Dental problems

[Guest guest]

Ireally have so many dental problems now I feel quite discouraged. In

retrospect I would have had to be so proactive with a top dentist, to

prevent the decay on several teeth that is at the gumline. By now most

healthy peoplewould have root canals and crowns but obviously I cannot

tolerate that. The horrible problems began with the badly performed

tooth extraction that somehow got contaminated, in my opinion by the

dentist, and I still believe there islow grade infection there. After

months of excruciating horrific pain it had quieteddown, but I just

had the tooth behind it fixed--a relatively tiny amount of decay from

the composite leaking, on Monay, and after that I had a headache, the

first night I threw up from the headache, and now my sinuses are

stuffed, and that area on that side, plus my sinus and jaw are

bothering me and I still have the headache. This indicates to me that

although nobody believes it, the area is infected and needs to be

cleaned out but everything costs a huge amount of $. Two teeth on the

bottom need onlays, and one theoretically could need a root canal

which I cant tolerate anyway because of the gutta percha. Onlays are

$1000 per tooth.

Today, kids are given such regular fluoride treatments, they do not

get decay. But baby boomers have lots of decay and lots of work done

on their teeth. Plus two holistic dentists have been concerned about

the shadows under my wisdom teeth. I mean, were I to address this all

seirously it could be a small fortune. And I am not sure I feel strong

enough to do that all anyway. What frustrates me isin my 20s I had all

my mercury amalgams out, I tried to be good, but I guess I was not

proactive enough. Many healthy people I know do not go to the dentist

for regular cleanings every six months, or regular checkups, but they

can afford the fallout (root canals). In retrospect I would have

needed to be hypervigilant to prevent the problems and even now,

everything seems to cause a problem, even the smallest amount of work.

When I did two teeth on the other side some months ago, the dentist

injected the anesthesia too close to the nerve, maybe grazed it or hit

it, and it has never felt the same since either.

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[Guest guest]

I don't know your age, but when I was a kid we ate so much candy, those big bars

for 10 cents! and desert every night after dinner. I don't have a tooth in my

head without repaires. 7 crowns in all. I was " lucky " when I was 18 I worked

for a dentist as a dental assistant for a few months and watched movie things he

showed his patients about decay and taking care of one's teeth. I took it to

heart and haven't had hardly any problems since except that by then I had such

deeply repaired amalgums that for the past 15 years or so there wasn't enough

tooth left for strength and I would break them and have to have crowns. Since I

was 18 there hasn't been a day even at my very weakest that I haven't brushed

and flossed like a maniac. It was about the only thing I had any control over

and now I find out they've poisened me. What luck. Tho I've never had an

infection and feel very fortunate indeed.

jill1313 <jenbooks13@...> wrote: Ireally have so many dental

problems now I feel quite discouraged. In

retrospect I would have had to be so proactive with a top dentist, to

prevent the decay on several teeth that is at the gumline. By now most

healthy peoplewould have root canals and crowns but obviously I cannot

tolerate that. The horrible problems began with the badly performed

tooth extraction that somehow got contaminated, in my opinion by the

dentist, and I still believe there islow grade infection there. After

months of excruciating horrific pain it had quieteddown, but I just

had the tooth behind it fixed--a relatively tiny amount of decay from

the composite leaking, on Monay, and after that I had a headache, the

first night I threw up from the headache, and now my sinuses are

stuffed, and that area on that side, plus my sinus and jaw are

bothering me and I still have the headache. This indicates to me that

although nobody believes it, the area is infected and needs to be

cleaned out but everything costs a huge amount of $. Two teeth on the

bottom need onlays, and one theoretically could need a root canal

which I cant tolerate anyway because of the gutta percha. Onlays are

$1000 per tooth.

Today, kids are given such regular fluoride treatments, they do not

get decay. But baby boomers have lots of decay and lots of work done

on their teeth. Plus two holistic dentists have been concerned about

the shadows under my wisdom teeth. I mean, were I to address this all

seirously it could be a small fortune. And I am not sure I feel strong

enough to do that all anyway. What frustrates me isin my 20s I had all

my mercury amalgams out, I tried to be good, but I guess I was not

proactive enough. Many healthy people I know do not go to the dentist

for regular cleanings every six months, or regular checkups, but they

can afford the fallout (root canals). In retrospect I would have

needed to be hypervigilant to prevent the problems and even now,

everything seems to cause a problem, even the smallest amount of work.

When I did two teeth on the other side some months ago, the dentist

injected the anesthesia too close to the nerve, maybe grazed it or hit

it, and it has never felt the same since either.

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> http://road-to-health.com/dental_osteomyelitis/

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[Guest guest]

Edy,

" Dental assistant for a few months " ??? Me too!! I remember mixing that

amalgam.....HMMMMM, mercury problems now for both of us!

Always the best,

Janet

Edy Rayfield <edyrayfield@...> wrote:

I don't know your age, but when I was a kid we ate so much candy,

those big bars for 10 cents! and desert every night after dinner. I don't have a

tooth in my head without repaires. 7 crowns in all. I was " lucky " when I was 18

I worked for a dentist as a dental assistant for a few months and watched movie

things he showed his patients about decay and taking care of one's teeth. I took

it to heart and haven't had hardly any problems since except that by then I had

such deeply repaired amalgums that for the past 15 years or so there wasn't

enough tooth left for strength and I would break them and have to have crowns.

Since I was 18 there hasn't been a day even at my very weakest that I haven't

brushed and flossed like a maniac. It was about the only thing I had any control

over and now I find out they've poisened me. What luck. Tho I've never had an

infection and feel very fortunate indeed.

jill1313 <jenbooks13@...> wrote: Ireally have so many dental problems

now I feel quite discouraged. In

retrospect I would have had to be so proactive with a top dentist, to

prevent the decay on several teeth that is at the gumline. By now most

healthy peoplewould have root canals and crowns but obviously I cannot

tolerate that. The horrible problems began with the badly performed

tooth extraction that somehow got contaminated, in my opinion by the

dentist, and I still believe there islow grade infection there. After

months of excruciating horrific pain it had quieteddown, but I just

had the tooth behind it fixed--a relatively tiny amount of decay from

the composite leaking, on Monay, and after that I had a headache, the

first night I threw up from the headache, and now my sinuses are

stuffed, and that area on that side, plus my sinus and jaw are

bothering me and I still have the headache. This indicates to me that

although nobody believes it, the area is infected and needs to be

cleaned out but everything costs a huge amount of $. Two teeth on the

bottom need onlays, and one theoretically could need a root canal

which I cant tolerate anyway because of the gutta percha. Onlays are

$1000 per tooth.

Today, kids are given such regular fluoride treatments, they do not

get decay. But baby boomers have lots of decay and lots of work done

on their teeth. Plus two holistic dentists have been concerned about

the shadows under my wisdom teeth. I mean, were I to address this all

seirously it could be a small fortune. And I am not sure I feel strong

enough to do that all anyway. What frustrates me isin my 20s I had all

my mercury amalgams out, I tried to be good, but I guess I was not

proactive enough. Many healthy people I know do not go to the dentist

for regular cleanings every six months, or regular checkups, but they

can afford the fallout (root canals). In retrospect I would have

needed to be hypervigilant to prevent the problems and even now,

everything seems to cause a problem, even the smallest amount of work.

When I did two teeth on the other side some months ago, the dentist

injected the anesthesia too close to the nerve, maybe grazed it or hit

it, and it has never felt the same since either.

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> http://road-to-health.com/dental_osteomyelitis/

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[Guest guest]

It was braces that did it to me. I don't recall many cavities before,

but when they took them off, a lot, and all mercury amalgams.

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[Guest guest]

I was just learning so didn't last long because the dentist I worked for was an

angry lunatic. He threw something at me across a patients chest while we were

working and I got up and walked out. I think those years of exposure make

dentist a little nuts sometimes, you know, mad a hatter. They used mercury too

to fluff the felt and held it in their mouths and blew across the surface. I've

also read the dentist have one of the highest suicide rates. Mercury?? A good

question.

Janet s <jgstev716@...> wrote: Edy,

" Dental assistant for a few months " ??? Me too!! I remember mixing that

amalgam.....HMMMMM, mercury problems now for both of us!

Always the best,

Janet

Edy Rayfield <edyrayfield@...> wrote:

I don't know your age, but when I was a kid we ate so much candy, those big bars

for 10 cents! and desert every night after dinner. I don't have a tooth in my

head without repaires. 7 crowns in all. I was " lucky " when I was 18 I worked for

a dentist as a dental assistant for a few months and watched movie things he

showed his patients about decay and taking care of one's teeth. I took it to

heart and haven't had hardly any problems since except that by then I had such

deeply repaired amalgums that for the past 15 years or so there wasn't enough

tooth left for strength and I would break them and have to have crowns. Since I

was 18 there hasn't been a day even at my very weakest that I haven't brushed

and flossed like a maniac. It was about the only thing I had any control over

and now I find out they've poisened me. What luck. Tho I've never had an

infection and feel very fortunate indeed.

jill1313 <jenbooks13@...> wrote: Ireally have so many dental problems

now I feel quite discouraged. In

retrospect I would have had to be so proactive with a top dentist, to

prevent the decay on several teeth that is at the gumline. By now most

healthy peoplewould have root canals and crowns but obviously I cannot

tolerate that. The horrible problems began with the badly performed

tooth extraction that somehow got contaminated, in my opinion by the

dentist, and I still believe there islow grade infection there. After

months of excruciating horrific pain it had quieteddown, but I just

had the tooth behind it fixed--a relatively tiny amount of decay from

the composite leaking, on Monay, and after that I had a headache, the

first night I threw up from the headache, and now my sinuses are

stuffed, and that area on that side, plus my sinus and jaw are

bothering me and I still have the headache. This indicates to me that

although nobody believes it, the area is infected and needs to be

cleaned out but everything costs a huge amount of $. Two teeth on the

bottom need onlays, and one theoretically could need a root canal

which I cant tolerate anyway because of the gutta percha. Onlays are

$1000 per tooth.

Today, kids are given such regular fluoride treatments, they do not

get decay. But baby boomers have lots of decay and lots of work done

on their teeth. Plus two holistic dentists have been concerned about

the shadows under my wisdom teeth. I mean, were I to address this all

seirously it could be a small fortune. And I am not sure I feel strong

enough to do that all anyway. What frustrates me isin my 20s I had all

my mercury amalgams out, I tried to be good, but I guess I was not

proactive enough. Many healthy people I know do not go to the dentist

for regular cleanings every six months, or regular checkups, but they

can afford the fallout (root canals). In retrospect I would have

needed to be hypervigilant to prevent the problems and even now,

everything seems to cause a problem, even the smallest amount of work.

When I did two teeth on the other side some months ago, the dentist

injected the anesthesia too close to the nerve, maybe grazed it or hit

it, and it has never felt the same since either.

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> http://road-to-health.com/dental_osteomyelitis/

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[Guest guest]

I feel for you. So sorry about the infections. In the future I think they'll

look back on some of these practices and wonder if they were out of their minds.

jill1313 <jenbooks13@...> wrote: It was braces that did it to

me. I don't recall many cavities before,

but when they took them off, a lot, and all mercury amalgams.

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[Guest guest]

, this has only been a problem for me until I explain that my

wheelchair reclines all the way back. Do you have a recliner?

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> I have never had any special dental problems, but I'm having great

> difficulty finding a dentist who will work with me while sitting in

my chair. Has

> anyone encountered this problem?

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[Guest guest]

I was wonderring if anyone else here has had trouble with their teeth

since the onset of A? I never used to get cavities, but at my last

dental appointment I was shocked to hear how much my teeth have started

to decay. My dental hygeine practices haven't changed, and I'm not

eating more sweets than I used to. My diet has changed, and I've had a

lot of acid reflux, regurgitation, and vomitting in the last three

years. Would that cause tooth decay?

I really know very little about dental health issues, so I was

wonderring if there's a connection?? Anyone?

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[Guest guest]

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> I was wonderring if anyone else here has had trouble with their teeth

> since the onset of A?

Yes. I went for twenty years without cavities. Then things changed.

I hate to bring this up, but, I rank dentists after used car salesmen. I

don't mean to offend anyone here that is one. I am sure there are a lot

of great honest dentists out there. I have seen more than my share of

the ones that aren't. If you changed dentist before you started having

more cavities it may be a good idea to try another. I have seen cavities

and worse disappear by switching dentists. Sometimes cavities don't

progress very fast. About 15 years ago I was told I had cavities in my

wisdom teeth and that because of where they were I would need the teeth

pulled. I believe I do have those cavities. I have had a lot of dentist

after that one and they all say that. I was also told by one, not the

fist one, that I could wait until they were a problem. I am still

waiting for those cavities to be a problem. So, if it is just cavities

and you don't have any pain, you may have time to get another opinion.

And even if the problems are real the prices can be very different.

As your health changes it may be possible for your dental health to also

change. If your mouth is dryer or the chemistry of your saliva has

changed you could have more dental problems. So I was told by a dentist

if you can trust it. There may be other causes too.

notan