So I have a sweet tooth, and I like to snack while I work from home. So I went to the shop, got me and my girlfriend some stuff and, most notably, myself some Haribo gummy bubblegum bottles.

For context I had a hole in my right premolar, and generally neglected my oral health for a while because depression (bad move kids).

So I get home, and start eating the sweets. I switch to my right tooth and feel a horrible crack. I’m like ‘oooh this is going to be an expensive snack’. I spit the sweet out, along with half a molar. Gross. I notice that what’s left of my poor tooth is pretty loose, but I left it and I was going to contact an NHS dentist as soon as I could because private is expensive af. I’m in no pain so no big deal.

The next day it’s pretty swollen and painful. I largely ignore it and keep eating on the left side of my mouth and using listerine to disinfect? Idk what my logic was.

Over the next few days it swells more and gets more painful, and I start to resemble a piece of fresh ginger. So I’m a little panicked, and start ringing dentists in my area to no avail because COVID. I eventually ring the NHS emergency dental number for my area and the first nurse told me to rub toothpaste on it. Nuts. So the next one prescribes antibiotics and tells me to rinse with salt water. Which made me throw up, so I use ass tasting antiseptic instead for a few days and all is (kinda) well. Don’t neglect your teeth kids.

TL;DR: eating hairibo sweets turned me into the elephant man.