I am officially grown up now - I lost my last babytooth today. Yes, at the age of 20 ;D
its a weird one - there was never an adult tooth underneath, for some bizarre reason, my dad has the same, i sort of inherited that from him. Anyway I bit on my tongue piercing half a year ago or so, and where the tooth had been chipped, it started hurting and the hole got bigger.
Because its so much hassle getting a dentist I just left it, until part of the filling I had done ages ago broke out.
I got an emergency appt with the NHS and they just slapped a temporary filling on top and told me to go get myself an appointment with a dental practice (private, of course)
cant really afford it so I left it. until it really started to hurt last week.
so I went to a private dentist today and he took an xray and said that there was an infection, and that they couldnt do much because baby teeth have so little root anyway... so he had to pull it.
As there is no second one I now have a sodding hole in my row of teeth, great... cant afford to have a bridge or crown done private (from 320 pound) and I dont know if I have any chance getting it done on the NHS...
call me toothless old biddy from now on *sigh*
its a weird one - there was never an adult tooth underneath, for some bizarre reason, my dad has the same, i sort of inherited that from him. Anyway I bit on my tongue piercing half a year ago or so, and where the tooth had been chipped, it started hurting and the hole got bigger.
Because its so much hassle getting a dentist I just left it, until part of the filling I had done ages ago broke out.
I got an emergency appt with the NHS and they just slapped a temporary filling on top and told me to go get myself an appointment with a dental practice (private, of course)
cant really afford it so I left it. until it really started to hurt last week.
so I went to a private dentist today and he took an xray and said that there was an infection, and that they couldnt do much because baby teeth have so little root anyway... so he had to pull it.
As there is no second one I now have a sodding hole in my row of teeth, great... cant afford to have a bridge or crown done private (from 320 pound) and I dont know if I have any chance getting it done on the NHS...
call me toothless old biddy from now on *sigh*