amorbella said:

That's a lot of money. I'm hoping to get all of mine sorted out for less than $1500.

You can get a crown here from around $75. If you need a root canal first I think it's about $90. I know an English guy who flies out here just to get his teeth done. He also gets facelifts and stuff while he's here too. Dude's 50+ and he looks about 40, all for a couple of grand. Still, I'm struggling to come up with just the $1500, or rather, struggling to justify it.

i have the Madonna gap and one of my bottom incisocrs is crowded back. i perfected smiling so i only show my top row of teeth years ago.

I am 33 and have got great teeth, never lost one have all 32, infact bottom wisdom teeth are still partially erupted. One of my top wisdoms has a huge hole and needs extraction, but rest are white and shiny. And yes I come from a family and genetic background known for bad dental health (English/Irish/Polynesian)

Fauxie said:

i so have to ring the dentist tomorrow....

i still havent

dentist used to tell me i had great teeth, but shocking gums

if i keep grinding them, i wont have any left...well in the case of a couple- nearly worn down to the gums

Fauxie said:

You might want to go to the dentist as you might have some nerve damage to that tooth.

I am one of those lucky colgate-kids who (touch wood) hasn't had to have any dental work in my 37 years apart from having my wisdom teeth out. Although I have noticed lately that my teeth aren't a white as they are, but that comes from having been a smoker on and off for 26 years - I want to get them whitened on my next checkup but have heard that whitened can sometimes cause damage to your teeth so I don't know if I will do it or not.

I always had unusual teeth. I have natural fangs, my canine teeth had to be filed down, about 1/2 of each tooth had to be filed away since they hung out of my mouth. My bottom canines were filed down as well. The dentists were also surprised my secondary teeth are very wide, just as wide as the primaries (the middle ones). People always think I wear dentures or have fake teeth because of my weird smile. Oh well.

I thought I had imperfect teeth because I don't have that Janet Jackson perfectly straight 10 million megawatt 52 teeth kinda smile. They aren't perfectly aligned and hardly straight, although my beau tells me he loves to see me laugh and smile.

Come to find out from the health insurance agent that just left my office, the written report from my dentist says my 38 year old teeth are pristine like a healthy baby horse with nary a need for filling, bridge, crown, implant, or otherwise. I was shocked as hell because I thought for sure I would need a filling or a tooth pull or something. Come to find out, during my examination last week he just kept saying, "this looks good, this looks very good...!" So I'm pretty much at the point of, forget about the aesthetics, I have confirmation that if I continue the way I am my teeth will be strong and healthy into old age and I won't have to go into the dentist chair any time soon. That's most important to me. It's a weird to think that there would have to be foreign matter in my mouth just to be able to chew my food or make myself look presentable to others...

Ottensen said:

I feel the same way, I love my "fanged" smile.... now.

Close to perfect but not quite.

But they are really white though!

JustErin said:

Fantastic!

Does this mean that if I crack a joke that you think is funny at the bar, you're gong to laugh sort of like a monkey that puckers it's mouth to conceal your teeth thereby looking like one of those people's whose faces are immobile and sort of creep everybody out at the table?

I hate my gaps!

veronikka said:

Me, too. I tried to get them fixed and this incompetent dentist made them WORSE!

NuPwr319 said:

oh great! they can get worse!

Imago said:

Fauxie said:

what?

Imago said:

But seriously, my most extreme reaction to one of your jokes would be like this...

But inside I might be or or possibly

I have nice, straight teeth that are pretty white (never drink coffee or tea, or smoke). Not super-brite (because I've never bleached/whitened them), but the enamel on my front four teeth on top has worn off AND I grind my teeth. I have worn a night guard for about 5 years, but the very bottom tips of my front teeth have chipped off due to the combination of no enamel and grinding. I am very, very self-conscious about it, even though most people probably don't notice. My dentist painted/bonded them last summer and they looked awesome, but after about 4 months that chipped off and I was back to snaggle-teeth.

We don't want to do verneers because they are too expensive for my budget ($1400/tooth), and if they crack/break you have to get the entire thing replaced. I went for check-up about a month ago and we are requesting an estimate from my insurance to see how much of a more permanent bond would be covered. I'm afraid it's going to be too much, though.

I have had fillings in 7 molars and one crown in the other since undergrad, but since then I have maintained (no more cavaties or filling replacements). I never had bottom wisdom teeth and my top two were impacted. One came in, but it's not doing any harm so we are leaving it alone. The other one is still impacted.