Why do post-90s people generally have rotten teeth?

Only by trying to beat you is the greatest respect for you. Regret or effort, which is more painful? That's how it started.

2017.10.14 posted such a status in the circle of friends. Yes, I wore braces, as announced to the world. This is a brave decision I made myself.

After all, it will take two years. After all, the job is to communicate with people in foreign business, so this decision is still very difficult and important.

After walking for half a year, the biggest feeling is that it's not that difficult. Do it. I'm glad I did it.

Event time backtracking

20 17.8.27 Go to the hospital, communicate with the doctor, determine the needs, make a film, make a plan and pay the fee.

The dental situation is probably nagging: permanent dentition, distal relationship of bilateral molars, moderate crowding of upper dentition, severe crowding of lower dentition, and normal compound coverage of front teeth. 17 positive locking, 27 residual roots, the midline of the upper teeth is left, and the upper and lower front teeth are vertical.

During the period of 2017.9-2017.10, I went to the hospital every Saturday for four weeks, with a total of 7 fillings and 4 extractions.

Standard expression: 13. 18.24.25.48 Dental caries, 37.46 secondary caries. Pull out the residual roots of 14, 34, 44, 27. 18,48 impacted, pulpitis.

(Let me talk about the feeling of tooth extraction first. Personally, I feel that tooth extraction is fast and accurate. I had to pull out four teeth that day. I was afraid. Fortunately, the nurse was super gentle and comforted me in advance. Secondly, my roots are disappointing. I am straight and have no barbs, which is very labor-saving for doctors. After an injection of anesthetic, the clamp was so tight that 10s could not feel a tooth coming out. I forgot to mention that my dentin is actually a little calcium deficient, so the process of tooth extraction will not be particularly laborious, but calcium deficiency in teeth is not good. The doctor reminded me to take more calcium and use proper toothpaste. The second tooth extraction was wisdom teeth. In retrospect, I was quite brave. My best friend said to accompany me. Then she had something to do, so I went by myself. I was so scared that she kept asking me if I was okay. At that time, I pulled out two right wisdom teeth. In fact, the lower wisdom tooth has only grown by half, but it has been decayed and occasionally becomes inflamed. The upper wisdom teeth were healthy and grew out, but it affected the wearing of braces, so I pulled them out together. The project of extracting wisdom teeth is several times more time, tools and expenses than that of extracting ordinary teeth. Before the operation, the doctor warned me that it would take about an hour. God, I thought it took me less than 15 minutes to pull out four teeth last time, and I was scared for the first time. The extraction of wisdom teeth must be photographed, because doctors need to look at the roots to determine the tooth cutting plan. After reading my dental film, the doctor told me that the root of my upper wisdom tooth is close to the nasal cavity. Remember not to suck your nose hard after tooth extraction, otherwise it may pass, and drinking water may flow out of your nose, which is my second shock; Secondly, doctors prepare many tools. After all, wisdom teeth are not long and need to be cut. Secondly, wisdom teeth are deeply rooted. Many wisdom teeth can't be pulled out by clamping. It is usually broken with a hammer and then pulled out. I couldn't see the tools because I was masked in the process. In retrospect, it was quite good, or even more frightening. The whole process can only feel the vibration of the doctor's knocking and pulling, and my little heart jumps with it, holding my hand tightly. Finally, it lasted for 30min minutes. I asked the doctor curiously, and he said it would take at least an hour. The doctor smiled, saying more is better than saying less, so as not to worry more about why it's not over yet. It seems that doctors know more about mental games. Then take the bill to the first floor to pay for medicine, and take a selfie in the elevator with great care, teasing your face.

Precautions after tooth extraction are also nagging:

Eat popsicle: After tooth extraction, the nurse will tell you that you can eat popsicle ice cream to constrict blood vessels, relieve pain and stop bleeding. Personal tests are very effective. After tooth extraction, the anesthesia will subside for about a minute and a half, and you will feel slight pain at the root of the tooth. It seems that eating six popsicles intermittently that afternoon and night will have the effect of relieving pain. My pain is not particularly obvious. I only remember waking up suddenly in the middle of the night and feeling pain, so I took a piece of ibuprofen prescribed by the doctor and fell asleep. Painkillers work wonders.

Towel application: ordinary teeth can be ignored, wisdom teeth only need to be pulled out. After the wisdom teeth are pulled out, the nurse not only asks you to eat ice cream within 24 hours, but also emphasizes that you should apply a hot towel to remove blood after 24 hours to eliminate bruises. Wisdom teeth are easy to be bruised because of cutting gum meat and deep extraction, which leads to more bleeding. I just didn't pay attention at the time and didn't understand why I had to apply a towel. I didn't pay attention at that time. After two days, the face where wisdom teeth were located was obviously bruised. At that time, I wanted to say that I didn't run into it. What happened? Therefore, the whole bruise will take at least 3 days to slowly fade away.

Brush your teeth: Don't brush your teeth within 24 hours after tooth extraction, simply rinse your mouth. There will be blood at the tooth extraction position, so don't deliberately remove it. The wound will almost heal in 1 week, and the blood will fall. Brush your teeth as gently as possible this week.

Dressing: In fact, the blood loss after tooth extraction is particularly weak, and the resistance is also reduced. Therefore, it is recommended to bring more clothes on the day of tooth extraction, whether it is the air conditioner in the hospital or on the way home, so as to put them on in time. Remember that a cold and fever after tooth extraction must be extremely uncomfortable and double torture for the whole person.

Selection of dental floss for tooth extraction and suture: I am not a professional and only talk about feelings. There are two kinds of suture floss. The first kind is common dental floss, which needs to be removed in the hospital a few days after tooth extraction. The second type is absorbable dental floss, which will be automatically absorbed by the human body. Generally speaking, the second kind seems to avoid secondary trauma to the oral cavity. When pulling out an ordinary tooth, one tooth was sewn with ordinary dental floss. The doctor asked me about the extraction of wisdom teeth, and I curiously tried absorbable dental floss. However, as far as wound healing effect is concerned, I personally prefer ordinary dental floss. After I pulled out my teeth, I went to pull out the thread for a few days. It was painless and there was no foreign body. Personally, I think absorbable dental floss is too slow to be absorbed for two weeks, and there will be blood around dental floss, which is even more difficult to handle.

After three months of piecemeal filling and tooth extraction, I finally got braces on 10. 14. The doctor patiently taught me how to make braces, and it was really simple to operate them by myself.

Let's talk about the overall feeling after wearing braces, and then look at the course of treatment in stages:

Cann't bite: it's normal, especially every time I change my braces every month, my roots are too soft to understand my teeth, and my upper and lower teeth hurt when I touch them. However, this kind of abnormal uncomfortable time is usually only one or two days, and then I can bear it normally. I absolutely don't want to eat any porridge, noodles, coarse grains or rice except hard ones. Because of wearing invisible braces, my diet is normal. I can also slowly taste the side stove, barbecue and western food. Really slowly taste, often laughed at by colleagues. I eat a piece of meat, and they all eat more than three pieces, which greatly slows down the eating speed.

Brush your teeth, rinse your mouth and spray your teeth: My cleaning after meals on rest days is to brush your teeth. It is also good to try to form good habits, but it is true to stick to it. Wearing braces for half a year, I like to eat snacks and occasionally brush my teeth lazily; I am also a working dog. I usually eat in the company every Friday morning and afternoon. Then cleaning after meals is a big problem, but I think it's embarrassing to brush my teeth in public, so I simplify it to flossing+tooth washer+mouthwash. Here I will focus on the tooth sprayer I use, which is quite convenient. There are three gears to choose from, which are compact and easy to carry. The plane is ok, too. It can be used for about a month at a time.

Oral wax protection: in fact, I am a person who is particularly prone to oral ulcers, but it is not long after wearing braces. Some people report that wearing steel teeth is easy to be worn out, blistered, oral ulcers, congestion and so on. Fortunately, this rarely happens in invisible braces. It is recommended that friends with steel braces use protective wax if they are cut or feel uncomfortable. This is really convenient. It can be used very frequently at first, and the phenomenon of cutting lips is basically like this. Chatting with my colleague, she said that she used to wear braces, and the doctor in the small clinic didn't tell her there was protective wax. If she feels uncomfortable, let her bear it and get used to it. Very painful.

Treatment of braces half a month ago: rubber bands need to be worn at this stage. Of course, everyone has different teeth and different plans. My upper right tooth is a little protruding. The doctor asked me to hook it with a rubber band every day, and hook it on the upper right tiger tooth and the lower right No.3 No.6 tooth to form a triangular tension. At the same time, the left tooth is hooked in the same position with triangular tension to maintain balance and change the rubber band every day.

Effect: After one and a half months, the upper right tiger tooth was really pulled in. The effect of this process is really witnessed, and the feeling is really remarkable.

Effect: I have to say that this stage is really slow. My No.3 tooth in the second row is really stubborn, and there is no obvious change.

The third month of braces treatment: because there was no obvious change in the second month of treatment, after communicating with the doctor, the doctor added a fixed rubber band to the third and fifth teeth in the left and right lower rows to increase the tension.

Results: After one month, the No.3 tooth slowly moved to the vacant position of No.4 tooth, and the gap was about 1/3. Slowly, the doctor said that the teeth should follow their own progress, which should be overkill.

The fourth month of braces treatment: the fixed rubber bands of No.3 and No.5 teeth are still being replaced.

Results: The left and right third teeth moved slowly, and the gap between the fourth teeth was only 1/3. At the same time, slowly open the lower row of 1.2 teeth a little.

The fifth month of braces treatment:

Feeling: This stage is still in progress. It is really difficult to hang a small rubber band every day, and it will take a long time, because the rubber band is really too small;

To be continued-