I really hate the state my teeth are in. I just dont understand I brush my teeth morning noon and night and yet am still getting new cavitys. Right now I have 10 broken off teeth. Three of them are visible. I used to be a very happy person who loved to smile. Now all I do is cry and I never ever smile no matter what. I run from any social situations and when my boyfriend talks to me I just put my head down so he wont see my teeth. Friends of mine were going out to dinner and I opted out because I am so ashamed of my teeth. I even choose my foods now on whether or not it will hurt my teeth. I hate this so much. My state of my teeth has taken away who I am. It has robbed me of my personality. All I do now is cry about how bad my teeth are. I cant see a dentist because I dont have any money or health insurance and no body is willing to help me. I just dont know what to do any more. Its gotten to the point where every where I go I am looking at peoples teeth. I think they are so lucky to have nice teeth. I feel like my whole world revolves around my teeth. Its all I think about. I'm not asking for advice...I guess I just needed to vent. All I want to do is crawl in a hole and never come out.

You may want to read this post I started a long time ago. Lots of suggestions in there.

http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=345530&page=7


BTW - I got all the work done finally free on 8/20/07 - 23 extractions done under GA - Have to pay for the dentures $300

Hi leelee, I do completely understand how you feel because you echo all that I feel too. I have always gone to the dentist every six months, and yet now at 46 years I have advanced gum disease and I have had to pay out hundreds of pounds to see a specialist to try to stop this disease progressing to the point where I lose my teeth. My teeth are ugly, they are crooked and yet never was it suggested that I have a brace when I was young. They are naturally yellow, and now I have bad recession that to me is very very noticeable. My teeth are full of fillings. Like you, I have become obsessed with people's teeth, everyone seems to have beautiful gums and white teeth to me, I am extremely selfconscious about my teeth and now I am separated I cannot imagine being confident enough to get to know anyone else because of my teeth . I can't even have any cosmetic work done because of my gum disease and yet I look after my teeth and have always gone to the dentist. Life is unfair-I said as much to my specialist who is very nice and he said that is true-life is unfair and I just happen to be prone to gum disease and stress which has worsened the condition. I think that you need to realise that a) nobody probably notices your teeth-it is just you that are aware of teeth whereas nobody else probably gives your teeth a second thought, and b) there is alot worse conditions that you could have and if bad teeth is the worse of them then it is not all doom and gloom!. I know it is hard-I do really see where you are coming from but try not to let it depress you and ruin your relationship with your boyfriend-I bet he thinks you are beautiful as you are!!;)