Shyte teeth - the sequel

[shyteteeth]

I know this won't interest most of you - but for anyone who is interested in what happened during my 'second opinion' appointment.

The ridges/cracks have been caused by a bite problem - massive amounts of tooth grinding at night.

He also said I have gum problems which the NHS dentist should have picked up on and treated - they've done nothing about it the whole time I've been seeing them.

Now I'm looking at correcting the bite problem, having my 2 top front teeth sorted out and the gum problem repaired.

Does anyone now how much it will cost (roughly) to get caps/crowns on two teeth when you go private??

The potential bill for this (including the bite correction and gum treatment) is going to be ENORMOUS

Bloody hell. I go every 3-6 months and NHS dentist has basically watched my mouth fall apart - despite me asking what I could do about the front tooth problem!! I also specifically told them that gum problems ran in my family.

I 100% support the NHS (had hospital appointments a few months back and they were fantastic) - but this is ridiculous.

Thanks Sandcastles!!

Jasper - FWIW - private dentist was a bit mystified about the top front teeth.

I clearly have a grinding issue but top front teeth don't actually come into contact with bottom front teeth - hence the mystery. I have, however, been grinding merrily away on other teeth in my sleep, mainly at the top.

He asked me about fizzy drinks and whether I sucked on lemons(!), answer to both of those was not much (never suck on lemons).

He also mentioned acid reflux - ie. I think he meant did I have bulimia. I've never made myself sick. I think I was last sick 3 years ago on NYE.

Anyway, I'm sure the last thing you want to be doing is talking shop at the end of the day

No worries, Jasper!

shyteteeth, believe me...you will be able to get you jaw into many an odd position at night to facilitate grinding!

I can get my lower incisors right over to contact with my upper premolars....if I try hard enough during the day I can get them to contact & they sit perfectly together!

Wow Sandcastles - Britains Got Talent is calling . I aspire to be as good as that...

Have read your thread with interest shyteteeth-
funnily enough I have just changed dentists.

My new one has told me I must be grinding my teeth because some of the enamel on one of my molars has pinged off near the gumline.

He also noticed that my bite was off kilter ,and will need a mouthguard thingy for night (very sexy).

I am amazed in all the yrs of me going to the dentist every 6 months that my wonky bite has never been mentioned before.

I was wondering if it was because this new one is private and the other nhs ones deemed it an unnecessary intervention .

Hope you get your teeth sorted soon.

Hi ggirl,
Us poor grinders eh? I did read that the hannibal lector mouthguard look is very in for this spring though

Will you post your progress too - I'm honestly interested to hear how grinders and bad biters are getting themselves sorted!

Lol shyteteeth, no you don't! Tis not good when I wake up, I can tell you!

Is eased by a nightguard designed to stop my teeth sliding, but I still try!

I'm dreading the cost of this mouthguard thing.

After taking me ,dd 16 and 5 yr old ds for a check up I left £180 lighter

Luckily dd and ds only need to be seen annually.

The cost is hideous isn't it?
If you read further back on the thread though, Saffy said the guards cost about £35 made to measure - which isn't too bad - could be worse.

Hope you get everything sorted - teeth are a bloomin nightmare!

btw shytteeth,my dh has very bad gingivitis and has to have special treatment form a gum specialist.
It is under control now but he did pay a fortune in specialist cleaning and laser treatment.

He spends bloody ages cleaning his teeth with a myriad of little brushes and was recommended one of these and told make sure it's one with the bigger toothbrush heads not the little round ones.

Thanks for that Ggirl - I think that's the second recommendation on this thread for gum problems - definitely worth checking out...

I honestly didn't think electric brushes were that much better than manual, but think I've learned otherwise tonight.

Off to bed - want to put this whole sorry dentistry day behind me (until next week of course).

Night all

I wondered how the second opinion had gone, shyteteeth. I'm glad you went but am sorry it isn't better news.

Shyteteeth thanks for the update was wondering how you got on..because your story ..well parts of it was me 2 years ago.....only my dentist was fab, and still is. I have 3 crowns on my front teeth and have always visited the dentist regularly for 3 monthy scale and polishes and 6 monthly checkups. After I gave birth my gums stopped bleeding but recedded and I was left with big black marks around my crowns..also had them ridges and discolouration on biting sufaces but on my bottom front teeth...look awful....they are still visible and am watching your thread so i know how to get rid of them permanently. They seem to look better after a polish but are still there in general. Anyway I had deep root cleaning with the hygeniest as i had some pockets in the gums which had formed from the swelled gums due to pregnancy and i jsut could not stop the bleeding....after this treatment I invested in a Philips Sonicare electric toothbrush and through both these things my problems stopped and I owe my sanity to my dentist and my electric toothbrush.I had 3 "empress crowns" on my front teeth costing £900 I cannot tell you how lovely they are, perfect in my eyes my dentist did a great job. Hope this helps but in my opinion gum problems definately will be helped with the electric toothbrush (dont just go for a battery one) GGirl recommended the one i have ...it is fab fab fab..love it nearly more than my DH..tee hee. Keep us up to dat andI hope this has helped. BTW my teeth are whiter now too from the toothbrush.

sorry for the "no paragraphs" rushing to get it posted before kids get up and all hell breaks loose.

Hello cositjustisok...that's recommendation no. 3 for the Sonicare...will definitely get one - I'm wondering how much of this mess I could have avoided if I bought one ages ago

Glad to hear there is a (small) group of enthusiasts for this thread - will keep everyone updated. I go back for the report a week on Monday.

AAAAAAAAAarrrrrggggghhhhh - teeth