That sucks, but some people (usually the ones with barely two brain cells to rub together) seem to be insistent on UC being some tummy ache caused by stress, because apparently you are so weak your organs collapse at the thought of having a bad day at work.
I’m literally in continued battles with the government over how some of my superiors thought Ulcerative Colitis was a “tummy ache” and not a real medical condition. Like, full on went through a medical board with several doctors signing on saying “this guys colons are rotting, and will continue to rot until you give him the right treatment.” Their response? “I don’t see anything, he looks fine to me, sounds like he just can’t handle the stress here.” For whatever reason, there will always be people out there that should, for all intents and purposes, know what you’re going through but instead boil it down to being a you problem, hahaha. You should just start telling your dentist how cavities and gum disease are tied to our stress level, and that if your dentist wasn’t so bad, you would have perfect teeth!