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exrayspex · 2 years

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so i was able to go to the dentist for the first time in years today, and i thought it was gonna go pretty well since i've been brushing and flossing regularly and haven't had any pain or anything. i thought at worst they might say i had some mild gum damage from my labret piercing or a cavity. but turns out i've been clenching/grinding my teeth badly, and it's messed up my gums some and actually caused some bone loss?? around my front bottom teeth???? 😭

i'm so upset honestly, i've been lucky enough to have very good teeth/gums up until now and i was so proud of myself for managing to get a good brushing and flossing routine down despite my health shit, but turns out that's not enough.

i ordered a bite guard to start wearing at night when i got home but i'm worried that won't be enough....now that i've been told about it i've noticed myself clenching my teeth a few times just in the hours since the appointment. augh.

#the way she talked about the bone loss has me so scared 😭#wish i could've been seeing a dentist regularly this whole time. maybe it would've been caught sooner #though they said gum inflammation was part of what alerted them to the problem and i remember the last time i went the tech noticed that #but she just assumed i had brushed my teeth really hard right before the appointment out of nervousness. and that that was the cause #and when i told her i hadn't she very clearly didn't believe me. wonder if it had started already then and it could've been caught sooner #if she had actually believed me. hm.

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