FaithInPrayer23
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My name is Tosha, I am 23 years old. I am a stay at home Mom to my beautiful little girl whom is 18 months old. I am currently 5 months pregnant, it's a boy! 
My fiance and I have been together for 2 1/2 years. We are engaged to be married in September of 2014. My fiance is a mill worker, he works very hard to provide for our family. Though we don't have much, we have each other.
Times have been a little difficult for me emotionally, and that is part of the reason I came to this site. I don't have very much support in my life aside from my fiance. I recently had some dental work done (a new crown on a back molar and two fillings that have caused A LOT of sensitivity.). I was blessed with very nice teeth that I have taken pretty good care of my whole life. After getting pregnant with my daughter a dentist I had been seeing did a filling on one of my bottom back molars. The dentist then moved to a different state shortly after. The filling ended up needing to be fixed as there was a little gap between the filling and my tooth. I went to a new dentist and he ended up breaking my tooth. The whole half of it. Told me I needed a crown.
I have recently started to see a new dentist (because he has 30+ years of experience, the dentist who broke my tooth was fresh out of college). I have done research on the best possible crown for a back molar and have found that gold, or porcelain fused to metal is the best as it is durable enough to withstand the chewing force. I got my billing information that said "PFM" (porcelain fused to metal). I was happy with that, thought my dentist new what he was doing. I was comfortable. Well the day before yesterday I go in to get my new crown placed and it is not PFM, it was ALL porcelain (highly recommended to NOT get for molars, all porcelain is meant for front teeth). I was almost in tears, expressed my fears to my dentist that I worried about the crowns strength, and once my baby is born I will no longer have insurance, so I didn't want to risk having to come back. (Though I am paying $1000.00 out of pocket for this crown alone). He was very rude, at one point I had glanced at my Mother because I was scared and his response to that was "Don't look at your Mom, you need to look at me" (he also made a comment at one point calling me a "welfare patient" to his dental assistant... His tone had me even more a nervous wreck. Under all the pressure and the fact that I had already been billed (on a credit card) for THIS crown, I had him place it so I could just move on from it.
Basically, I am very emotional having gone through everything. I feel upset because had I never gone to the first dentist, and had unnecessary work done then I would never be in this situation. I want my teeth back. The (new) dentist did two fillings on the teeth directly above the new crown and they are bulky and sharp. I keep catching my tongue on them and they are overly sensitive. I just feel like every time I have gone to a dentist I have left with more problems then I came with. But what am I supposed to do? If I need to get my teeth fixed (fillings) then I shouldn't avoid that, but every time I have gotten them done I've left with sensitive, troublesome teeth. Right now I feel all I have to rely on for hope is God and prayer. Prayer that things work out for the better and that I can start feeling better emotionally. My anxiety level is through the roof. I've done nothing but cry the last three days and I know that isn't healthy, for me or my son. If you could all give me some reassurance that would be amazing and so very appreciated. I have no where else to turn and nothing I can do. God bless.
My fiance and I have been together for 2 1/2 years. We are engaged to be married in September of 2014. My fiance is a mill worker, he works very hard to provide for our family. Though we don't have much, we have each other. Times have been a little difficult for me emotionally, and that is part of the reason I came to this site. I don't have very much support in my life aside from my fiance. I recently had some dental work done (a new crown on a back molar and two fillings that have caused A LOT of sensitivity.). I was blessed with very nice teeth that I have taken pretty good care of my whole life. After getting pregnant with my daughter a dentist I had been seeing did a filling on one of my bottom back molars. The dentist then moved to a different state shortly after. The filling ended up needing to be fixed as there was a little gap between the filling and my tooth. I went to a new dentist and he ended up breaking my tooth. The whole half of it. Told me I needed a crown.
I have recently started to see a new dentist (because he has 30+ years of experience, the dentist who broke my tooth was fresh out of college). I have done research on the best possible crown for a back molar and have found that gold, or porcelain fused to metal is the best as it is durable enough to withstand the chewing force. I got my billing information that said "PFM" (porcelain fused to metal). I was happy with that, thought my dentist new what he was doing. I was comfortable. Well the day before yesterday I go in to get my new crown placed and it is not PFM, it was ALL porcelain (highly recommended to NOT get for molars, all porcelain is meant for front teeth). I was almost in tears, expressed my fears to my dentist that I worried about the crowns strength, and once my baby is born I will no longer have insurance, so I didn't want to risk having to come back. (Though I am paying $1000.00 out of pocket for this crown alone). He was very rude, at one point I had glanced at my Mother because I was scared and his response to that was "Don't look at your Mom, you need to look at me" (he also made a comment at one point calling me a "welfare patient" to his dental assistant... His tone had me even more a nervous wreck. Under all the pressure and the fact that I had already been billed (on a credit card) for THIS crown, I had him place it so I could just move on from it.
Basically, I am very emotional having gone through everything. I feel upset because had I never gone to the first dentist, and had unnecessary work done then I would never be in this situation. I want my teeth back. The (new) dentist did two fillings on the teeth directly above the new crown and they are bulky and sharp. I keep catching my tongue on them and they are overly sensitive. I just feel like every time I have gone to a dentist I have left with more problems then I came with. But what am I supposed to do? If I need to get my teeth fixed (fillings) then I shouldn't avoid that, but every time I have gotten them done I've left with sensitive, troublesome teeth. Right now I feel all I have to rely on for hope is God and prayer. Prayer that things work out for the better and that I can start feeling better emotionally. My anxiety level is through the roof. I've done nothing but cry the last three days and I know that isn't healthy, for me or my son. If you could all give me some reassurance that would be amazing and so very appreciated. I have no where else to turn and nothing I can do. God bless.
