“The
tooth is the only human body part that can not repair itself.”
One
of the most traumatic event of my life when I had visited to the
dentist two years ago and after seeing my tooth condition using
little torch and tools, he awkwardly said -
Oh
no! Seems your tooth fractured. How many days are you suffering from
pain and light bleeding?
With
half opened mouth as I have never heard this term tooth fracture I
replied in grim - “two weeks”
We
will have to do X-ray? Doctor said in confused look
Even
he made me confuse too. Anyways I said- ok please go ahead.
Tooth
fracture?? hilarious...This is what my friend said and then turned
back to laugh more.
After
10 minutes my condition became worst when Dr. Mishra elaborated that this is the
deciduous tooth which has not broken yet and now its getting about serious infection in upper jaw. Just because of that baby tooth, the
original tooth had grown beside and it did not get much space in the
front position to get settled with others, so you have two infected teeth one on top
of other.
What??
Baby tooth..LOL you are such a drama. You have not done proper
brushing in childhood I am sure. Laughter was echoed in silence until my idiotic roomy realized she is siting inside the
dentist clinic.
Doctor
gave me few medicines for a week and advised to get extracted this
tooth after recovery from pain.
Being
apathetic I realized how stupid I was who thought it is lucky charm
tooth who made my smile centered and now it is the time to say good
bye to my charming tooth which were jointed to another tooth beside
this.
Sincerely,
I feel like break up of this lovely pair.
Finally
the day had come when I said good bye to that deciduous tooth. Another
day I realized how weird I look with a space after the removal of
baby lateral incisor and the original tooth was so behind to its
position where it supposed to grown up.
That
time I decided to visit some M.D or specialist who atleast would not
scare me saying a tooth fracture in a first look.
Okay!
So he advised me either to get a temporary plate which will take
another two years to push that teeth to its position or to choose
treatment of braces which will add on to remove the space between
every teeth.
I
pretty much spent the entire time feeling like I was in one of the
those “alien abduction” recreations and solely they were working
with mouth probe instead of anal probe. There I was, all numb on
green tough couch, staring up at the dentist and his assistant who
were wearing 3M masks, 2 instruments each, bright lights, hammers,
water, drills, and only I can hear scary grinding sound while doctor
was fixing braces.
It
was so painful I had ever imagined. My mouth hurt like a sumbitch for
about a week. All I could eat was mush cereal, gruel or porridge,
boiled potatoes and sort of liquid food only.
Gradually,
I got over from pain and accustomed to smile with braces. I have been
advised to eat healthy food and skipping it once meant I would have to file a crime.
It
is indeed more painful to see your friends teasing you while eating
pizza and burgers in front of you when they know you can not even
imagine to have a single bite. I could not eat spicy, solid food and
my favorite pizza for almost 10 months.
Although
doctor had advised me to keep braces for some more time but as I could
sense my whole upper jaw was mushing inside which need not be and the
problem of lateral incisor seemed to be settled in its original
position. The pain was unbearable in upper jaw and also I did not
want my whole jaw got pushed within mouth. Hence, we decided to cut those braces.
After 11 months of unsmiling
days, despair silence and unusual fake smiles I have got my smile back
which looked better than before. I got temporary plate to wear for
next 6 months which was necessary to get this treatment capitally integrated.
Getting
positive results after spending so much quality time and money is
really worthy for lifetime.
Like
you, I also thought it would be the end of my tooth pain but no dear
friends this story does not end here. Even after it was strictly
recommended me to brush two times in a day, once I wake up and before
I go to sleep, I did not cared much and had used
mouthwash for two months or so which later results a nasty mouth
odor.
Few
weeks passed, I saw little bleeding in gums while brushing and that
was the time I felt myself as an animal who has committed some sting
bites in her earlier lives and suffering in this life with such sort
of mouth pain.
I
rushed to the same doctor again, discussed my problem and he politely
said-
“I
know dear you are pretty happy with your smile these days but my friend, teeth are equally the crucial portion of our body like heart
and brain. It also needs attentiveness, care, precautions and needs
its food on time means proper brushing. You were not doing that as I
had advised you so now, here is a initial sign of “Pyorrhea” which does
not occur in healthy gums”
I
was amazedly listening the doctor and murmured in mind how submissive
these dentists are, really? Anyways, I took that advise seriously and the
problem of bleeding in gums was cured not with medicines but by using proper
brushing, gargling and mouthwash. I eat
healthy food and fruits.
(Eating oranges is also effective in the cure
of pyorrhea.)
Dear friends,
The moral of the story is -
Deciduous teeth should be taken care in childhood.
If you want to save your money
and most of all do not want to face such nosogenic conditions I had
faced, care your teeth like you care for your skin.
Many times we
spent lot of money in buying branded clothes, accessories, shoes or
many skinny creams but we forget to care our health.
Always
remember, Never neglect warning signs when your body responds unassertive.
Consult
the physician immediately!!!
Oh yeah! After such traumatic drama, here is my braces free ColgateSmile . Say cheeseeee and keep smiling friends !!!
//Jasmeet
