Help! I brushed away all my tooth enamel being 'careful'. What now?

actually_a_llama

Edit: Post removed due to forum rules

Emmia

What does your dentist advise? Medical advice is against the rules on MSE.

actually_a_llama

Emmia said:

What does your dentist advise? Medical advice is against the rules on MSE.

Not much really; they put a little bit of flouride varnish on one area and sent me on my way; told me to look up how to brush properly online and try to finish by the timer on the brush is done. I got the impression they were trying to not scare me too much.

Edit: Ok. I've asked elsewhere on the internet due to the forum's rules. I'll still check back in here if anyone has any words of wisdom that don't constitute medical advice.

Toothsmith

To start with you will not have brushed away 'All' your tooth enamel - so your description of your problem will be wrong to start with. If your dentist felt all that was needed was a bit of fluoride varnish - then I don't think they can have thought it was that serious either. Certainly not 'all' your enamel had gone.

So perhaps your dentist wasn't that good at reassuring you?

Asking random questions to the internet where who knows who could be giving you goodness knows what advice on your poor description of your problem is a recipe for disaster, which is why it's not allowed on here.

The advice can only be to consult a dentist. If the dentist you've seen has not reassured you or explained the issue well enough to you - then probably see another dentist?