LINDSAY’s painful new crisis staring her right in the face!

NationalEnquirer.com

Scary new crisis for LINDSAY LOHAN, who just made this shocking confession to a close pal: “My teeth are actually rotting! Some are chipped, others are turning brown – and I don’t have the money to fix them!”

Near tears, the wild-child star blurted her sad news while partying at Madhattan’s Le Bain when the friend wordlessly handed over…a mint.

Visibly upset, she asked: “Does my breath smell that bad?”

The friend nodded and “Lindsay looked like she was ready to cry,” said my source. “With all her problems, she now has something else to worry about…her teeth! She just doesn’t have the money to see a dentist and fix them. And weirdly, she blamed her shocking condition on ‘too many sodas!’”

Lindsay’s million-dollar smile started fading noticeably some two years ago, when she showed up on red carpets flashing a rotten-toothed smile.

In late 2011, a dental expert inspecting photos of her decaying choppers told RadarOnline that “smoking wouldn’t cause the decay and browning you see around the gums. Damage like that is something we see in patients who are using or have used drugs.”

NOTE: In October 2011, Lindsay told the press she’d had her teeth whitened, and flashed a bright new smile. But her admission that her teeth are “actually rotting” indicates trouble’s still brewing behind the flashy facade. Lindsay’s been in rehab five times for drug and alcohol abuse, and she’s headed back again. So even if she could afford to fix her teeth, they’ll quickly rot again, unless…