My (ex)husband was never very attentive to his teeth or how often he brushed them. I don't think he ever flossed just recently when he started having problems is the first time I've ever seen him use mouthwash. Yuck.

isn't my question. My question is, he showed me his gums today they are purple pulling away from his teeth!! His breath is horrible doesn't just smell like bad breath. It smells like an infection or disease maybe. Is this what gingivitis looks like? If not, what is it? I had no idea but it was awful. It looked like his bottom center 4 teeth were starting to shift get crooked. He has no insurance. If you know what it is, do you know if there is something he can do at home to fix it? He said he can't afford a dentist.

What do you use or do to get rid of bad breath? Is there a good toothpaste or mouth wash that works?

i don't exactly know how to feel about it.so here's the thing.

to my doctor a week ago today for chest pain.all along the left side of my chest. it felt like stabbing pains and often felt very sharp, it hurt to take a deep breath and when i did i felt like my heart was racing too fast for me to even calm down..so my doctor thought it was just a musclular problem since he thought my back was very tense. so i went to the chiropractor, he thought it was just a rib out of place and it'll feel better soon.so i thought he'd be right, but yesterday it felt worse than ever so i went today.but my doctor said like last week my lungs sounded perfectly fine but he wanted me to get a chest x ray just in case (but i felt like he really meant,” i don't know what's wrong so lets see what an xray will show”) and i'm just really worried if it shows something, but if it doesnt ill just feel like this forever. im only 16, so this is really weird to me..any one know what to expect? i've been resting for the last two weeks.i do an online h.s. program, and so i told my teachers and they gave me an extension so i've just been laying on the couch and making sure to not move around a lot. also, i've had one anxiety problem before, but it was okay once i took my bipolar disorder medicine so it calmed my nerves down and what not. i didn't do anything to cause this to happen. i know it was the day after new years day.and i was painting my room that day until my chest started to hurt. i don't know, my family has had a big past of heart disease, heart attacks, and lung cancer.it just seems a little odd that a 16 year old with no past heart problems or asthma or rarely any anxiety problems just start feeling like this for two weeks. i don't know, i just don't want to think i'm nutts for feeling like this when there's nothing wrong that shows up in tests..

Hell, this morning I had 2 fillings, both on theback of my front two teeth. Neither fillings are the silver ones but when I got home, about an hour later I was drinking and one fell out.I'm paranoid about the other one now, I phoned the dentist and made another appointment for Friday.which is 4 days away With it being the back of my front tooth I am very worried because they aren't the thickest of teeth and if the remaining frontal part of the tooth that wasnt drilled were to crumble or soemthing I would have a big gap in my tooth.which is obviously the last thing that I want.

because the fillings are at the front of my mouth I seem to be catching them with my tongue even when swallowing, should I call back and make an emergency appointment for tomorrow morning or will it be fine? I'm not in alot of pain really I can obviously feel it but it's managable.I just dont want to ruin my tooth! What should I do?