tkgoodspirit

Hey Jenn,

I posted a thread way back titled: "Cracks in my Teeth", when I was younger I had a lot of fillings, I was like 14 or so, but I have all those old fillings, which just for the simple fact that these old fillings have been discovered to swell and crack the teeth over years of time. I usually have a good check up, no problems, until last year. When they took all those pictures with that little camera, they found over 7 of my teeth that had cracks, some of them with multiple cracks in them. Dentist told me it wasn't from grinding my teeth, cuz when you grind the tops of your teeth are flat. Mine was from clenching which was due to stress and pain. I can even notice myself doing it when I'm up and awake. I'll notice that my teeth are clenched. I wake up with a lot of jaw pain and teeth pain. So now I have had so far two crowns, one root canal, and am scheduled for two more crowns. I have a bite guard that I sleep with at night. I have noticed that my jaw isn't so sore when I wake up now. The next tooth to get fixed is my very back tooth, dentist said it was literally shattering. But the most pain I feel are on the upper right side teeth, so bad that I had my husband get me some Anbesol on his way home from work, and it's very sensitive to cold and sweet on that side, nearly makes me pee myself! lol So, yes, definately I think FM can cause you to have dental problems. The clenching is called Bruxism. And let me tell you, those bite guards if gotten through your dentist are over $500 just for the lower. You usually only get the lowers. My insurance at the time paid for all but a couple hundred dollars of it, but now I have different insurance and it wouldn't have paid for all that. I'm thankful I got it before my insurance companies switched. Dang insurance companies, they can be a blessing and they can be a curse sometimes! lol

Hope this helps,
tk