Dental Care - Blog Posts

Right, so I am currently facing a dilemma. I have a dentist appointment tomorrow, my first one in six years. (I'm seventeen). I have to go to a specialist dentist due to being born with a cleft lip. I was meant to have a dentist appointment every three months in those six years I didn't go, the only thing is, my mum hid all of the letters I got from my dentist and canceled all of my appointments without my permission or knowledge. To make matters worse, she didn't even buy me a toothbrush at all untill i was about seven and by that point and her attitude towards brushing was 'do it or don't, it's not my problem.' So I didn't start brushing my teeth until i was about ten (I'd already lost my most of my baby teeth) when I realised it was something you were actually supposed to do. The thing is, ive only started regularly brushing my teeth in the last three years since ive started living with my grandparents and they told me how bad that was for my teeth but i still havent been able to go to the dentist because my mum was the one getting the letters. Now my teeth are in a really bad state and I know for a fact I'm going to have to have at least one filling and a few teeth removed. I'm stupidly embarrassed and I'm really worried that my dentist is going to be silently judging me and I feel like my grandparents will as well since they're the ones taking me. I'm also scared of going to a dentist in general now because of how long it's been since I've gone. Idk why I'm even putting this on here tbh, I just really needed to vent it ig. Wish me luck tomorrow and let's hope I'm not laughed at for my shitty oral hygiene.

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My name is Layla, a 4th-year dental student from Gaza. My journey has been one of resilience, hope, and determination, despite facing unimaginable challenges. My family and I have endured genocide—displacement, starvation, and relentless bombings. I have witnessed destruction all around me, yet I refuse to let it destroy my dreams.

Even in the darkest times, I found ways to continue my education online, holding onto my goal of becoming a dentist. The recent ceasefire brings a fragile sense of hope, but the reality remains harsh—my university, the place where I was building my future, has been bombed, burned, and bulldozed.

Pursuing my dream has become even more challenging. I need to pay tuition fees and purchase dental tools and materials, which are essential for both my education and future career. These costs are overwhelming, especially given the hardships my family and I have endured.

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kudos to that dentist I went to today, very nice and kind, told me I needed to brush my teeth better but in a positive and understandable way, need more dentists like that

Shower thoughts & random ass things about me:

-By dental standards, I have been an adult since I was 11

-got to love having joint problems and borderline scoliosis that I can negate for the sake of hide & seek to hide in a CLOTHING DRYER!

-my friends find it terrifying that I can make my movements completely silent at a moments notice, even when wearing a backpack or something like that

-I’m 5’11” (still growing) but I look 5’6” bc I’m almost always hunched over, and it’s funny how when I stand up straight I’m suddenly so much taller

-my first and only ever special interest/autistic obsession has been Pokémon since I discovered it as a neglected 4 year old needing dopamine

-I’m very dexterous and sleight of hand, and I would steal things as a small child. The only thing that kept me from shoplifting all the time was feeling guilty and returning the items that no one even realized were missing.

-I act legitimately drunk when sleep deprived; slurred words, bad coordination, really giggly, slow reactions, etc

-I’m basically addicted to the color purple, I get a dopamine rush anytime I see a thing that’s purple. I literally say ‘OoOO Purple :D’ whenever I see it

-my trauma started at 4 years old (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

-The only straight thing about me is…I legitimately can’t think of anything, IVE TRIED FOR 5 MINUTES TO THINK OF SOMETHING STRAIGHT ABOUT ME-

-OMAHGAWD- THE ONLY STRAIGHT THING ABOUT ME IS THE LINES I DRAW IN ART PIECES THAT NEED TO BE STRAIGHT

-My vocal chords are so flexible that I can mimic people’s voices, which my friends find both very cool and very terrifying

That’s all for now, bye bye :3

My toothies hurt 😔

I went to the dentist yesterday and he said that there wasn’t really anything new!!! All the problems were already there or weren’t a huge worry!!!!!

Medical talk (kinda) below

They did have to cut out a little piece of tissues that had accumulated to get a biopsies though

My teeth have been paining for more than a week, winter has started.