Dammit

[I_UndergroundPanther]

I hate this. Going to have to go to the dentist and get some teeth out. And its gonna cost me because its two that have to go. Dunno what I am going to do when my chewing teeth are all gone.

I hate getting teeth pulled. Hate having a big hole in my gums, I am terrified of getting dry socket and my anxiety goes through the roof until the gum closes up.

I think teeth are one of the most stupid designed parts in a human body. One set that lasts until your 5 or so that barely gets used and adult teeth that have to last a lifetime,who's brilliant idea was that?

We should have teeth that grow back like sharks...evolution ,you hear me,fix this bullshit ,please,humanity will thank you.

[Walleye]

1. I'm in the same boat with you, two teeth I'm sure we're gonna have to get pulled

I am worried about the pain, and I won’t have hardly any chewing teeth left. So you and me can commiserate

[Karadeniz]

2. You're absolutely right!!!

[spanone]

3. What pisses me off is that the insurance co's treat our teeth as if they're not part of our bodies

You have to pay extra to get them treated when you're already paying a fortune for insurance.

Teeth & eyes....

[I_UndergroundPanther]

4. Yeah and if teeth are infected for

Too long the infection can get into your brain and kill you. That is a serious threat to your life. Universal healthcare needs to cover all healthcare. And I am guilty of putting off getting teeth pulled to save money to pay for it.

[BlackSkimmer]

9. Not only the brain.

Tooth infections can affect your heart.

Serious shit.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

16. True dat

[haele]

5. Insurance companies classify almost anything to do with teeth as cosmetic.

Only gum disease, accidental damage to the mouth causing loss of teeth, and basic tooth maintenance are dental health; tooth decay and orthodontia are "moral hazards", because you can just brush your teeth to avoid cavities, right?

Haele

[Mr.Bill]

6. I'm 69 and having my share of dental problems also.

Psychologically, I just figure I am outliving my teeth, and that sounds like a good thing.

[area51]

7. I'm so sorry this is happening to you.

We so desperately need universal healthcare in the US.

[vapor2]

8. I feel your pain

wish more than anything that my teeth were stronger. My insurance is now only $1500/yr. Such a racket and sad.

[AllyCat]

10. Can you do a bone graft?

That helps alleviate the dry socket issue.

I’m sorry you are going through this. I agree about regenerative teeth. Or teeth that grow like horses.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. You have all of my sympathy.

Teeth problems are no fun.

When I was 12 years old, a dentist thought he could do a root-canal on me without any anesthesia. No wonder ever since I've been extremely reluctant to go to a dentist, until things got extremely bad.

Because of that lack of dental car (because of my unwillingness to go to a dentist) two years ago I had my remaining teeth all pulled, and got full dentures. What happened in the many years since the root-canal without anesthesia aren't particularly important.

And yes, the lack of dental insurance is a huge problem. I am lucky that I had the money to afford the dental work/dentures, which were insanely expensive.

My own mother (she was born in 1916 which is sort of important) had poor teeth, and by the time she was 40 they'd all been pulled. I actually have memories of going with her to the dentist as a very young child. She went entirely toothless for several years, until my parents could afford to get her dentures. I cannot begin to imagine what that must have been like. It might have helped a bit that in the 1950s there would have been many others like her, without teeth. She did finally get the dentures, and they lasted her the rest of her life, until March 1999.

[LudwigPastorius]

15. I had a cavity drilled and filled without anesthetic at about the same age.

It was...interesting.

I think that was how I learned to disassociate (go to the bahamas) when something really painful happens.

[LoisB]

12. I am so sorry. I can honestly say I know how you feel.

[gab13by13]

13. I get my teeth cleaned twice a year,

have always had a plaque problem. No dental insurance; the dentist who I know and played golf with charges me $80, my periodontist cuts me a break because I don't have insurance, $40, and his hygienists do a much better job.

Coincidentally I just had my teeth cleaned today.

[LudwigPastorius]

14. I had to have all of my upper teeth pulled and replaced with implants due to...

something called internal resorption.

Final bill: $28,000

This, after undergoing years of braces, fillings, root canals, extractions, etc.

I asked my parents if they wanted to keep the teeth they pulled out of me, considering the small fortune they'd ponied up for them over the years.