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by astrogirl » Tue, 06 Mar 2007 4:07 pm
My dentist wrote me a reference letter to see some one at NUH. I forget his name now.
They took a mould of my teeth and custom made a splint, it costs about S$500 for this splint. I was clenching my teeth during sleep and had severe pain like all others here have described. It's very much stress related. Grinding teeth is worse then just the clenching.
Teeth don't grow back and dental work is very expensive and I'm sure you will agree that sitting in the dentist chair with all the stuff is scary and teeth pain is tormenting.
I'd rather spend the money now to get it resolve rather than wait till it's too late, with teeth broken; in pain; can't eat and spend even more to have extensive dental work done to save what's left.
On another note: my husband's dentist had retired and his first consultation with my dentist, had an x-ray done on his teeth and discovered that his gums were not healthy, some kind of bacteria was infesting. It's not infectious and does not cause pain. Everything looks normal from the outside and he's never complained about pain or discomfort. He drinks way too much milk tea everyday his whole life. He may just loose his teeth gradually in the course of 8 years. It was suggested that he do a deep cleansing on the gums. His gums had to be flipped and cleanse, done under LA, rightside and leftside on alternate days.
Apparantly, in our 50's and above, people just accept that they will loose their teeth. I've seen some people with black rotten teeth and all, and they loose their teeth over the years. This can be avoided by checking and taking care of our gums and teeth regularly, like at least once a year.
For me personally, I think, nothing can be worse than tooth aches and I dread sitting in the dentist chair. I saw a root canal done on my cousin when I was about 8 years old. She had to baby sit me that day and her dentist allowed me to stay in the room with her while she had it done.
I told myself then, I'll keep all my appointments with the dentist regularly no matter what to fix any small teeth problems if any, then to be too late and have to have big repairs done! Come to think of it, maybe my mother planned all this to warn me about skipping my appointments with the dentist!