tooth and gum decay

I've struggled with dental pain since my teens (I'm now 27). Recently, I phoned my local dentist to see if they were taking on NHS patients. They were not. I also have really bad sensory difficulties surrounding dental appointments. My life is hard enough without having to deal with recurring excurciating pain. Any tips for distractions, soothing techniques, meds? Thank you.

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  • i never had this problem as i have the same dentist as what i had when i was a kid as my parents got me nhs dentist ages ago and kept up my appointments with them so im still registered at my dentist ive been at since i was like....4 or 5 or something

  • Apparently some of us have more porous or susceptible  enamel  than others.

  • i think it might depend on diet.

    if you eat apples that is very acidic and will erode any enamel pretty fast... same as if your a constant daily drinker of lots of fizzy drinks too.

    and also my mum was wearing away her enamel and the dentist said the cause was that she was brushing her teeth too hard, so if you brush too hard that will wipe your enamel out.

  • tbh britain and british people have a stereotype that our teeth are bad and wonky and brown...

    there could be a vitamin d thing in that because britain is cloudy and has no sun so people of britain would lack vitamin d naturally more than anywhere else on the planet, thus the lowest natural vitamin d place such as britain rightly earns its stereotype of having bad teeth, it could be due to the lack of natural vitamin d due to our climate.

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  • tbh britain and british people have a stereotype that our teeth are bad and wonky and brown...

    there could be a vitamin d thing in that because britain is cloudy and has no sun so people of britain would lack vitamin d naturally more than anywhere else on the planet, thus the lowest natural vitamin d place such as britain rightly earns its stereotype of having bad teeth, it could be due to the lack of natural vitamin d due to our climate.

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