Dental care, Help I have horrible teeth
I am seventeen right now and I have very horrible teeth. When I was younger I have to admit I did not have good oral hygiene. I was really bad at taking care of them but I am paying for that now. My teeth are very yellow and I even have some brown spots. They also are a little crooked that I would think braces should fix.
My mom will not do anything for my teeth beside fix a cavity and that is only if she has too. I can not really blame her because I had very bad baby teeth and she told me that I needed to start taking care of my teeth or she would not have them fixed. I was just a kid so I did not care back then. My parents paid out alot of money for my teeth care and now will not put any more money towards my teeth unless I am in very bad pain.
What can I do since I can not go to the dentist on my own? I hate my teeth and I hate to smile or laugh in frount of anyone. Please help I have total changed my ways and do take good care of my teeth but I feel without seeing a dentist, I am just too late to think brushing going help me now.
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Thursday, Aug. 12th 2010 3:34 PM at 3:34 pm
Do you have a part time job? If so just ask your mom to take you to the dentist and that you would pay for the dental work or pay her back.
I think that they still need to take care of your oral health but that may be one way of getting them to at least let you see the dentist.
Thursday, Aug. 12th 2010 3:56 PM at 3:56 pm
Wow sounds tough. Are you sure that if you talk things over with your parents that they would still not take you to see the dentist?
Parents get up set when their children do not listen and then in the end still have the problems they warned them about. But that does not mean they will not help you when you need help.
I think you only need to let them know how you feel and that you have learn your lesson. Even offer to help pay for the dental work so that they know you are serious this time.
Monday, Aug. 16th 2010 10:28 AM at 10:28 am
Well brushing two to three times a day and flossing every day will be a start. Then try to whiten them a little by getting whiten strips.
At least whatever you can afford to do on your own until you are 18 then you can see a dentist without your parents.