# I don't WANT to lose my teeth!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-lose-my-teeth/179477>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 3, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-lose-my-teeth/179477 "2003-06-03T23:38:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-lose-my-teeth/179477/41 "2003-06-05T03:14:54Z")

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\<\<I wish they’d make unsweetened gum. \>\>

Well, if you chew it long enough, it’s unsweetened.

Good luck with the dental work. The first crown in always the hardest, mentally.

Ask your dentist if you may have bruxism. If you do a fixture might help, although they go for $250+. Dentists can tell by looking at the shape of your teeth whether you grind them or not.

Hang in.

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**Author:** ![terd\_ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@terd\_ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terd_ferguson)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-lose-my-teeth/179477/42 "2003-06-05T03:45:26Z")

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I too feel your pain. I just bit a fork 45 minutes and the fork won. Just makes me SOO ANGRY. BRIAN SMASH.

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**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-lose-my-teeth/179477/43 "2003-06-05T04:49:35Z")

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Guin,  
I know you are in a town with plenty of dental schools…Often they run clinical trials where you can get your teeth looked at and fixed and if you meet the criteria you can even get paid to participate. If you don’t fit a particular studies criteria you can get discount rates for students to work on your mouth (many schools will set up a payment plan). You have options if you choose to persue them. You have to take control and do what you can to take care of your teeth. This is clearly something that upsets you, so rather than just fret–take action.

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