Dentist...

[beckybooiloveu]

is anyone else scared of going to the dentist???
I'm usually fine with it... but im really scared to go now because of everything i have heard about purging stuffing up your teeth... doesnt that mean dentists can tell if someone has been/ does purge?

I havent been to the dentist for about a year and I am due for a visit/checkup... but im too scared to go... My dentist is a family friend... these family friends are the ppl that my family is closest to... we do everything together... if he figures out what i am doing... then he would tell my mum and probably his wife... I cant have them know that... and sooo... im too scared to go and have my checkup...

is it true he would be able to tell?

 

[BrokenForHim]

sorry to say this love..but yes they can tell...thats what happened with me...my dentist had to put this stuff over my teeth to try and stop the damage from getting worse...they didn't tell my mom though, I don't think they are allowed to...but I'm not sure what will happen if your parents are friends with them

 

[beckybooiloveu]

they are like family to us... so i think he would my parents definately... *sigh*

 

[Bamboo_Chicken]

You'll be ok sis . Maybe you should tell your parents what's going on before you go to the dentist?

 

[beckybooiloveu]

hehe... im just not going to the dentist!!! lol... and also... my parents know i "used" to... so if i did go... the damage could be from awhile ago right?

 

[Bamboo_Chicken]

You'll have to go to the dentist eventually Beautiful (hey! At least you're not getting wisdom teeth pulled like me in a few weeks :o). You're old enough now to make your own decisions though too - I'll be praying either way sis .

 

[beckybooiloveu]

yeh... im very glad im not getting my wisdom teeth puller out... *HUGS* does everyone have to get their wisdom teeth out *bec bites her nail in fright...* all my friends are having it done atm... well not all of them... lol... only 2... lol...
hehe... nah... i reckon i can work my way into avoiding the dentist... lol... although knowing Denis (my dentist) he'll probs grab me and have a look at my teeth wen we are over at their house on one of the many times we are!!! hmmm...

 

[freedomsong]

I know that you do not really know me as I am new to the forum, but the dentist can tell whether or not you have had an eating disorder...sorry. I have been to the dentist 5 times in the past year for problems with my teeth related to throwing up. Curently, I have weakened the enamel on my teeth so much that my tooth cracked. I am sure this is not of help, but maybe it answers your question.

 

[beckybooiloveu]

oh bother... how long does throwing up for your teeth to be damaged? does anyone know...
thanks freedom song for letting me know that!

 

[freedomsong]

oh bother... how long does throwing up for your teeth to be damaged? does anyone know...
thanks freedom song for letting me know that!

Umm. I think that it only took about 6 months to a year. Sorry... I know this does not help the situation and probably makes things worse. When my dentist first discovered it I was scared to death that I would have to tell someone. Hang in there.

 

[beckybooiloveu]

no need to be sorry... if i dodnt want to know i wouldnt have asked
thanks

 

[Eire_Frae]

hi,

you might be fine to go to the dentist, i guess it depends on your teeth for each person, i was terrified of going because i had bulimia for about a year and a half and had only been better a few months when i thought i should go (it had been 5 years!!) anyway the dentist said my teeth were in great shape so you may be the same too, guess it depends for each person but doesnt mean he will definitly know, mine didnt so hope your the same

 

[beckybooiloveu]

oh ok... thats good... thanks for telling me that

 

[Tiggie]

my teeth had been aching a LOT and I was convinced that the enamel was going so i relunctantly went to the dentist for a "check up" under the guise that i hadn't in a few years and thought i may have holes in them cos they were very sensitive. i've been pging since last may so i figured this had to be the reason.

anyway- she said they were fine and nothing wrong with them and that there were no holes. she didnt say a word about my enamel thinning etc etc so i figure they are ok, or at least she thinks they are. i still worry though because they still hurt despite changing toothpaste to the sensitive teeth kind.

anyway- good luck...

 

[beckybooiloveu]

hmm... ok thanks...
im terrified noiw... because my mum has made an appt for me at the end of April... and i really dont want to go... i know he may not notice anything... but the possibility that he could just scares me sooo much....

 

[Tiggie]

Try using a toothpaste with a higher flouride content than the regular kind. they usually go under the guise of "for sensitive teeth" like sensedyne or colgate has a sensitive teeth one too. just turn over the tube and look at the ingredients list where it'l tell you the fluoride content and you can compare it to others with less.

it all helps...

try getting the denstist to give youa fluoride treatment- it's gooey gel stuff in a mould that you bite into and rest your teeth in for about a couple minutes- it's supposed to strengthen your teeth and he shouldnt think twice about it cos my old dentish back in my home country used to do it as a matter of course for all his patients.

 

[the_box_of_giggles]

I have that flouride treatment thing done everytime i go.

 

[pockleberry]

Even if he is a family friend, try talking to him if he notices about it he might be able to be pursuaded to not say anything about it for a while until you figure out what you want to do. From experience though your parents will take it better if it comes from you than if it comes from him...

 

[beckybooiloveu]

hmmm... yeh... im hopeing he wont notice/ ill be able to get out of going at all...