Girlfriend and I just paid about $10k to fly out to Costa Rica to get her a full set of crowns. Easily would’ve been $40k to do it in the States. Another good looking option was to drive to Mexico.
I am planning a move to San Antonio, and the biggest determining factor for me has been proximity to Mexican dentists. I have fucked teeth. My bottom wisdom teeth came in laying down like battering rams and crushed the back 4 teeth on both sides, completely destroyed them. I had no dental insurance and no ability to pay out of pocket, so I just had to deal with the pain. My mom managed to find a dentist to prescribe me Vicodin while it was happening, but that was the extent of what we could get done. Since then, I’ve had several abscesses because of it, and had to have several removed. I still need a few removed and implants or something. I brush my fucking teeth, I don’t understand what the problems are. But I’ll be happy to be near to cheaper dentists.
The type of food you eat can determine your mouth’s bacteria biome, which none of us had any fucking way of knowing, other than pure chance.
Streptococcus Mutans trives on refined sugars that are available to us in modern times. They create a biofilm around your teeth that traps the bacteria itself, along with it’s acid byproducts.
They eventually wear down your enamel, and other bacteria start feeding on the softer dentin within. The acidic environment kills off the original Streptococcus Mutans bacteria.
Isn’t that why we brush our teeth, though? Like… What am I doing wrong? At this point I wish I could convince a dentist to pull all of my teeth, including the healthy ones, and give me dentures. I’m 34, and I don’t smile, I don’t eat out with friends, I don’t do anything that may show my teeth, because I’m missing a front tooth and I look like some cartoon hillbilly. I hate it so much.
Girlfriend and I just paid about $10k to fly out to Costa Rica to get her a full set of crowns. Easily would’ve been $40k to do it in the States. Another good looking option was to drive to Mexico.
I am planning a move to San Antonio, and the biggest determining factor for me has been proximity to Mexican dentists. I have fucked teeth. My bottom wisdom teeth came in laying down like battering rams and crushed the back 4 teeth on both sides, completely destroyed them. I had no dental insurance and no ability to pay out of pocket, so I just had to deal with the pain. My mom managed to find a dentist to prescribe me Vicodin while it was happening, but that was the extent of what we could get done. Since then, I’ve had several abscesses because of it, and had to have several removed. I still need a few removed and implants or something. I brush my fucking teeth, I don’t understand what the problems are. But I’ll be happy to be near to cheaper dentists.
The type of food you eat can determine your mouth’s bacteria biome, which none of us had any fucking way of knowing, other than pure chance.
Streptococcus Mutans trives on refined sugars that are available to us in modern times. They create a biofilm around your teeth that traps the bacteria itself, along with it’s acid byproducts.
They eventually wear down your enamel, and other bacteria start feeding on the softer dentin within. The acidic environment kills off the original Streptococcus Mutans bacteria.
Isn’t that why we brush our teeth, though? Like… What am I doing wrong? At this point I wish I could convince a dentist to pull all of my teeth, including the healthy ones, and give me dentures. I’m 34, and I don’t smile, I don’t eat out with friends, I don’t do anything that may show my teeth, because I’m missing a front tooth and I look like some cartoon hillbilly. I hate it so much.
You probably just won the bad teeth lottery. Other than that, coffee and other acidic foods also wear out teeth.