my teeth are crumbling away by The day

[fochs]

I'm living a real life nightmare. For the last 3 years I've had toothache almost every single day of my life. Slowly and steadily over the 3 years, bit by bit, my teeth have broken and cracked and fallen out and I've lost 4 teeth and two halves so far. I cant lie and say I always looked after by teeth and I havnt been the best with brushing them everyday, especially when the toothache started as it was too painful and would then cause sever pain due to the holes being exposed for days so it would go a few days between brushing teeth for that reason alone. My biggest problem, for the last 6 years I've been addicted to crack and heroin. I've heard rumours that ctack aoftens your teeth and that's why its happening to me. Is this true? I know your answer will be to visit the dentist and trust me, I would if I could but I just can't afford it. I work, and there is no benefits or help out there that can so anything for me to be able to afford it with my "lifestyle". The biggest query... When my tooth does fall out, every si gle time, its clean white, shiny and hard on the outside but the INSIDE of the tooth is very soft and brown. I have mistaken it for chewed up food before as its so soft. Two teeth towards the front if my mouth have snapped in half (the front half is gone) and it revealed a soft area that was underneath and then the rear half is still strong, but not good in colour. I have huge holes all over the tops of my teeth at the front of my mouth. I can't smile I'm so embarrassed but I just don't know what to do. Can toy tell me what's happening tk me and tell me what sort of treatment I looking at and how much this is going to set me back. I have dreams every night and wake up crying because I've lost all my teeth in them, I'm literally living my nightmare.

[Kiddgivenchy]

Okay well I think I can be of some help since I am a dental hygienist. The first problem I see is that you have a lot of cavities which are soft areas of decay(bacteria) all over your mouth. And seeing that you say you don't brush often and haven't had a good professional cleaning I would highly say you have severe gum disease because you have lost a lot of teeth. The only way you lose teeth like that is when your bone in your mouth has been minimized due to your drug addiction habits and basically not brushing, flossing, rinsing with mouth rinse.. The first step is getting professional help for that because we as dental hygienists can treat you all day long forever but if you continue to do the same thing that started everything in the first place then our work is not being beneficial at all. Next I would suggest rinsing with a fluoride based mouth rinse to remineralize your decayed teeth. Your teeth are very sensitive because your enamel (white part) is being broken down and exposing your Dentin (yellow brown part) softer than enamel. If cost is a major issue and I know dentist offices are expensive, I would suggest going to a local university's that has a dental school because we see patients every week and cost is an issue for them. Dental school prices safe waaaaaay cheaper than at a private practice. Ask about being a test patient or case patient then most services are free under $50 and if you're just a regular patient its under $200 sometimes under $100. I think I have answered everything let me know if I can help some more.

[fochs]

I thought it would be important to add I am only 26 years old.. I havnt seen a dentist since I was 18 shen I still got it free, and ice always had fantastic strong healthy straight teeth ny whole life right up til that last appointment. I had a retainer when I was 8 for 6 months, and a good teeth clean every now and then. and that's all I've ever had done.