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Question:
My son is 25 years old and has many severely decayed and broken
teeth. He is healthy otherwise and not a drug or alcohol abuser. His
grandfather lost all his teeth at age 24 when in the service. Could it be
hereditary? He does brush his teeth. He's been on his own for the past few years and could not afford dental care (did'nt ask me).
Now he's out of work and back home. I sent him to my dentist but the began work on 1 root canal, saw him every two weeks and in 2 months had not finished. My son became discouraged and quit going. It was very expensive (I was going to have to get a loan) would take forever to complete, and my son felt the dentist was belittling him for not coming sooner.
So here we are with what seems an insurmountable problem. My son has even suggested having them all pulled. He's a good, smart guy with an ugly painful smile. Can you think of a timely, affordable solution? Where do we begin? ...Visitor from IL
Answer:
Your son needs support. Do not take the teeth out.
If the root canal therapies fail then you may want to try implants. The
dentist should be able to get all of the decay out to reduce the bacterial load. Then from there he should be able to give you a through treatment plan. I understand teeth are expensive, but so are the lack of teeth. When people lose teeth their mouth and facial features change they look 30 years old quicker.
If his mouth is really bad then, ask the Dr. not to do heroic fillings but to consider extraction, bone graft and possible an implant. The implant and bone graft will help keep the other teeth. And the implants do not decay.
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