Hi, I got smacked in the face a few days
ago (I'll skip the details). It wasn't
hard enough to bruise, but my nose is
still a little sore, and my front teeth
were sore the first couple of days. Today
I noticed that my front two teeth can move
if I push and pull on them - only
slightly. They got a little sore again
when I noticed and played with them a bit
(just to see if they were in fact moving
and it wasn't my imagination - i didn't
wiggle them too much). I'm wondering if
this is something I need to worry about -
if I'm gonna lose my teeth - or if they
will tighten up and heal on their own if I
don't mess with them. I don't have dental
insurance and I'm pretty broke, so I don't
want to go to the dentist just for him/her
to tell me to leave alone and they'll heal
on it's own. Thanks for reading and I
appreciate your advice!
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 05-14-08 13:22pm
these will tighten up and heal on their
own---just leave them be
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prdent1
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Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 70
Posted: 05-14-08 15:29pm
Iam a dentist and on this cases if those
are your permanent teeth it is very
important to take an xray from the area
and more important if the teeth are
movable ,xray are to see if the nerve is
not smashed , those teeth need to be
temporarily fixed and vitality test need
to be perform so go to your dentist as
soon as you can
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prdent1
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Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 70
Posted: 05-14-08 15:31pm
tmddyan are u a dentist?
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talulinator
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Posted: 05-14-08 18:11pm
Hey thanks for your posts. If my nerve
was smashed (sounds brutal!), wouldn't it
hurt? It's a little sore, but honestly
that could just be my anxiety about it - I
tend to be that way. When I say I can't
afford the dentist, I mean like seriously
like I'd have to wait till next month and
then go to the dentist instead of pay
rent, and that would make me very
unhappy, especially if a dentist says my
teeth are fine, and then charges me $500.
What if I just wait to see if it changes?
I also have always clenched my teeth at
night and have TMJ pretty bad - can't that
also cause loose teeth? I feel like the
little wiggle is a familiar feeling I may
have ignored before and just forgot about.
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prdent1
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Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 70
Posted: 05-16-08 14:21pm
if the nerve was crushed you wouldn't feel
nothing because it die but later you will
have symptoms like bone loss ,tooth
discoloration,pain and with time tooth
loss I think if you go to your dentist and
ask only for an xrays of that tooth and no
more treatment you will be paying no more
than $30 and with this you can know what
is the status of that tooth ,if you do
nothing you can finish loosing the tooth
and is a front tooth ! people dont
understand that as soon you receive the
treatment it will cost less because if you
loose it you will be paying more for a
prosthesis.
get a check it is your health ,we pay for
other things like fast foods ,beauty salon
,carwashes,sometimes we bought things that
we never use, and we forgot that beeing
healthy is more important .....prevention
is the key of money saving
