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I'm just curious.


For me, Leukoplakia. I've also had recession of the gums, but that fixed itself over time and my gums seem okay now.

worst thing ive ever had done was a bit of filling put in a tooth that wasnt even decayed...it just went down deep so they filled it in a bit so that stuff didnt get stuck in it and then lead to decay

Never had any. Not even a single filling.

As a child, I caught a doorknob with my mouth. It shattered four adult teeth. Now, they were just bonded, so they don't exactly look real. On the other hand, they have no sensation, so they never feel weird when I bite into something very cold.

Vagina dentata - I really don't want to talk about it.

Vagina dentata - I really don't want to talk about it.

I'll say.

My jaw stopped growing when I was 9, so I had jaw surgery this past august to enlarge it. Plus, my jaw had to be broken in THREE places. Since then, I've had two or three teeth pulled because of a lack of blood supply. Now, I have a nasty drooling problem because of it. :mad:

Does that count?

My jaw stopped growing when I was 9, so I had jaw surgery this past august to enlarge it. Plus, my jaw had to be broken in THREE places. Since then, I've had two or three teeth pulled because of a lack of blood supply. Now, I have a nasty drooling problem because of it. :mad:

Does that count?

Been there, done that. Three places in the lower jaw, one on the upper jaw. I was really afraid I'd drool when my jaws were still wired, so to make sure it didn't happen I slurped in about every thirty seconds. It drove my step-mom nuts. After I got most of the feeling back in my mouth I didn't have to worry about it.

Been there, done that. Three places in the lower jaw, one on the upper jaw. I was really afraid I'd drool when my jaws were still wired, so to make sure it didn't happen I slurped in about every thirty seconds. It drove my step-mom nuts. After I got most of the feeling back in my mouth I didn't have to worry about it.
Worse than me, I see. :(

Well, my drooling problem is really just milk dripping down the cup every time I drink some, and sometimes when my mouth's been hanging even slightly open for too long a time. I'm hoping to get my teeth implant soon, so I won't drool as much, because your teeth basically act as a barrier of some sort. Of course, most people probably already know that. :p

I only lost three teeth. All wisdom teeth. I only had three in the first place, which was weird. They thought they might have to remove more teeth to give them more room. My lower jaw was short and wide, my top jaw long and narrow. They lenthened the bottom jaw and widened the top jaw. I wore braces for a couple of years after that . I felt funny being 20 and having braces, but they look good now. :D

And it's not worse than yours, because mines all over with. I think you'll be happy with it in the end.

I only lost three teeth. All wisdom teeth. I only had three in the first place, which was weird. They thought they might have to remove more teeth to give them more room. My lower jaw was short and wide, my top jaw long and narrow. They lenthened the bottom jaw and widened the top jaw. I wore braces for a couple of years after that . I felt funny being 20 and having braces, but they look good now. :D

And it's not worse than yours, because mines all over with. I think you'll be happy with it in the end.
I also had only three wisdom teeth. They were all removed. And when I was a kid, one of my teeth had to be pulled from the lower jaw to make room for the others.

My jaw surgery had its complications. first of all, all my nerves went under my chin, forcing them to take six hours instead of three to operate on me. Plus, I had to stay in the hospital for 3 or 4 days. The first day was hell, mainly cause I was pissed over having a catheter tube in my--nevermind... :D

I've had my braces since I entered my senior year in high school. I still have them, and it'll be another year or two. :(

EDIT: Yeah, It'll probably be good I'll and happy with it in the long run :)

No complications with mine. But having it broken in a bar fight a few years later didn't help. :p They told my dad that I wouldn't be able to talk for a day or so. As they wheeled me into recovery I woke up complaining I was cold. Dad was disappointed. :p He should have known nothing shuts me up.

Never had any. Not even a single filling.
Likewise - here's hoping it'll stay that way. A friend of mine smashed three of her teeth on the railing in front of her when on a bus that came to a sudden stop - witnessing that was agony, so I can only imagine how terrible it must've felt for her :(

No complications with mine. But having it broken in a bar fight a few years later didn't help. :p They told my dad that I wouldn't be able to talk for a day or so. As they wheeled me into recovery I woke up complaining I was cold. Dad was disappointed. :p He should have known nothing shuts me up.
Heh heh. A bar fight?

Too bad I wasn't there to videotape it... :D

I had to get my wisdom teeth out. They were perfectly healthy but were growing into my other teeth under the gum. They put me under and cut open the gums to get to the teeth, but I woke up half-way through and couldn't move. I remember seeing the Dentist yanking hard at my mouth and muttering that the bugger had broken. He pulled fragments of teeth out of my mouth.
Mercifully I passed out again. Later when I got home, I decided I felt well enough to go for a walk down town. Bad move. I got there and started feeling really woozy. I forgot where I was going and why. Then I started bleeding badly from the stitches. So there I was staggering home with blood pouring out of my mouth. I felt more embarrassed than anything, but I must have looked a sight.
The operation bruised and swelled my face massively. I looked liked Marlon Brando in the Godfather, my cheeks were so swollen. And they were a horrid diseased yellow colour. Worst of all was that it was a week before I went back to Uni, and when I got there I still looked terrible, so my ID card had this Quasimodo staring out from it. The whole year whenever I got asked for my ID, I had puff my cheeks out and look like I was 1 week dead for them to recognise me.

A couple of years later I needed a root canal. The Dentist drilled a hole down the nerve of my front tooth and filled it with dental cement. That didn't work too well, so he had to cut the front of my gums and peel it away, so he could attach the tooth to it's neighbour. That hurt like buggery. What was the worse aspect was that because of the constant bleeding thru the stitches I had to go to the supermarket and buy some tampons for my mouth to soak up the blood. Buying tampons is not something a guy should ever have to do. Still the look on the cashiers face when I told her that they were for me was almost worth it.
what was truly annoying was after all that time, pain and money a few years later the damn tooth still failed and came loose. I ended up just yanking the bloody thing out cause the gum was all bruised, so I was worried about infection. Now I've got a gap in my front teeth but have been told it'll cost thousands to get it fixed (either braces for 2 years, or a decent fake one screwed into the jaw). I really want to get a white gold one with either a death-head or a biohazzard sign stamp on it.

I suppose I should really stop eating so much chocolate and lollies.

Jesus, dentistry sucks.

None :)

With me, it was bulldog jaw.

Spent most of my effing school career with either chunky retainers, or braces.

I still have thick scars inside my cheeks, and difficulty speaking.

And the bastards never even did anything about my teeth being all tilted to the left side of my head (A result, I think, of leaning my cheek on my hand when I was reading... being an english major, well, you can see how that can have an effect...), so my teeth are still a mess, its just harder to notice. Bleh.

Thankfully, I have sharp, fang-like teeth, so it evens it out.

I have never had a very serious problem, but I did have a wobbly tooth which stayed in for a month or two longer than expected. It hurt a lot, but I'm not one to pull my own teeth out.

Vagina dentata - I really don't want to talk about it.

The hell is that!? :confused:

As for me, my problem was having teeth pulled...without anesthesia.

The hell is that!? :confused:

As for me, my problem was having teeth pulled...without anesthesia.
They've done that to me. My orthodontist didn't like the way a tooth was obstructing something, so he just pulled it...

They've done that to me. Orthodontist didn't like the way a tooth was obstructing something, so he just pulled it...

I can sympathize, believe me. :(

My biggest dental problem? The orthodontist.

This guy wanted me to pay $6,000+ for braces on my top and bottom teeth because one tooth - one tooth - was out of position.

As you can imagine, I chose not to get the work done. I'm not paying six grand because I have one tooth that's a little quirky. It's not like it's endangering the longevity of my other teeth or anything.

The hell is that!? :confused:

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vagina dentata- havent you heard? some cunts have teeth. :D

Leukoplakia


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vagina dentata- havent you heard? some cunts have teeth. :D

Eew...

None :)

tch... AMERICANS....... at least here we have a variety of teeth, a cultural teeth diversity one might say (ed byrne)

Well, let's just say I loath going to the dentist, and thus don't.
Also, I've not brushed my teeth since 1991.

You guys can figure ou how my dental health goes from there.

Oh, and surprisingly, despite my overhwelming appitite for sweets, my teeth are quite strong.

I had a weird brace that had a hideous plastic bit that hung down the front like fangs/a stalagtite and fitted onto my mandibular incisors :E

but that got run over by the lawnmower

Vagina dentata - I really don't want to talk about it.
What do you think "dental" means?

Big teeth. Small jaw. Something had to go. Two adult pre-molars wrenched out.

But compared to some of you people I feel really fortunate.

Me? Wisdom teeth removal. Lotsa bleeding, soft foods, pain.....ah yes, what a way to live.

At least I got a chance to see Monty Python's Life of Brian, and the movie edition of The Who's Tommy.

My teeth grew in badly, so they had to pull all the baby teeth I had left at once. I think it was 8-10 of them I had to get pulled. They also had to ramove some skin from my gums due to infection or something. That was no fun.

4 wisdom teeth surgically removed in one go. But the prescription pain killers were fun. :D

I had my wisdom teeth out this december.

I was on a tire swing which snapped and I fell on my face shattering some of my bottom teeth. I had root canals which the dentist assures me normally do not consist of drilling exactly where the nerve is, but did in my case. So I had a temporary resin placed in while I tried to find some money to get veneers or crowns or something to replace my teeth. Two weeks tops I was told the resin would last. That was in 1999 and I still haven't got money to fix my teeth.:(