Dental implants anyone?

parmoboy said:
I know it's difficult when you're unable to visibly see my teeth but would you be able to give me some advice please. I'm with a private dentist and he's very reluctant to treat my teeth. On my last visit he'd mentioned that he may have to refer me to a specialist.

My teeth are badly worn down due to dental erosion, which was caused mainly by me drinking a lot of fizzy drinks during my younger years.

One of my premolars on the bottom is badly affected. A lot of the enamel has worn away off the top of the tooth. My dentist mentioned that he'd like to crown my teeth but said a crown would just fall off, which I struggled to understand, as I thought the tooth had to be shaved down anyway for a crown to be applied.

He also monitored something about operating on me, which would "open up my bite" before he could treat the teeth. I think that was what he said.

I think his main concern is that if he tried treating my teeth and it went wrong then it would affect my bit
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parmoboy said:
I know it's difficult when you're unable to visibly see my teeth but would you be able to give me some advice please. I'm with a private dentist and he's very reluctant to treat my teeth. On my last visit he'd mentioned that he may have to refer me to a specialist.

My teeth are badly worn down due to dental erosion, which was caused mainly by me drinking a lot of fizzy drinks during my younger years.

One of my premolars on the bottom is badly affected. A lot of the enamel has worn away off the top of the tooth. My dentist mentioned that he'd like to crown my teeth but said a crown would just fall off, which I struggled to understand, as I thought the tooth had to be shaved down anyway for a crown to be applied.

He also monitored something about operating on me, which would "open up my bite" before he could treat the teeth. I think that was what he said.

I think his main concern is that if he tried treating my teeth and it went wrong then it would affect my bite.
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As you have said I can’t really comment on this based on fmttm alone.

However, some general points based on what you said. Sugar does not cause teeth to be ‘worn’

Teeth are worn due to wear and tear.
Unless you give up eating this is unavoidable. This is accelerated by grinding. Usually at night. This is called bruxism, and is generally stress related. It’s also increased by having porcelain crowns. The opposing teeth are much less abrasive and therefore lose the fight.

Tooth decay is not caused by sugar. It’s caused by acid. If you have a perfectly sterile extracted tooth in sugar nothing would happen.

In your mouth, no matter how hard you try at cleanliness, is a flora of bacteria and fungus. When you eat sugar, the bacteria eat the sugar and excrete (**** out) acid. It’s the acid that demineralises (weakens) teeth.

The number of bacteria is massive, but the amount of sugar that they can consume is relatively tiny compared to our consumption.

They process the sugar into acid in a relatively short time. And if there is more sugar than the amount of bacteria can consume in one go then it goes in processed and directly into your stomach.

Therefore it’s the number of times you consume sugar a day, rather than the total volume that is the key. I.e. if you ate an entire bag of Harribo in one go it would do exponentially less damage than eating one every five minutes for a day.

Hope this helps
 
I lost a tooth last year and was looking to have it replaced with an implant. The dentist doing the work is a specialist who Linthorpe Dentist bring in called Saeed.

When the dentist went through the procedure he told me I would need bone graft and said it would be either synthetic, human or horse bone.

I turned my nose up a little when he mentioned human and when he said horse I asked him if I would get the trots. His assistant burst out laughing whilst he tried to explain they would be no side effects. 🤣🤣🤣

Straight over his head. 😜
 
BorrisiaTeeth said:
As you have said I can’t really comment on this based on fmttm alone.

However, some general points based on what you said. Sugar does not cause teeth to be ‘worn’

Teeth are worn due to wear and tear.
Unless you give up eating this is unavoidable. This is accelerated by grinding. Usually at night. This is called bruxism, and is generally stress related. It’s also increased by having porcelain crowns. The opposing teeth are much less abrasive and therefore lose the fight.

Tooth decay is not caused by sugar. It’s caused by acid. If you have a perfectly sterile extracted tooth in sugar nothing would happen.

In your mouth, no matter how hard you try at cleanliness, is a flora of bacteria and fungus. When you eat sugar, the bacteria eat the sugar and excrete (**** out) acid. It’s the acid that demineralises (weakens) teeth.

The number of bacteria is massive, but the amount of sugar that they can consume is relatively tiny compared to our consumption.

They process the sugar into acid in a relatively short time. And if there is more sugar than the amount of bacteria can consume in one go then it goes in processed and directly into your stomach.

Therefore it’s the number of times you consume sugar a day, rather than the total volume that is the key. I.e. if you ate an entire bag of Harribo in one go it would do exponentially less damage than eating one every five minutes for a day.

Hope this helps
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Thanks for the reply.
 
BorrisiaTeeth said:
As you have said I can’t really comment on this based on fmttm alone.

However, some general points based on what you said. Sugar does not cause teeth to be ‘worn’

Teeth are worn due to wear and tear.
Unless you give up eating this is unavoidable. This is accelerated by grinding. Usually at night. This is called bruxism, and is generally stress related. It’s also increased by having porcelain crowns. The opposing teeth are much less abrasive and therefore lose the fight.

Tooth decay is not caused by sugar. It’s caused by acid. If you have a perfectly sterile extracted tooth in sugar nothing would happen.

In your mouth, no matter how hard you try at cleanliness, is a flora of bacteria and fungus. When you eat sugar, the bacteria eat the sugar and excrete (**** out) acid. It’s the acid that demineralises (weakens) teeth.

The number of bacteria is massive, but the amount of sugar that they can consume is relatively tiny compared to our consumption.

They process the sugar into acid in a relatively short time. And if there is more sugar than the amount of bacteria can consume in one go then it goes in processed and directly into your stomach.

Therefore it’s the number of times you consume sugar a day, rather than the total volume that is the key. I.e. if you ate an entire bag of Harribo in one go it would do exponentially less damage than eating one every five minutes for a day.

Hope this helps
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Im thinking of going for invisalign? any do's/don'ts for that? I have healthy teeth and people tell me im mad for thinking of going for invisalign but i want my bottom teeth straight and bite sorting (over bite, isnt really noticeable but would prefer to see more of my bottom teeth when i smile), plus the added bonus of tips and whitening so makes sense to get it done all in one go.
 
Sergio said:
Im thinking of going for invisalign? any do's/don'ts for that? I have healthy teeth and people tell me im mad for thinking of going for invisalign but i want my bottom teeth straight and bite sorting (over bite, isnt really noticeable but would prefer to see more of my bottom teeth when i smile), plus the added bonus of tips and whitening so makes sense to get it done all in one go.
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That’s absolutely the way to go. Like everything in life there are risks, but they are very small. The risk is that teeth die off due to being forced to move and the nerve/blood supply not keeping up. This risk is tiny but the consequences are big (extraction or root canal)

Invisilign is the industry leader. They do it at minimum risk. Avoid the ones that say ‘fast’ anywhere in the product name. Moving teeth faster increases the tiny risk of complications. There’s a reason orthodontics is slow…
 
Lost a front top tooth 12 years ago and and got a falsy made and fitted in italy. No wires, made of plastic. Clips into the other teeth. Amazing bit of plaggy and you can't tell and just sits there without glue.
Couldn't imagine messing about with the jaw bone!
 
BorrisiaTeeth said:
That’s absolutely the way to go. Like everything in life there are risks, but they are very small. The risk is that teeth die off due to being forced to move and the nerve/blood supply not keeping up. This risk is tiny but the consequences are big (extraction or root canal)

Invisilign is the industry leader. They do it at minimum risk. Avoid the ones that say ‘fast’ anywhere in the product name. Moving teeth faster increases the tiny risk of complications. There’s a reason orthodontics is slow…
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Thankfully there is minimal movement for mine and its through a local private dentist with appointments etc included with in the price. Thanks for your input!
 
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