Teeth Chipping And Black Buildup Posted: 05-21-06 18:13pm
I am a 21-year-old with extremely good
dental hygiene and what I considered
decent teeth. They're relatively
straight, no correction was ever required,
and i've had a total of three cavities.
My dad has had to have several teeth
extracted and has many crowns. I brush
gently after every meal and before bed
with a medium brush, followed by rincing
with alcohol-based mouthwash, and I floss
a couple times a week, and have no taste
for sugar or cigarettes.
A couple months ago, I was flossing
inbetween my bottom front teeth when part
of the bottom tooth chipped off right at
the gum line, leaving a small gap where
the two teeth meet at the bottom. This
confused me as I treat my teeth very well
and floss gently. My front top teeth
have both chipped multiple times seemingly
spontaneously during eating simple foods.
Last night, after eating noodles, I
noticed one of my top front teeth had been
seriously chipped on the side to the point
where I now feel I need surgery to repair
it as the tooth was chipped deeply enough
to create a sensitivity.
I won't be able to see a dentist for a
while. Is it possible I just have
genetically horrible teeth? I care for
my teeth better than anyone I know and
everytime I go to the dentist the
hygienest thinks i'm incompetent. They
didn't start to weaken and deteriorate
like this until 5 years ago.
This latest chip made me take a closer
look at my teeth and behind my front teeth
is a black buildup. It's less
pronounced, but also along the gum line of
most of my other teeth. What could this
be?
Could it be my toothpaste, "rembrandt for
canker sore suffers" which lacks sodium
lauryl sulfate (sls)? It doesn't bubble
up like normal toothpaste, but I have to
use it or I at all times have horribly
canker sores which plagued me my whole
life until switching to this toothpaste 3
or 4 years ago.
I'm on my way to the dentist in a couple
weeks but meanwhile these worries are
plaguing me.
