentures-I'm 44 and still have great teeth which I attribute to no milk, so I don't believe that stuff about milk at all. http://www.notmilk.com/
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Well, I have heard sometimes we are predisposed for dental work. My mom drank hot tea by the gallons when pregnant with me and smoked 2 packs a day. I was also allergic to milk until I was 3. And after that I never really wanted milk. I just drank b/c I heard you had to. It was never a beverage that I wanted, let's just put it that way. I'm probably lacking in calcium overall. I take it now but the damage has been done.
Like Ed, I had candy as a kid I should have avoided - the rock candy (loved the brown sugar flavored one), real bubble gum and especially the baseball card packs gum, licorice, caramel popcorn, milk duds, etc.
What I should have been eating were apples, bananas, carrot sticks, not candy. But my mom only bought 2 types of fruit - apples and oranges. The rest she said was far too expensive. We always have fruit on hand in our house - right now, 6 or 8 types. Not two!
They reglued this new crown back on, using different adhesive this time and using a laser. I needed another shot of novacaine so there goes another day of not begin able to talk right! Today's visit - free of charge. It had better be.
I'm just avoiding that side of my mouth until we're back from vacation. I've been chewing on the others side for weeks now, what's one more week? LOL
I have finally learned how to brush properly though - up and down motion and actually spend as much time brushing my gums as my teeth. Flossing once or twice a day now. So the dental hygeniene is good I'm told, it's just that my teeth have a tendancy to chip and I have a filling in just about every real tooth.
Mary
Like Ed, I had candy as a kid I should have avoided - the rock candy (loved the brown sugar flavored one), real bubble gum and especially the baseball card packs gum, licorice, caramel popcorn, milk duds, etc.
What I should have been eating were apples, bananas, carrot sticks, not candy. But my mom only bought 2 types of fruit - apples and oranges. The rest she said was far too expensive. We always have fruit on hand in our house - right now, 6 or 8 types. Not two!
They reglued this new crown back on, using different adhesive this time and using a laser. I needed another shot of novacaine so there goes another day of not begin able to talk right! Today's visit - free of charge. It had better be.
I'm just avoiding that side of my mouth until we're back from vacation. I've been chewing on the others side for weeks now, what's one more week? LOL
I have finally learned how to brush properly though - up and down motion and actually spend as much time brushing my gums as my teeth. Flossing once or twice a day now. So the dental hygeniene is good I'm told, it's just that my teeth have a tendancy to chip and I have a filling in just about every real tooth.
Mary
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I am obsessed with my teeth. Brush constantly, but sometimes get a little lazy with the flossing. I was going to the dentist every 6 months, but then skipped 2 years without going. When I finally made an appointment to go back, I had 3 cavities! My first and only 3. That was maybe almost 2 years ago at the age of 28. The dentist said I was also going to have to get 15 sealants put in so I would not get additonal cavities. I don't have dental insurance and the bill came up to just over $1000. I had to take out a loan to pay for it. I have been struggling bad financially and been paying for the loan for just over a year. Only $200 more left to go and it will finally be paid off. Now, I go faithfully to the dentist every 6 months now, no matter what.
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I'm glad I never had any major dental problems except braces when I was younger.... Now its all good.
My aunt just told me today she had to go to the dentist for some work... I told her if ever I had to do any work..they would have to freeze my whole body, becuase the thought of a needle in my gum makes me shake like a leaf. Im such a baby.
-justin-
My aunt just told me today she had to go to the dentist for some work... I told her if ever I had to do any work..they would have to freeze my whole body, becuase the thought of a needle in my gum makes me shake like a leaf. Im such a baby.
-justin-
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Justin - well take very good care of your teeth! I just look at a hard pretzel or bagel chip, and I crack a tooth!
We went to the Reds baseball game last light and I passed on peanut shells. Oh yes I did. Prior to this my husband wanted to bring pistatio nuts - no way I said.
I truly think I'm done with Snyder's pretzels, bagel chips, caramel popcorn, sunflower seeds in the shell, peanuts (oldest away this summer daughter has an allergy to them anyway), bubble gum (I'm going to really miss it!), hard candy, taffy, etc.
This whole side-upper row where I now have 3 crowns and one real sandwiched in between just feels odd. It doesn't feel right. I wonder if this is how people feel with dentures. The teeth are there but they're not natural? LOL I do have a slightly loose 8 year old crown in this row with a root canal underneath (that baby needs work soon I was told, just lovely).
Yep those Gerber baby food jars? They might be my answer.....j/k. But Mott's applesauce and canned fruit never chipped a tooth!
Mary
We went to the Reds baseball game last light and I passed on peanut shells. Oh yes I did. Prior to this my husband wanted to bring pistatio nuts - no way I said.
I truly think I'm done with Snyder's pretzels, bagel chips, caramel popcorn, sunflower seeds in the shell, peanuts (oldest away this summer daughter has an allergy to them anyway), bubble gum (I'm going to really miss it!), hard candy, taffy, etc.
This whole side-upper row where I now have 3 crowns and one real sandwiched in between just feels odd. It doesn't feel right. I wonder if this is how people feel with dentures. The teeth are there but they're not natural? LOL I do have a slightly loose 8 year old crown in this row with a root canal underneath (that baby needs work soon I was told, just lovely).
Yep those Gerber baby food jars? They might be my answer.....j/k. But Mott's applesauce and canned fruit never chipped a tooth!
Mary
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I hope that crown stays on now! I can imagine the pain!
I cracked a tooth earlier this year by biting on a hard candy. It was my back molar. They were able to fill it, but they said it's probably a temporary fix, but we'll just let it work as long as it wants to.
Over the last several years I've had OLD fillings (silver) that needed to be replaced. Alot of them were 15 - 20 years old. I always go to the dentist twice a year for a cleaning. I do have some gum recession and sensitivity to my teeth. Sensodyne helps to an extent.
KNOCK on wood, I still have all of my original teeth, except for my wisdom teeth.
I cracked a tooth earlier this year by biting on a hard candy. It was my back molar. They were able to fill it, but they said it's probably a temporary fix, but we'll just let it work as long as it wants to.
Over the last several years I've had OLD fillings (silver) that needed to be replaced. Alot of them were 15 - 20 years old. I always go to the dentist twice a year for a cleaning. I do have some gum recession and sensitivity to my teeth. Sensodyne helps to an extent.
KNOCK on wood, I still have all of my original teeth, except for my wisdom teeth.
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