Oh, lucky. I inherited my father's teeth, which means they get cavities at the drop of a hat. The biggest problem is that they weren't being caught by my old dentist, though, so they were allowed to get this bad. I haven't had braces yet either, because my brother's teeth were so much worse and mine are only slightly in need of them (and only on the bottom), and by now, it feels like it'd be weird because everybody else's had theirs off for years now.
I hate having anything wrong with my mouth because it's just one of those pains/aches that doesn't go away.
Oh yes. And you don't realize how much you use your mouth/jaw until it hurts to move/touch them. Every time I've had work done there, I've come away with terrible jaw pain (the last time, it actually locked closed and it killed me to open it at all) probably just from having my mouth open for so long. That plus the actual tooth pain and I'm wishing that I could just give myself another anesthetic shot.
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Date: 2007-09-14 03:40 pm (UTC)Ahh, I'm familiar with that breed as well.
(one cavity and braces back when I was 11)
Oh, lucky. I inherited my father's teeth, which means they get cavities at the drop of a hat. The biggest problem is that they weren't being caught by my old dentist, though, so they were allowed to get this bad. I haven't had braces yet either, because my brother's teeth were so much worse and mine are only slightly in need of them (and only on the bottom), and by now, it feels like it'd be weird because everybody else's had theirs off for years now.
I hate having anything wrong with my mouth because it's just one of those pains/aches that doesn't go away.
Oh yes. And you don't realize how much you use your mouth/jaw until it hurts to move/touch them. Every time I've had work done there, I've come away with terrible jaw pain (the last time, it actually locked closed and it killed me to open it at all) probably just from having my mouth open for so long. That plus the actual tooth pain and I'm wishing that I could just give myself another anesthetic shot.