Can confirm. 23 years old, 5 years no dentist, aggressive paradontosis with 2 teeth already dead and a lot of gum recession. Can't eat apples or steaks any more. Go to your god damn dentist.
I've got so much work to be done i need to construct a long term "game plan" with this to-be dentist. So, yea.
edit: I should add a bit of "dentist phobia" as well, i suppose. I don't claim it normally, but my heart is racing just reading this thread -_-
By the way, don't be scared. I have no excuse also, and thats very liberating. Distance yourself from the story in the head - for it is root of all suffering in this world. Underneath, everything is and is okay like that.
That being said, I've had a lot of work done -- the front to half of most of my teeth is fake. The fake enamel saved my molars. I know this because my last dentist was a preventative and let's fixa problem when it is a problem type, not an aggressive one.
I do not understand why fake enamel is not standard. It works -- I'm proof. It's almost like dentist want you to suffer and use their services.