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rm1961 wrote:Her skin looks amazing but her dental work seems to give away her true age a bit. But I think she never had good teeth, even when younger. I saw a few pics of her in the 90s and the teeth aren't great. Most of the time she doesn't smile as big in her movies though. I don't think most people get bad teeth in their 40s. I just think she always had sort of bad teeth.
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I have no idea who she is, this the first I have heard of her or seen photos. So I'll believe what you said about her teeth. ;-) I'll vouch for the fact that dental problems can occur in your 40's.
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^^^^ Alrighty, my dental probs began at 56 - precisely 2 weeks ago. I am wanting a Purple Heart right now. Root Canal II done today. I was sent home with a tooth filled with anti-bacterial gel. Round THREE (yes, unless I fling myself off the balcony onto a snowbank where I hope I left the garden rake standing UP) takes place in mid-January. Age. Teeth. Problems. It's the new "menage a trois" I find myself tangled in.
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Bugjune wrote:^^^^ Alrighty, my dental probs began at 56 - precisely 2 weeks ago.
I am wanting a Purple Heart right now. Root Canal II done today. I was sent home with a tooth filled with anti-bacterial gel.
Round THREE (yes, unless I fling myself off the balcony onto a snowbank where I hope I left the garden rake standing UP) takes place in mid-January.
Age. Teeth. Problems. It's the new "menage a trois" I find myself tangled in. Ugh, sorry to hear that. Mine was/is a gum issue...namely recession. I found myself last year (age 49) with severe recession on several lower teeth, not as bad on some upper teeth, the progression of which was never mentioned nor pointed out to me in 20 years of attending a dental practice. In fact, they rarely talked about gums nor warned me about recession. I thought it only happened to elderly people. The new hygienist pointed it out to me. I promptly fired that dentist and had a gum graft which was very expensive, required two weeks of healing and is not even guaranteed to last. The perio says I need 4 more, at $1250 per graft - out of my pocket.
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Aww... Hugs. I just had some work done so I can co-miserate. Sending you healing vibes. Bugjune wrote:^^^^ Alrighty, my dental probs began at 56 - precisely 2 weeks ago.
I am wanting a Purple Heart right now. Root Canal II done today. I was sent home with a tooth filled with anti-bacterial gel.
Round THREE (yes, unless I fling myself off the balcony onto a snowbank where I hope I left the garden rake standing UP) takes place in mid-January.
Age. Teeth. Problems. It's the new "menage a trois" I find myself tangled in.
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So sorry to hear this. I am sending you healing vibes as well. rm1961 wrote:
Ugh, sorry to hear that. Mine was/is a gum issue...namely recession. I found myself last year (age 49) with severe recession on several lower teeth, not as bad on some upper teeth, the progression of which was never mentioned nor pointed out to me in 20 years of attending a dental practice. In fact, they rarely talked about gums nor warned me about recession. I thought it only happened to elderly people. The new hygienist pointed it out to me. I promptly fired that dentist and had a gum graft which was very expensive, required two weeks of healing and is not even guaranteed to last. The perio says I need 4 more, at $1250 per graft - out of my pocket.
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Well, it's been a coupla more days of mind-blowing discomfort after that root canal. Luckily NOT from the affected tooth, tho! Turns out, the pain was from a blister that formed in the area where the good doc injected me THREE times with an anesthesia. Jaysus, he used a horse-sized needle that was wiggle-waggled back 'n forth and up 'n down THREE times to numb up that area. But getting back to the topic of gum recession. I was also NEVER told about age-related gum recession until I switched to a new dentist last spring. He fitted me with a perio-protect tray (a soft, rubbery tray that fits over my teeth) into which I put a gel that treats the receding gums. I am hoping to put the brakes on my own gum recession, cuz my teeth are starting to look "keyhole" shaped (narrow top, waisted gap, then the tooth). Floss FLIES between some of my teeth. Granted, some of those extra wide gaps are due to the spacers I had put on during adult orthodontia. But what grosses me out the most is finding yesterday's peanut-butter-and-jelly sammich stuck between my teeth - enough to serve as a 'tween meal snack today. >:-(
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