Resorption in a front tooth. Had it extracted and now there’s a fancy titanium drywall anchor grafted into my skull. A few weeks of healing and then I’ll have a false tooth bolted in.
Resorption in a front tooth. Had it extracted and now there’s a fancy titanium drywall anchor grafted into my skull. A few weeks of healing and then I’ll have a false tooth bolted in.
Resorption (sometimes? always?) happens for reasons unrelated to tooth brushing, plaque, tooth decay, etc. I had a tooth extracted a year ago to the day (yes, on Valentines day) that my dentist assured me was not due to decay and had nothing to do with how often I brushed my teeth.
COVID can do it. Physical trauma can do it. And it can happen idiopathically.
To be clear, it’s sound advice to brush your teeth regularly. But you won’t necessarily prevent what happened to OP’s tooth (or mine) by brushing, flossing, or any other particular oral hygeine regimen.
I gotta figure out how to use that word as an insult.
fwiw I’ve found it’s also important to have regular checkups. A couple years back I had to skip several dental checkups and I thought I’d be OK bc I flossed and brushed regularly but turns out I was missing a spot and by the time I was able to get a checkup again it was too late and I needed all kinds of work done on this one tooth.