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Hi Anna!

I know exaclty what you're going through. Although I'm only 46 I'm still "too young" for this kind of problem.
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The folks there are great and very supportive. Please go visit them you'll find that you're so NOT alone in this. See you there[/COLOR] :D

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Hi Anna,
I know how you feel, it was the same for me. I never thought of my teeth until last December, ever since then it's one thing or another. I have spent a lot of money and still I have pains in my jaw after having wisdom teeth pulled in April. It's so frustrating and you never know what is next. People that aren't dealing with this don't understand how it feels if your teeth are constantly bothering you. I am 43 years old, but don't want dentures either!
Hang in there, hopefully things will get better for us sometime....
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I know how you feel,too.. I have been dealing with my teeth my whole life (I am 56 now) always going to dentist and yet still having terrible teeth.. I have the ugliest teeth..and am distressed that I have always been under dental care and will probably end up with dentures soon anyway.

Hi everyone...
Just wanted to vent a little - so please skip reading this if you hate people who crib..
Its just that over the last year I ahve gone from being a healthy active fun-loving person who never gave any thought to teeth (I did;nt realise they were in such bad shape) to being in pain always due to one tooth or the other - being stressed out by countless dental visits..and still there is no light at the end of the tunnel...I am just 26 years old and I feel like I am going to have to spend 30-40% of my time everyday just thinking about or caring for my teeth all my life..and still I might end up with dentures really early
This is getting me very depressed...I even had a couple of panic attacks..I was hosting a party and my tooth was hurting bad -so I even thought of cancelling it..but then I must say that its not so much the pain that gets me down - its more the fear that my whole life will forever be changed due to the state of my teeth
I know my attitude is horrible and my husband who is a very logical person has no patience with all this..but I am struggling with a kind of depression now and losing interest in things ...Please tell me that I will still be able to live the life I wanted inspite of bad teeth...(I sound pathetic don't I?)..Just need to vent...sorry about that..
Thanks for listening..
Anna.

Your husband should help you with this problem instead of making you feel like an outkast. Go to a Dentist and have an X-ray done on your teeth to check for small cracks or fractures. Try using a softer toothbrush and toothpaste for sensitive teeth. If you notice changes in pain when drinking or eating then adjust accordingly. Most of all you need support from your husband, talk to him and let him know how you feel.

Thanks for the answers..IamNancy, on the same note - since you have braved your teeth for so long...did you feel like it wasa chronic problem that affected your life 's ambitions etc...I can;t help getting depressed about it all...and I want to know that bad teeth can be taken care of with good dental hygiene and a good dentist and they don't change our lives in an irreversible kind of way...

My teeth have been my downfall my entire life - my mother used to say I wasn't meant to have any and she was probably right. I knocked out my front baby teeth in a bike accident when little, needed surgery b/c they got pushed up into my sinuses, did it again when roller skating at age 11 only this time they reimplanted them back in with wires and saved them. It was very painful and I ended up with very crooked discolored front teeth. I was known as the girl with the black teeth. Then I suffered through many years of always having 6-8 cavities everytime I went for a checkup once a year. In my early 20's I decided to try and fix them with braces and bleaching. Due to the braces I developed a receeded chin and had that surgically corrected. I was OK for about 5 years after the braces were removed and was just starting to regain some confidence in my appearance. Then when I turned 30 the front teeth decided they had had enough and became so painful they had to be removed. So I did implants and bridges which were fine for a few years but then my back teeth started to need root canals. Then I developed perio disease and had to have scaling and then gum sugery. I developed chronic neuralgia in my jaw, which progressed into facial spasms and tmj, had my implants removed due to chronic pain and infection and am now wearing splints to stablize my jaw. I sympathize with anyone who has dental problems, especially chronic ones since I know how much your quality of life can be affected by them. My life for some reason has always revolved around my teeth - and yet I have always been meticulus with my oral hygeine - I flossed after every meal, used water piks and Braun tooth brushes, rinses, proxy brushes, went regularly for check ups. I don't get it. I wonder if all those dreams I used to have about my teeth falling out were an omen of what lied ahead.

I can honestly tell you I know that depressed feeling .. but it would only surface if one of my teeth cracked or a filling fell out or if I was in pain suddenly and had to rush to the dentist.. otherwise my teeth didn't dictate my life.. so don't let them control your everyday.. It is on my mind again now because I have an appointment Friday and I don't know what suggestions the dentist will have this time.