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Dear Dr. Hall,<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been going to the same dentist for three years. I started on the path of veneers in November 2019 and I\u2019ve been miserable since then. My teeth weren\u2019t that bad, one shorter than the other in front, chipped here and there, and not a pretty white anymore. My dentist ground my eight front top teeth down to little dark yellow nubs. I wore temps for two weeks then got my permanent veneers done.<\/p>\n
Every week since then I\u2019ve had one or more teeth pop off. I call and they get me right in and glue my tooth\/teeth back on. She knows I grind and I\u2019ve been wearing a nightguard since I\u2019ve had my veneers. She said she doesn\u2019t know why they keep coming off and keeps blaming me for grinding. She also told me I needed the veneers because all my teeth were getting cracks from the grinding and I needed to protect them by wearing veneers. Some of the veneers have like a ledge on the backside and those are often the ones that pop off.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m beginning to know when one is getting ready to come off because my breath starts to smell horribly and when the veneer pops off, omgosh it stinks! On Christmas with all my family here I had three teeth missing in the front. I was so embarrassed. In March I went to DC with my 10-year-old’s class and had to carry super glue around because one tooth kept popping out.<\/p>\n
Last week she told me to come in and she wants to try something different. I\u2019m beginning to think I\u2019m being her guinea pig and in my humiliation and expense. I cry every day when I look at myself and don\u2019t want to go out for fear a tooth is going to pop out. Are dark yellow little nubs normal? Is it normal to grind them down so little? She told me they\u2019d last 20 years. Are they going to keep falling out for 20 more years?<\/p>\n
Yesterday two veneers fell off just while eating a banana! I cried off and on all day! We spent so much money already and I don\u2019t know what my options are. Can my teeth be fixed? Can I still wear veneers or am I going to have to get all my teeth removed and get dentures? We\u2019re a military family and moving out of Texas in one month. I\u2019m scared I\u2019ll be moving toothless and another dentist won\u2019t even touch me and my gosh I can\u2019t imagine how much more fixing my teeth is going to cost. We can\u2019t afford this. I don\u2019t know what to do, is there anything I can do?<\/p>\n
Another question. She has me take an Ativan pill the night before my appointment, then one right before I go in. I have to bring in the other two pills that came with the prescription and she gives me them while I\u2019m being worked on as well as having nitrous. I don\u2019t remember anything while I\u2019m there and don\u2019t even remember leaving her office. My husband tells me I\u2019m out of it for the rest of that day and the next day as well. Is this normal?<\/p>\n
– Dorianne from Texas<\/p>\n
(See Dr. Hall’s answer below.)<\/p>\n