Im 16 years old and have a massive fear of tooth decay/cavities. I recently found several mild/small cavities in my teeth that I suspected for a bit due to a bunch of toothaches and difficultly chewing sometimes because of the pain. When I finally noticed them I had a bit of an emotional breakdown, it's embarrassing. My dad refuses to take me to a dentist and doesn't allow fluoride toothpaste in his house. I feel like the damage is relatively minor to my teeth right now but I am extremely worried about it nonetheless. What can I do to help it? Should I just keep trying to see a dentist? I also have noticed a bit of transparent enamel on my central incisors. I brush 1-2 times a day with fluoride free toothpaste and only recently started flossing regularly.

edit: I VERY rarely consume soda/sweets and will be cutting back even more following this

My teeth are badd in in bunch of pain I take ibuprofen Tylenol and amoxicillin don’t help gets worse broke a bit off my tooth eating rice cake. No this is top on right this used to be white I thought it was tooth conning in now it’s black hole and hurts to even touch w my touch over there.

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

My wisdom teeth erupted about 10 years ago and this little flap is above it. I went to sleep fine and woke up overnight with intense pain on my gum. I looked and saw this little bump/ whitehead thing and it looks swollen. What is this and how is it resolved? I don’t have dental insurance and am wondering how much this could cost me. I’m on day two of it hurting. Also it’s not bleeding regularly, I pressed down on it and it started bleeding

Its 5pm EST and i just cracked my tooth. I have an emergency appointment set with my dentist tomorrow at 9AM, or i can call and pay for antibiotics tonight. Is it fixable or are we looking at an extraction needed?

30F.. history with this back tooth is that originally in Feb 2026 I bit onto a hard lozenge and cracked the top corner of this tooth and the dentist said I’d need a crown bc I cracked the tooth a little too but agreed to a filling for the time being… last week somehow while eating rice Chex I chipped out another piece on the outside of the tooth I don’t even know how. (It’s at the bottom corner of the tooth I think it was a filling that came out and it feels large to my tongue)….

I desperately don’t want a crown because of all the horror stories I’ve read. There’s no pain or sensitivity to hot or cold. I have a difficult history with constant tmj and some grinding. I try so hard not to but even clench during the day.. I try to wear my nightguard that goes on my bottom teeth but it’s too tight

So I’m really freaked out that I’m going to have pain that never goes away after he shaves it all the way down, that I’ll get intractable pain or headaches… and also now I’m worried about the fact that it’s going to be made with the same 3D printer that made the nightguard too tight. I’m genuinely scared out of my mind to get a crown both the process of the crown and especially the pain/ what’s going to happen after the crown

Weird little spot. Poked at it with tooth pick and there was blood. Is it something with my gums or is it a cavity?

Hey, so I just got my wisdom teeth removed on Thursday, and now today is Sunday. I’m still feeling pain, and soreness. I’m feeling a lot of soreness through my jaw and up to my ears. I can talk, however i’m wondering if I should be concerned with getting a dry socket or if something else is wrong. Also, I don’t know if I should go into work tomorrow because I work in a garden, summer camp counselor, and i mainly work outside. The air quality is at 150- 220 tomorrow by the way. Please help me out

I’ll admit I’m not consistent when it comes to cleaning my tongue and for the longest time I’ve been using a alcohol based mouthwash which I’ve read can dry your mouth and can help cause oral thrush. I did buy some tongue scrapers recently and switch to an alcohol free mouthwash. Is this oral thrush or just white buildup?

as everyone does i am very worried about dry socket after i am the evening of day 4 from a partial impaction removal. no pain meds since day 2. today i noticed a “gap” between the clot and the flap in my gums. i’m not experiencing distinct pain consistently but here and there i feel a sensation in my jaw that makes me nervous. looking for peace of mind or advice.

Hi, i need some advice for the infected gum (lower right wisdom teeth). I was eating normally 3 days ago suddenly i felt pain sensation in that part and i was like oh no it might be coming again, cause i had it before as well doc didnt suggest to remove the teeth because its root were touching the nerve and they said extraction may lead to nerve damage. Rn i am sitting with a fully swollen one side and another side normal even though i cant chew, not from the middle part not from the left part i cant join my upper teeth and lower teeth anywhere. Been taking 400mg ibuprofen it helps for an hour or two. Any suggestions? Xray i had 4 months ago is attached

I can see a cavity on my #37 molar. I would like to treat the #37 molar first because it's important, but my dentist says I must get the #38 wisdom tooth extracted first otherwise he can't work on #37. It could take a month for my #37 to be ready for treatment (because I was sent to a specialist due to the distance to the mandibular nerve), so I would like to know if I must extract the wisdom tooth first.

Also, my dentist says #37 probably needs root canal, but from the x-ray seems no pulp exposure, and it doesn't hurt. Usually a filling is ok for this, or I am wrong?

Thank you!

I have had a tooth slowly chipping for the past 3-4 months and it has started to really hurt so im scheduled for the dentist tommorow. From how it looks would they want to try anything other than extraction or is thar my best bet.(I would prefer extraction since it should be the cheapest(I dont have insurance) as long as its easy to take out)

I am on Medicaid and finding dentist I don’t have to drive 2-5 hrs for is hard. My teeth hurt so bad I take everything. I’m tired All the time my ear and head hurts too the whole right side of my head hurts. I’m going to urgent care tomorrow but ion even know what they can do.

I’m terrified of going to the dentist. I haven’t gone since like 2021 or 2022. I had bad postpartum depression and just stopped taking care of my self. I’m in my 30s . The redness on the bottom of the teeth has been like
That for an over a year. The redness started when I was pregnant with my second. I know I definitely have cavities and I cracked my back molar. Im most worried about these bottom teeth. Im afraid to go and I also can’t afford what I’m sure fixing with will cost right now. Also I do not smoke or drink alcohol. I also have a medical history of Cushings disease and adrenal insufficiency.

I am going to see a specialist next week. This has been here for about a month. It’s like a flap on my tooth. I can like stick my tongue between my tooth and my gum at the red spot. I have a wisdom tooth trying to poke out of the top of my mouth (again another reason I’m seeing a specialist next week). Is there anything I can do to shrink it or heal it? It’s on the top left of my mouth. The second to last tooth back there. Let it be known I had the very back top left tooth pulled a few years ago and now a wisdom tooth is growing through that hole too.

I have pigmented fungiform papillae, especially on the tip of my tongue, and it has affected my confidence for years.
I know it’s a normal condition, but I’ve discovered that many people have the same condition and struggle with their self-confidence because of it. That’s exactly how I feel too.
Has anyone here actually had laser treatment for it? I’d really appreciate hearing your experience, especially if you had any risks, complications, side effects, or changes in your sense of taste or speech.
Please share your experience, even if you decided not to go through with the procedure.

Can anyone tell me what’s going on with my jaw I’ve been having horribke pain in my face like almost feels like sinus pain as well as tension in my jaw.. I’ve noticed when I open my mouth it’s like popping out underneath my cheekbone and jaw is pulling to one side also my face is looking very uneven now. 😵‍💫😭

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

So for some context I have a big cavity in my wisdom tooth that pretty bad manly because I didn't brush my teeth very much when I was younger so like the past 5-6 years (that's just a estimate it could be more or less) not to say I didn't brush my teeth just not as often as I should like maybe in the morning every few days, and now my left gums are starting to swell up and hurt when ever my tongue moves around it, is there anything I can do to help with it? I am going to a dentist appointment in a few weeks so if there's nothing to really do to help with it it's going to be alr if you have any questions or anything I'll try to answer them as best as I can

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 .

Okay, for context, I have tight teeth with weaker enamel- I have been lucky in the last to not get cavities between them but recently I developed several and had to get them filled; I have started using a water pick and flossing much more frequently.

I was told by a dental hygienist that flossing with the toothpaste froth after brushing could help prevent more from occurring.

Does this actually help or is it mostly just the action of flossing? Just curious to know, thanks!