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Broke a Tooth

Icegoddess — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:39:10 GMT

Broke a tooth today eating lunch. Emergency trip to the dentist in the morning.

Anybody else have that recurring dream wher your teeth all just crumble in your mouth? I think it's becoming a reality.

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PA Mom-mom — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:48:57 GMT

@Icegoddess Do you really have dreams about teeth crumbling? If so, you can look up the reasons for the dream online. Or, you can ask a physician.

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Still Raining — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:50:22 GMT

I feel your pain. The older I get, the more I have invested in my teeth. All that money for crowns.

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Icegoddess — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:54:48 GMT

@PA Mom-mom wrote:
@Icegoddess Do you really have dreams about teeth crumbling? If so, you can look up the reasons for the dream online. Or, you can ask a physician.

@PA Mom-mom I actually have severaly recurring themes and that is one of them. The others are:

1. The flying dream but the stroke is more of a breast stroke rather than a flapping stroke.

2. The breathing under water dream where I'm trying to reach the bottom of the pool like I used to do all the time growing up, but the bottom jsut isn't there. I realize I need to get to the surface to breathe, but can't make it. I gasp and find out I'm in like some sort of air bubble where I can breathe under water.

3. The no clothes dream, not necessarily naked. Generally, I'm trying to change clothes, but can't find the clohes I want to wear even though there's a bunch of clothes all over the place. At the same time, someone is trying to get me to go and it's almost as if they don't even notice I'm in some state of undress.

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Icegoddess — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:56:58 GMT

@Still Raining wrote:
I feel your pain. The older I get, the more I have invested in my teeth. All that money for crowns.

@Still Raining You and me both. Plus one implant. I also had braces a few years ago (for the 2nd time in my life) and it wasn't for vanity.

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sarahpanda — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:59:08 GMT

@Icegoddess ....sorry, I got you beat !! Last week, I broke a tooth - that was under a crown ! So I ended up having to get a root canal done and another crown put on all in one day. EXHAUSTING !

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EdithEllenLily — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:03:07 GMT

@Icegoddess I'm sorry to hear about your broken tooth! That same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. I ended up needing two crowns, side by side, on the lower left! I was eating a salad with some pistachios in it, and I must have cracked the teeth on the nuts. A couple of months later, I had my yearly physical exam and told my doctor about it. He immediately thought of a Vitamin D deficiency and after a blood test, he was right! I started taking Vitamin D3 and had a follow-up blood test months later that showed I was normal. Now I take 1000 IU Vitamin D3 every day to maintain that level. I have to avoid both dairy items and the sun, so that was why I was low on Vitamin D! I thought I would mention it just in case you want to look into that cause for your broken tooth. Good luck!

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Icegoddess — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:14:37 GMT

@EdithEllenLily wrote:
@Icegoddess I'm sorry to hear about your broken tooth! That same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. I ended up needing two crowns, side by side, on the lower left! I was eating a salad with some pistachios in it, and I must have cracked the teeth on the nuts. A couple of months later, I had my yearly physical exam and told my doctor about it. He immediately thought of a Vitamin D deficiency and after a blood test, he was right! I started taking Vitamin D3 and had a follow-up blood test months later that showed I was normal. Now I take 1000 IU Vitamin D3 every day to maintain that level. I have to avoid both dairy items and the sun, so that was why I was low on Vitamin D! I thought I would mention it just in case you want to look into that cause for your broken tooth. Good luck!

@EdithEllenLily Thanks, but not a Vit. D deficiency. I have been on 50,000 IU/week + 4000 IU daily except on the day I take my prescription D for a couple of years now. We figured out that that was the only way to keep my levels up.

I have had problem teeth my entire life. I'm working on my 2nd set of fillings, have a mouth full of crowns, and 1 implant.

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SeaMaiden — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:27:35 GMT

I have quit eating hard things. Nuts are on the list.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:48:31 GMT

I don't know which is worse...broken teeth or teeth falling out for no apparent reason. I've got both problems now and I'm waiting to get several implants and several veneers but the pandemic stopped everything. Things are on hold indefinitely.

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Ibby114 — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:53:03 GMT

I was in the midst of getting a dental implant- and covid hit! Fortunately the empty area isn't noticeable- but I'm so wary of going to the dentist these days. For anything!!

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:59:17 GMT

@Icegoddess Wow! Flying is great! I haven't had that for years! That's very positive! I think your swimming one is too. I only get dreams of having to go to the bathroom and trying to use a pen or pencil to write something. Mine have to do with not making time for myself. I think you can figure out the clothes one for yourself. Who is trying to control you?

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Icegoddess — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 01:13:10 GMT

@PA Mom-mom wrote:
@Icegoddess Wow! Flying is great! I haven't had that for years! That's very positive! I think your swimming one is too. I only get dreams of having to go to the bathroom and trying to use a pen or pencil to write something. Mine have to do with not making time for myself. I think you can figure out the clothes one for yourself. Who is trying to control you?

@PA Mom-mom Probably my cat.

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 01:15:48 GMT

@PA Mom-mom wrote:
Who is trying to control you?
@PA Mom-mom Probably my cat.

@Icegoddess No doubt!

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Icegoddess — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:40:01 GMT

Just left the dentist. Originally, they weren't going to do anything today since they were booked, but they had a cancellation this morning so went ahead snd did impressions and gave me my temporary tooth. Funny, I had the piece of tooth that broke off with me and they sorta glued it back on to get the impression of the existing tooth.

My biggest concern is whether I can safely put my retainer in and take it out without pulling the temporary tooth off. I really shouldn't go 2 weeks without wearing it.

So, I spent 2 to 2 1/4 hours in the chair. Now, for some reason I am extremely shaky. I don't know if it's just from all the tensing up or if it could be some reaction to all the novacaine. I have had plenty of novacaine in my life, so that would be a new side effect for me

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Snooky60 — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:51:33 GMT

@Icegoddess - I feel for you!💗 I recently was told by the periodontist that I have "dry mouth" which has been the reason that my teeth get loose and have to be pulled. Of course, I wish I had known that years ago so maybe I could have treated it. Maybe nobody knew about it back then. Who knows? Glad you could get yours fixed already.

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ECBG — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:16:56 GMT

@Icegoddess

Oh my goodness!!!! Honey, are you alright?

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Icegoddess — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:42:29 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
@Icegoddess

Oh my goodness!!!! Honey, are you alright?

@ECBG Could be better. The novocaine is wearing off now.

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femmebot — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:29:13 GMT

I have a recurring dream that I never got my braces taken off. They would be about 40 years old by now and my orthodontist has long been deceased. Usually I have this dream more often when I'm past due to see the dentist.

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sarahpanda — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:09:28 GMT

@Icegoddess ...When I had my root canal and crown put on, I was in the chair for hourssss also...and I've had root canals/ crowns before but this time, I thought I was going to have a heart attack - and I was also shaky afterwards. Sure don't want to have to go through all of that again anytime soon.