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I've had problems with this since I was about 11 and have always been told it's because I brush too hard which I find strange since I brush lighter than most people I know and certainly lighter than the dentists I have seen.

But I have always been told that they can't do anything about this.

Now I am scared to go see a dental hygienist or dentist because last time I went the dentist cleaned the teeth and after that my gums where badly damaged. I thought it would be ok once it had healed but it wasn't and the gums were moved so much that the visible part of the lower front teeth got about 1/3 longer from that so called treatment. So now I am scared because if they do that again the "necks" will be visible on all my lower front teeth.

I hate dental care in general since I feel like you don't have control over what they do. My sister once went to the dentist and was told she had 7 holes that needed fixing. Weird she thought since she rarely gets holes in her teeth. So she went to another dentist and she said that my sister had NO holes.

I try to brush carefully but with a light hand and I floss daily and use a mouthwash too. It's annoying though because the dentist told me my teeth are so good that if I only learn to brush gently I will never have any issues with my teeth. But I have been trying to brush gently since I was 11, and like I said I brush more gently than most people I know and yet I have problems and they don't so I think there must be something about my gums that makes this happen.

And anyway, how on earth do you "bring the gums back"? I have been told you can't do this. (I know someone who has had surgery to fix it though but that was in the US and not here in Sweden.) But apart from surgery I don't get how you'd do it. You can't make the gums grow back so what do you mean when you say you can get them back?

/Ulrika

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