Re: Does anybody have Amelogenesis Imperfecta?

[Guest guest]

never heard of it, at least by that name. What is it?

C.

> Just curious if anybody in this forum has been diagnosed with this.

[Guest guest]

I did a quick google search on it yesterday, and it sounds very much

like enamel loss to me. I know of a former work colleague who had

this problem (I think from birth, and I believe she finally got

veneers), and even of another who brushed her teeth too vigorously

and was told she was wearing the enamel off.

Maybe the author of the post can tell us more.

> > Just curious if anybody in this forum has been diagnosed with

this.

[Guest guest]

Hmmm.

In that case, I remember seeing, just lately, a post from someone

who'd been in braces what -- nine or 10 years? and was suffering some

loss of enamel attributed to that...

Cammie

> > > Just curious if anybody in this forum has been diagnosed with

> this.

[Guest guest]

Sara, you say:

" Amelogenesis imperfecta makes my

mouth sound even more imperfect than it already is:-( "

I do understand.

Heavens, when I read all those technical terms my surgeon sent to

the insurance company -- " surgical repair of a congenital, skeletal

defect, " 'Bilateral hypo- (or hyper-) dysplasia of the mandible, "

etc., etc., I envisioned Quasimodo, here and living on the Gulf

Coast. With more than a bit of Lon Chaney thrown in!

Oh well. It's fixed now.

Cammie

> Yes, that would be me although I've never had it formally

diagnosed

> as amelogenesis imperfecta. I just complained about my teeth

> sensitivity to my dentist and she explained that it was due to

many

> years of wearing braces which cause the enamel to break down. Not

> sure if that is the same thing. Amelogenesis imperfecta makes my

> mouth sound even more imperfect than it already is:-(

>

> Sara