Sorry to bump this thread again, but people on here were so helpful last time and I am a panicky little person. One of my teeth, one of the bottom front 4 (incisors?), has shifted considerably backwards behind the others. I assumed that this was because I only wore my retainer at night for a year after having my braces off, and then gave up. Since these teeth were really crowded before I had my brace, and the brace fixed it, I assumed that this was just natural shifting back.
However today, obsessing over my teeth as the anxiety-prone person that I am, it felt as thought the tooth moved a little. Not a huge amount, but noticeably if I push it one way and then brush it with my tongue it seems to shift ever so slightly. Does this mean that I need to get dental attention sooner, or should I leave it and see if it develops any pain? When I first had symptoms which prompted going to the doctor I think there was a pain around this area, but that may have been paranoia as I did not experience any whilst eating.
I appreciate I should ask the dentist these things, but as I live in the UK, as stated, I have to wait a very long time to get to see anyone in the first place and don’t think I could ring it up as an emergency…
Why is there no edit button on this forum? Or am I just being stupid and not seeing it? Anyway just wanted to add that the tooth only occasionally feels as if it can move. This is really disconcerting (in terms of anxiety, anyway).
There is a med that can be injected into the gums. I forgot the name. I had this done 13 years ago and my gums are only now starting to bleed a little.
No periodontist is going to tell you this.
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I wouldn’t be too worried if I were you, although I’d be kind of pissed if the dentist didn’t do anything but talk the whole time. Did you at least get a normal cleaning, or a prescription for special tooth goo, or anything at all? Of course I’m in America, so things may be different over there. But I’d be pretty pissed if I went to the dentist and they didn’t DO anything at all.
For reference, I just went to the dentist for the first time in 5 years (gulp). I had a lot of tartar buildup and sensitivity (because of cavities, ew). She did a normal cleaning and sold me some prescription tooth goo–it’s a topical cream that tastes like strawberries, and has fluoride and something else to help re-build weakened enamel. Because it was a Saturday, they weren’t able to run my insurance (they’re closed on weekends). So they couldn’t do any fillings. But I got an appointment 3 weeks away to address a couple of them (plus a treatment plan for more in the future as I can afford them).
Anything less than that kind of service and I’d be searching for a new dentist. YMMV
No he just had a really quick look and said ‘make another appointment where we will do x-rays and a proper check-up/clean/give you any fillings’. This was pretty much the only dentist near me that had appointments in the next 2 months, too.
The only worrying thing is that for that tooth (that sometimes feels as if its moving, sometimes doesn’t) the lowest part of my gum (hidden behind my lower lip) is a dark purple colour rather than the same as all the others. Ah well, only time will tell.
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When I got a “deep cleaning” it was called “root planing” and it was not fun. If you can get (and tolerate) nitrous oxide, get it.
I am a big fan of electric toothbrushes. I have no doubt that it is possible to do just as good a job manually, but it seems to be much easier to do a consistent job with the electric ones. I think most of them have timers that go off every 30 seconds so you can do all four quadrants in 2 minutes. There are plenty of things I need to concentrate on, I don’t need to add tooth brushing to the list.
