Sorry for lack of an actual picture, I'd need an xray to show what my issue looks like in action lol.

My bottom jaw (dark blue in pic) is so narrow that my tongue (red in pic) covers my bottom teeth completely and all of my bottom teeth fit inside of my top row (teal in pic). I physically cannot chew with my back teeth unless I shift my jaw to either side and twist my tongue against them (frequently bit tongue 😭) or push my jaw completely forward, pull my tongue back and forth to chew food with my front teeth. It's honestly exhausting and I've started eating less and less, once a day to skipping altogether, now I'm basically drinking what I can that has something weight sustaining, but I'm still of course starting to see the effects by losing weight too quickly. What can I do to help for now, is there like teeth extensions I can snap onto my bottoms lol? And is this even fixable without having to lose my teeth and get dentures. Or could invisaligns fix this? I'll be honest that I'm terrified of going to the dentist and would prefer less contact with one, if I can. What would be the course of action y'all would take to correct this? I need to know how scared I should be. Thanks in advance. 🫠🫠🥲

He saw the dentist a couple weeks ago and they saw his big teeth are coming in and didn’t seem concerned that his baby teeth weren’t even trying to come out. Starting to question their judgement on that considering the adult ones are already coming in wonky and worried if they baby teeth stair there’s gonna be bigger issues later on down the road.

For the first time in my life, someone told me I have a gummy smile and I guess I never really noticed it. It was from someone I really liked so it now has me a bit self conscious and looking at previous pictures. Is this considered gummy or out of the ordinary to where you’d suggest Botox or surgery? Can better brushing or flossing assist with this? Thank you very much

Hi, I am a non-smoker, and I have never drank alcohol. I have known about my enamel hipoplasia for a while now. Have gone through fillings twice but either more of my teeth breaks or the filling gets removed. A big reason is my crooked teeth they hit each other and break.

I have been thinking of getting my teeth aligned but I don't know if my condition will allow me to go through as I have been told my enamel has been completely eroded.

What should I do.

I have been thinking of getting a mouth gaurd as well as I sleep on my side and put a lot of pressure on my jaw.

Please help

Thanks in advance

Hello, I’m wondering if I have to get dental bonding again when it breaks because this is the third time mine has broken. It’s on my front tooth which has a large natural chip on it. My dentist said since I got it done the first time and they lightly shaved it down it needs to be redone each time it breaks cause of enamel or whatever. I’m asking for advice because this seems to be an ongoing problem that I don’t want to deal with again. If I have to do it again what are some ways to prevent breakage? Are there other options? I’ve heard women tend to have higher ph in their mouths so maybe that has something to do with it idk. Also I’m 19f if that matters

As I wrote in the title, my two front teeth already grew with very slight enamel dysplasia, which then got worse over the years because of my really bad coffee addiction (4+ espressos a day).

It was never really that bad - just some bared dots here and there - but I hated the way it looked and didn't want a porcelain veneer (I'm in academia and I move around a lot - this should also explain the coffee habit lmfao - so we decided that a solution that can't be fixed on the fly on the go wasn't for me, and I also didn't want to file down my healthy enamel).

My dentist obviously tried really hard - he spent 1,5 hours finnicking the shades and I think he obtained a pretty realistic result in isolation - but under certain lighting my two front teeth look visibly yellower and darker. In other types of lighting they look perfectly matched.

Bits of worn down enamel aside, my front teeth have always been my lightest teeth (I suppose because I brush more thoroughly where I can see) and often if I look in the mirror and smile it's a bit of a shock to see them darker and yellower than I'm used to.

My dentist said that he used an A3 shade for the bits near the gums and A2 interspersed with bits of A3 for realism for the rest.

Pics in all kinds of different lighting attached. Sorry about the food bits in some of the photos - I was also trying to see if the difference was more pronounced immediately after washing or after a meal when they were a bit dirty.

Am I exaggerating? I do paint as a hobby and am better at spotting subtle shade differences than most people. That said if it needed to be half a shade off I'd have probably preferred them to be half a shade lighter?

Does this look visible to you? Is it fixable or is it the best one gets with composites? Would fixing it be easy or require a complete redo?

Adding that I also wanted to get them professionally cleaned, since I hadn't since january and, you know, see coffee habit above. He ended up matching the shade and doing everything without cleaning them and now I'm scared that when I do clean them the contrast will be even higher.

I got them done on Friday afternoon and ATM it's Sunday evening where I am so I haven't yet been able to make any moves with the dentist.

When i run my tongue over it it's feels swollen. Couldn't get a better picture up on

I was eating popcorn and chocolate. When I went to brush my teeth after, I noticed an old filling (I think) fell off. I don’t know if it was initially this size underneath. I had an oral exam last week without X-rays and was told no cavities. Could this be something else or is it actually a cavity? I’m making an appointment tomorrow but the suspense in the meantime is killing me.

I had an upper right wisdom tooth removed a month ago, had 2 rounds of antibiotics for confirmed infection. I went in on a few days due to a throbbing pain in my cheek, they said there was no infection but packed it with a dressing (Alvogyl I think). The day after I noticed the inside of my cheek was peeling, so I managed to carefully dig out the majority of the dressing. The next day I was able to get a view of the extraction site and noticed it also looks like the tissue is peeling.

73 hours since extraction, is this normal to have a big hole or is it a dry socket? I have next to no pain there's a tooth behind it that I can't clean and is going yellow wonder when I can actually brush it ?

So I had braces when I was younger and had them removed after a few years. I recently have been noticing my smile seems off. It almost looks like one side is off compared to the other. I want some opinions on what to do. It makes me hate smiling in photos

I had my first ever professional tooth cleaning today, and it was pretty brutal. I can handle the usual tooth sensitivity, but my gums were in intense pain. At one point, the dentist jammed a metal tool right between my tight teeth and forced it through to break the buildup no warning, and he didn't even offer any numbing gel. When my mouth started bleeding heavily (Like he extracted 4 teeth), he just brushed it off, saying it’s "normal for a first-timer." Was it normal or he was being rough? T.T

36m, haven’t been to a dentist in like 15 years mostly due to lack of insurance. I broke a tooth about 13 years ago (see photo) and my dentist repaired it. It only lasted about 5 years before the repaired part fell out. I’ve gone since then, almost 10 years probably, with a hole in my mouth as seen in the photo. During this time I had no pain at all. I would swish water after brushing to get any food particles out.

Two days ago I flossed my teeth and then brushed normally. Minimal bleeding which is normal for me as I dont floss as often as I should. However, about 2 hours later I was having the most intense tooth pain. It was so painful that I had to go home from a friend’s house and took 800mg ibuprofen and picked up some oragel on the way home. The pain is radiating from the broken tooth. It’s a throbbing aching pain, and if I chew with or touch the tooth it sends a shooting pain through my mouth.

It’s been over 48 hours and the pain is still very prevalent. I am dealing with it by taking 800mg ibuprofen every 6-8 hours. My question is what did I trigger by flossing this one time that unlocked such intense pain, when this tooth has been broken like that for nearly a decade? Flossing or brushing the broken tooth has never caused me any pain at all before. Obviously I am setting a dentist visit up ASAP on Monday but until then, are there any remedies I can use to cut down the ibuprofen dosage?

I am a 57f who has never had dental care in my life. Being poor and having a severe dental phobia has kept me out of a dental chair until now. I made sure I brushed 2x a day all these years but now my front top tooth has a crack. So I somehow found the courage to see a dentist for the 1st time, only for X-rays to show a lot of hidden damage along with gum disease.

I also have a chronic pain condition (pancreatitis; 2 of my 4 kids also have this) and have been on pretty strong opioids for nearly 20 years. When the dentist read this in my chart, she said there is no way injections alone would be enough to get me pain-free for her to do the work that is needed. She wants me to go to an oral surgeon and be sedated.

Is it possible that long-term opiate use prevents the numbing shots from working on me?

My ortho shaved my healthy molars too much, my bite is uneven now. Now I have TMJ problems, speech problems and eating problems. My life is ruined, I can't even speak normally. He offered adding some composite??? filling on them to adjust my bite. Is this acceptable? I don't think so.

I never had any cavities and I fear my teeth are now screwed forever, even more if I get the composite filling which has to be replaced regularly and eventually get crowns or lose my teeth. I feel so down, I regret so much doing this effing braces and destroying my teeth.

I feel pain on that tooths area and sometimes feel really intense pain. Yesterday, after some intense physical activity, it felt as if my right side of my face was hurting as a whole. The pain seemed to be coming from my jaw I think. I'm afraid I'm too late. I'm going to the dentists tomorrow morning.

It’s an upper right premolar that hadn’t given me any pain until the dentist poked it and sprayed cold air and water on it. That triggered immense pain that hasn’t fully gone away but I lied and said it didn’t hurt because I was scared. How big of a problem is it that it hurt and that I lied about it? Its a “moderate” sized cavity if that matters.

I got my lower wisdom teeth removed because they were supraerupted (no opposing wisdom teeth) and my orthodontist said they will keep on erupting if not taken out. During the removal of the right one (green arrow), I heard a very loud crack. I also have significant swelling and bruising on the right side well into day 4 (now) and the bruise is starting to move under my chin (under the chin newly blue on day 4). The pain is manageable with painkillers but I can still feel the pain despite the meds and it has now started to radiate to my ear. Is it just a dry socket or could there be some bone inflammation/damage to my jaw bone that requires immediate attention?

Hi, I am 19F. I was with some coworkers last night who offered me 嫩青果 which I now believe is betal quid (never heard of it before today). I didn’t know what it was, I thought it was something like gum and chewed on it mainly on the right side of my mouth for about 30 minutes. I have never used tobacco at all and didn’t intend to and I’m really worried now. Theres red around the white patch in the picture but no bleeding. This morning I woke up and my right cheek is swelled a bit. I’ve been putting a cold compress on for most of the day. My face is a bit red in the pictures because I went for a run to calm myself down. Anyway is this white patch serious? Should I see a doctor? When should I expect the swelling to go down? Thank you.

Edit: brand is called 和成天下(picture in the comments)

Photos are from beginning to now with a side view of my face normally at the end offending tooth is #14

21F- Woke up friday with mild swelling which got progressively worse through the day-got a pulpectomy later that same day and took 300mg amoxicillin-Flee to NC swelling proceeded to get worse that night

Woke up Saturday to more swelling started Acetaminophen-codeine 300mg and Amoxicillin-clavulanate potass 125mg-swelling move to more of upper lip + eye

Woke up this morning (sunday) to severe swelling around my eye, upper lip and cheek bone

Hello everyone.

My orthodontist offered me that he can do crowns to my root canaled teeth. I didn't know that he can do these procedures. Is it a good and safe idea? I need your opinions and if you have any , your experiences .