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Jaz, Jade wants to know how you cracked your tooth?

Jelly, what does descaling teeth involve? I've not heard the term before.

We just call it a cleaning. Usually get it done every 6 months, if you go regularly.

Does your dentists office have more than 1 hygienist? Maybe you can request a specific one. Ours has 2.

i'm not good with the floss, i have a couple of places that i MUST floss daily because there are gaps between my teeth (British teeth rolleyes )and food gets trapped between them, but tartare builds up between my teeth quickly regardless of how well i scrub and poke, according to the hygienist both me and my Mum have a lot of calcium in our saliva and this causes build up to happen faster.

i used to go regularly, every 4 months at one point, but they stopped sending out reminder cards and that was it for me! a couple of years went by before i thought about it again and i've just continually put it off ever since.

i know i'm just being a wuss about it, and any discomfort has gone by the next day, but my gums always bleed you know, every time i clean my teeth, they'll stop for maybe 2 days after a dentist clean, then start up again.
but they're not sore or swollen or anything like that, they've just always bled when i clean my teeth*shrugs*
there is only one hygienist though, and the worst thing about it is when the dentist used to clean my teeth himself, he had the little whizzy electronic device, so when the hygienist started doing them and hauled out the hammer and chisel i could almost feel my teeth trying to hide gonk

maybe she's just a sadistic meanie evil

really i just need to give myself a big kick up the backside, i never get regular check-ups for anything!
i've had these glasses since 20th July 1999 redface so i'm LONG overdue for a visit to the optitians too rolleyes

suppose i should be grateful that i haven't had any problems that have forced me to go to these places really, i must have pretty strong teeth if they put up with the amount of neglect that they get from me! my wisdom tooth hasn't bothered me for a couple of years now, though it has hunched down now so it's at a 45 degree angle and it trying its hardest to shove all my lower teeth on the left side of my jaw out of my mouth! my lower canines have always been slightly twisted, but the lefthand one has been pushed forward by another millimetre or so by my bolshy wisdom tooth.

but i'd rather put up with that than go and get the horrible thing dug out!

i have no wish for the first dental work i ever have done to be a wisdom extraction! i am proud of the fact that i have no fillings in my teeth, my Mum and my sister both have numerous fillings, i think it's all down to my Mum not giving me sweets as a child, my sister eat sweets and chocolate by the cart load, and got her first tooth filled when she was 8!

I've had 7 fillings in my life, but 5 were on baby teeth. I inherited my mom's soft teeth (the dentist can sometimes chip pieces off with his tools) and so even though my sister neglects her teeth and sometimes doesn't brush for days gonk she's never had a cavity!

The hygienist loves my teeth though because they're straight and healthy (I've only had one small cavity since childhood and it was due to a small dent between my front teeth which I've always had and which I guess finally got enough stuff trapped in there to start eroding) and when she sees my name on the list for the day she cheers because my mouth is heaven compared to most mouths she says she has to work on!

Yikes!!!! gonk You'd think they'd do all the repairwork for free then since it was their fault!

I know if it were me, I would change dentists and get it done right, rather than risk getting another "whoopsie".

Yes, definitely get them looked at! Pretty much anything can get repaired, and it's amazing what they can do (from watching shows like Extreme Makeover.) It must be costly, but to me, worth it!