Re: Re: Teeth Question....OH I CAN RELATE

January 3, 2008

I so understand your deal with doctors...I also hate going with a passion. I

only go nowadays cause I have to to get my high blood pressure meds. And

such.

-- Re: Teeth Question....OH I CAN RELATE

Boy, here's one I can DEFINITELY RELATE TO. Since my last child was

born I have had severe deterioration of my teeth. That was nine years

ago. I, in fact, still had my wisdom teeth in relatively decent

condition until just before my youngest was born. Since I was six

months in, my teeth slowly but surely have crumbled, especially those

in the back of my mouth.

In all honesty, I've had problems with my mouth for twenty years or

more. I was born with a super high concentration of flouride due to

the area where I was born, just outside Fort Hood, Texas 1970. The

dentist I had as a child warned my parents that my teeth would suffer

as a result of that. They have, I wore braces, and boxcars, which

some people know are those horrid rubber bands, the combination

ruined my jaw, giving me TMJ for the rest of eternity and also

ensured the deterioration of my teeth and jaw.

People wonder why I despise doctors and consider the dentist's office

to be a torture chamber dressed in silver and white. Imagine if you

will, ten years of severe deterioration. I saw a dentist two years

ago next month, they wanted me to go to a periodontist to get my gums

worked on. I can't, I suffer a serious problem with surface blood

vessels in my mouth, one I inherited from my grandmother. The

procedure they were discussing, in the periodontist's office, almost

caused my eighty year old grandmother to bleed to death after having

only the primary treatment managed. I bled like a stuck pig after

their assessment exam for nearly an entire day. I didn't bother to go

back. Not that I could have afforded the bill, in the first place.

Personally, I'll let my teeth rot out of my mouth before trying that

one again.

A. Neff

> I have a few friends online that I talk to that have

fibromyalgia also...

> And we have noticed something that is going on with all of us.

>

> We started out years ago with nice teeth, and now, in my 42 yrs of

age, my

> teeth are so bad. They seem to crumble apart at times....I was

eating a

> tortilla chip last week, and one whole side of my " eye " tooth broke

off..

> and there wasn't anything wrong with it before.

>

> I am thinking about getting my teeth all pulled one day and getting

some

> nice pretty choppers.

>

> Anyone else have this problem?

>

> K.

>

February 3, 2008

went to dentist other day cause mouth hurting need 4 teeth pulled 1 cavities

filled and a partial on top and bridge on botton and they gave me a discount

over the little bit that my insurance pays and it is still over seven thousand

dollars. They asked me if I want implants instead. LOL they are 3000 dollars a

piece for the 5 or 6 I would need. Anyone have the winning lotto numbers, I

should have been a dentist. I think they are much more well paid then reg. docs.

and of course I am just a nurse with ok pay I guess.Much less since been ill.

Jodi M.

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