Help me smile again..
I am a 19 year old girl with type 1 diabetes, which is a struggle in itself but for the last couple years I have been in so much pain with my teeth. I have had surgery twice, which has not worked on both occassions and caused me to end up in hospital 4 times in 2015 and again 3 times in 2016 with DKA (diabetic ketone-acidosis), which is potentially fatal. I also have temporomandibular joint syndrome making it hard to eat with a painful jaw and where I grind my teeth in my sleep, it makes my jaw click quite often. I can't open my mouth for along time, otherwise it aches and becomes very sore. My teeth crumble and fall out so easily that I only have 8 out of 16 teeth on my top set. I've lost my front teeth already and now I have a couple of temporary replacements, but nothing long term. I wake up everyday in agony with my teeth, constant bleeding out of my teeth and puss that never goes which makes me sick a lot. Poison dripping out of my teeth all the time making me throw up, which means more acid on my teeth which is doing no favours. I'm tired of it all! All I want is some nice teeth that aren't going to break if I eat something or crumble without even touching them. I've probably spent most of my life at the dentist trying to sort this, but no one knows the reason why this has happened to me. I've lost a lot of confidence what with losing my front teeth and others, having temporary replacements and being bullied for not having 'nice' teeth.
Please help me smile again!
Thank you