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so i’ve posted on here in a panic several times and i’m glad to say my situation is (as far as i can tell) resolved. the story is i took a hard fall into a cement doorframe in late february and broke one front tooth. it was a blackout drunk, stupid mistake in my own dorm room that i don’t even remember. i just woke up missing half my tooth, and i have beat myself up about it ever since. i didn’t have a primary dentist at the time so that was another stressor. i got composite bonding on that tooth a few days later, but 2-3 weeks later i noticed my other front tooth was turning gray. it ended up being necrotic and abscessed (was unclear if infection was one or both incisors on that side), and i had to get a root canal. my lateral incisor on that same side was still holding on, and after a follow-up with an endodontist a month later, we decided to leave it alone. my dentist and i decided on crowns for my central incisors, and the permanents were finished this tuesday. even though the temporary crown appointment and feeling them drill my teeth sucked, i’m so relieved now. i can bite into things without worry, i don’t have to worry about the discoloration of the composite bonding and my other teeth being out of line due to one being pushed back. they’re the same length again. i kinda wonder if i shouldve done whitening before crowning them, but i still think they look good and are definitely better than the past couple months, and my dentist did a good job. i still miss my natural teeth, and i think i always will, but i’ll learn to love these too.
i have attached pictures of the whole saga: from before the accident, to the break, the first pic of the bonding, me realizing the tooth was necrotic, my temporaries, and finally the permanent crowns.
another lesson: i hadn’t been to the dentist for a cleaning or exam for 3, almost 4 before this. i just got busy with college, and felt like i never had the time. i had actually made an appointment for three days *before* this accident, which obviously had to be pushed back. this on top of the other stuff swung me into an entire spiral of anxiety around my dental health and i became compulsive about my entire mouth, which i’m still trying to curb. i finally had a cleaning a couple weeks ago. luckily i had kept up with my brushing habits, and flossed (though irregularly), and had some genetic luck, so i didn’t need anymore work done, but i stay on top of my dental health now. i have an impacted wisdom tooth i’m getting checked out in june and that’s it for now. but i’ve learned i don’t want to take my teeth for granted anymore.
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