Gum Disease (or not)?

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Gum Disease (or not)?

Post by Sakuya » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:36 am

Does anybody have this same experience as me where the gum at the bottom row of teeth turn pink. Not all pink, just the area lining the bottom teeth? :? Well, the pink part is weird, I don't feel any pain when I poke it. It's this wrong? Also when I was tooth-picking using a toothpick, I accidentally did it too hard and I think the gum broke off. -_-" I mean, here's the gum in between the 2 front bottom teeth: ^

It's triangle shaped like that. Well, I am missing a bit from the top part of that triangle and now it feels really weird. I wonder if I have some sort of gum disease? Periodontitus? But that's gum recession and that happens when your gums are red while mines are pink. :?: Anyone here who wants to be a doctor? ^^"

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Post by ParaKiss_Groupie » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:52 am

.....Have you considered, oh, I don't know, seeing a dentist, perhaps? It seems like one of those could help more than any of us could.
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Post by Sakuya » Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:51 pm

But there's no time. Plus, merely looking at my teeth might cost $100. :? My local doctor does not accept my medical insurance plan.

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Post by Tiff » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:09 pm

..Dude. go to another dentist.

-_- I mean, really. This isn't that complicated.

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Post by peachvampiress » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:07 pm

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But there's no time. Plus, merely looking at my teeth might cost $100. My local doctor does not accept my medical insurance plan.
@_@ I don't get it. How can there be no time for you to go to a dentist???

Thank God I live in Canada with it's free (though very abused) health care plan.
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Post by Artemis Lover » Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:42 pm

Aren't gums maybe kinda sorta I dunno SUPPOSED to be pink?
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Post by RoastedTwinkies » Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:58 pm

peachvampiress wrote:Sakuya
But there's no time. Plus, merely looking at my teeth might cost $100. My local doctor does not accept my medical insurance plan.
@_@ I don't get it. How can there be no time for you to go to a dentist???

Thank God I live in Canada with it's free (though very abused) health care plan.
Amen to that. I think free health care is better than privatized health care, even if there's people who will abuse it.

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Post by Sakuya » Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:46 pm

My gum seems to be back now. Or at least the hole disappeared. That's weird. I was sure I wasn't seeing things. o_o"

Honestly, I thought gums were supposed to be red, not pink. :oops: Must find dentist now. :(

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