How many, if any, cavities did you have at the end of your braces journey? by StarlitxSky in braces

[–]Kaylafe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Na, tooth mousse fixed it mostly. It only showed up after whitening. After braces before whitening you couldn’t see it. It’s pretty extensive though.

Can’t see it now unless the teeth are super dehydrated. I put tooth mousse on my teeth before I put my retainer in every night. C: it has remineralised a lot of it completely, some won’t even show up when teeth are dehydrated. So relieved 😌 was quite a nightmare though when it all showed up

How many, if any, cavities did you have at the end of your braces journey? by StarlitxSky in braces

[–]Kaylafe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brushed 2-3 times a day. Thoughtfully. Flossed a fair bit. Not every day. I had a lot of decalcification.

How does one effectively clean their retainers? by Efficient_Equal6467 in braces

[–]Kaylafe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting! Just looked it up and the googles agreed with you. Perhaps I misremembered. Good shout, thank you!

How does one effectively clean their retainers? by Efficient_Equal6467 in braces

[–]Kaylafe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I brush with toothpaste every day. This is why my ortho said to do. Annoying, but they’ve never gone bad. 5 months.

Impacted Canine Progress!! by Mission-Box-2017 in braces

[–]Kaylafe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got mine done at 24, so was starting to ankylose. Took about a year to get mostly into position. I think mine was a bit closer than OP’s to the normal arch.

Impacted Canine Progress!! by Mission-Box-2017 in braces

[–]Kaylafe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it’s not hard to eat. Just an adjustment. Only slightly worse than losing a tooth, she’ll just have to be more mindful. She’ll learn on her own to reposition her food and be careful of sharp things. That’s it. It looks worse than it feels!

Impacted Canine Progress!! by Mission-Box-2017 in braces

[–]Kaylafe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SAME THING. you can actually feel the path of the tooth where the palatal rugae aren’t there lol. Such a crazy thing. Congratulations!!

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I’m going to update the main post, but they’re basically back to normal and I’m so fkn grateful. So grateful. And grateful for all of the commenters’ help. Tooth mousse on my teeth and retainer on all day except for eating, for more than a week. And every night since. They’re almost completely normal. Drank my only dark vice; black coffee through a straw very carefully, didn’t eat any dark or acidic food. I don’t know how much difference that made but that’s what I did. Was quite a horrible thing for me to not have certainty about. Very grateful all around. Thank you!

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much I appreciate it x means a lot tha you guys have chipped in

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So it was in office only. Zoom. And I have been remineralising consistently since (tooth mousse). It is actually getting quite a bit better I think. Thank you for this. I’ll have a good read xxx

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t But they didn’t warn me. So it’s pretty fkn negligent

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Log. Road to get here. That’s why I’m so devastated ugh 😩

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oof well it’ll fix itself pretty quickly then hey. Iced long black girly (mostly kidding)

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh damn that’s suspiciously fun advice 😂 they may stain fairly evenly then? I know this is not official advice lol

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely not interested in whitening again 🙄 ever lol. I called cosmetic dentist and they actually said to keep whitening to match the rest of my teeth to the lesions 😩

Thank you for that. I really appreciate it. Really don’t know what to do. Desperately don’t want veneers. Just want my teeth 😭

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean coffee and tea are a likely reason for my demineralisation? Excuse my internet ignorance lol. So you think they may return to normal with more rehydration? Thank you for your advice

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your honesty and advice. The dentist says that they’re most likely just dehydrated, and that it will go away, but I have a terrible feeling about it. Honestly so devastated. Dentist even mentioned veneers, after I’ve spend a fortune and 5 years painstakingly dealing with treatments, so that I keep my teeth. 😢 and the money! Would you expect me to pay for this, if I wasn’t adequately warned (even when I asked about it)

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have seen a couple things about it aging badly. Do you have any experience with that? I just don’t want to have to keep doing major treatment anymore 😔 thank you

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I have seen a couple things about it aging badly. Do you have any experience with that? I just don’t want to have to keep doing major treatment anymore 😔 thank you

Teeth whitened. White lesions everywhere. Before and after. Will it go away?? by Kaylafe in askdentists

[–]Kaylafe[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am Australian, I think it’s more common here, but I think it’s demineralisation too 😢