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| Carl |
Posted - 01/05/2007 : 13:25:17
Had my first dentist appointment since I was about 12 OR 13, and boy, do I wish I went sooner. I'm embarrassed to admit how much I've neglected my health in this regard, but I have pretty strong teeth, and I had only one filling which fell out a few months ago when I was eating sweets (at first, I thought I'd found a bit of metal in them). Being lazy, it was Christmas by the time I rang to get an appointment, by which time I was too late and had to wait 'til the New Year to be seen. My gums had started hurting pretty bad, so I spent the festive season with coping with discomfort and the odd bout of really awful pain. Anyway, at the dentist yesterday, I got a bit of a shock-after doing a quick examination, he concluded that if I hadn't got such good teeth, I'd be wearing dentures by now! He told me I was lucky I hadn't developed a full-blown absess over Christmas, and would need root canal work-as it turned out, it started it there and then. He bored in pretty deep, and had to clean out a load of infected muck. He put in a temporary filling until the next appointment, and I'll need two more root canal sessions (I've had problems with the other side of my gum, which is developing an infection too). I'm really glad to be getting it done, but I have to say, it was pretty scary getting this done on my first viist in the best part of twenty years! The moral of the story is look after year teeth!
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| trobrianders |
Posted - 04/21/2007 : 05:29:21
My brother says the same thing. He says dentists mostly perform unnecessay proceedures because they can.
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| OLDMANOTY |
Posted - 04/21/2007 : 04:17:40
Don't know why I'm admitting this but I haven't been to the dentist since 1982! My teeth seem ok, though, and never had any trouble. I did recently contemplate going for a check-up but the news story referred to by vilainde kind of put me off.
Godspeed |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 04/21/2007 : 03:51:08
Carl, you're such a tooth nerd.
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/19/2007 : 07:35:26
"Ah, you young 'uns!" |
| misterwoe |
Posted - 04/18/2007 : 13:31:37
I went to the dentist for the first time in four and a half years yesterday. I was sure I'd have cavities or some horrific problem. I mean, I don't know what a root canal is, but I was prepared for bad news.
And so...
No cavities! Yay! Now I will go every six months. Like Carl, I have good teeth except he is much older so I still have a chance. We should have filmed a documentary about all of this, Carl. Maybe you could mail me chunks of your teeth as they fall out!
Now I'm just being mean.
I'll be by the pool, playing with my guns. |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/18/2007 : 12:42:42
My teeth just got crowned. |
| coastline |
Posted - 04/18/2007 : 09:21:27
 Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/18/2007 : 09:12:49
Got my crowns done today. Boy, it's expensive. |
| tisasawath |
Posted - 04/06/2007 : 06:18:06
so that's the trick to make money from patients having to bleach their yellow teeth
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AAAAWWWWWRRRIIGGHHTTTTT !! ! |
| vilainde |
Posted - 04/06/2007 : 05:45:26
Carl, what's the name of your dentist again?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070406/od_nm/britain_dentist_dc_2
Dentist guilty of urinating in surgery sink
LONDON (Reuters) - A British dentist was found guilty Thursday of urinating in his surgery sink and using dental tools meant for patients to clean his fingernails and ears.
A medical tribunal said it was satisfied the evidence showed 51-year-old Alan Hutchinson, who routinely did not wear gloves or wash his hands, had risked the health of "himself, staff and patients" for more than 28 years.
A dental nurse who worked for Hutchinson for 16 years said she had caught him urinating in the sink more than once.
"He was tucking something into his trousers before zipping them up hastily. I walked over and I was behind him. He moved to the left and I could smell urine," the nurse told the tribunal.
The tribunal determined that the dentist's poor hygiene habits made him unfit to practice and struck him off the dental register, banning him from work.
"You urinated into a sink in your surgery following which you did not wash your hands and then proceeded to treat a patient. This behavior was clearly inappropriate and is completely unacceptable," the tribunal chairman said.
Denis
"Can you hear me? I aint got shit to say." |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 10:08:54
quote:
Originally posted by pixiestu
whilst I look like a fool wearing some ridiculous glasses to keep the light out of my eyes and have my mouth wide open.
Yeah there's nothing sexy about a rubber damn holding your mouth open while drool slowing leaks out the side.
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For Chrissakes have a cup of tea. |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 10:04:23
Actually, the rest of the temporary crown on of my teeth came off the other night. Some of it had already broken off. |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 06:34:09
I've just got back. Why is it that female dentists are always ridculously attractive? At least in my experience anyway.
It's unfair that they look so good in their uniforms, whilst I look like a fool wearing some ridiculous glasses to keep the light out of my eyes and have my mouth wide open.
"The arc of triumph" |
| coastline |
Posted - 03/25/2007 : 18:19:23
quote:
Originally posted by Johnny Yen
Note:
Jello's Pistachio pudding is god fucking damn good.
You're right about that, daddio. It's the best flavor, both in taste AND texture. I get the sugar-free one.
Grand Marnier and a pocketful of speed. We did it all day until we started to bleed. |
| Johnny Yen |
Posted - 03/25/2007 : 14:36:10
Note:
Jello's Pistachio pudding is god fucking damn good. |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 03/23/2007 : 15:40:12
quote:
Originally posted by GypsyDeath
There is hardly anything the dentist can do to me that has not been done...
Slut.
Please note. Simon would never ever cast such terrible aspersions. I can't log out of his stupid account. I miss my moderating buttons - Tre
 Numberwang? |
| GypsyDeath |
Posted - 03/23/2007 : 08:30:52
ha, quite possibly!
I think of it like this - most fears are born because of the unknown, or lack of understanding, or others having control etc etc.
There is hardly anything the dentist can do to me that has not been done, i know a fair amount about dentistry (when my mum worked there i used to have to after school and wait til she finished to get home...all i read was dentistry magazines and books), so know what needs to be done, whats getting done, and its a close friend i have known for over 15 years doing it!
I also have quite a high pain barrier...and do quite like pain when i can feel it. especially pain like injections - it makes me all tingly!
"I'm not much like my generation,
Their music only hurts my ears" ~ Kasey Chambers |
| coastline |
Posted - 03/23/2007 : 03:01:53
After all that, you still like going to the dentist? That's either called sadism or masochism. I always get the two confused.
Grand Marnier and a pocketful of speed. We did it all day until we started to bleed. |
| GypsyDeath |
Posted - 03/22/2007 : 18:35:04
I love the dentist...a very close family friend is my dentist, and my mum used to be her dentist nurse, so going was never any problem for me.
That and the fact between thae ages of about 11-16 iwas barely out of a dentist chair. Ive had a ridiculous amount of teeth taken out (i think between 10 - 14 - couldnt widen my jaw any more, and had too many teeth. had 7 at one time and had to go to hospital and be put under - took them out before they came through! also for some reason i LOVE the injections in the gum!), had my jaws widened, teeth moved...everything you could think ive had.
Not had any fillings though, but deperately need a new appointment as im pretty sure i need some. plus want to get them whitened and they are all chipped as i grind my teeth in the night (and they still dont sit together properly), so need to get em straightened up too.
In fact i still have a brace - at the back of my bottom teeth. Apparently they will all move if i take it out (which i cant cos its fixed) so apparently i have to wear it for the rest of my life. fuck that, im gonna get it off!
"I'm not much like my generation,
Their music only hurts my ears" ~ Kasey Chambers |
| floop |
Posted - 03/22/2007 : 14:00:11
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
Floop could've helped her out with one of these;
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For Chrissakes have a cup of tea.
that's a sweet urine bag
jamming good with Weird and Gilly |
| Carl |
Posted - 03/22/2007 : 13:34:29
Apparently, hedgehogs make excellent opticians. |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 03/22/2007 : 12:41:15
No that's chipmunks
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| Carl |
Posted - 03/20/2007 : 16:26:46
I wonder if squirrels can be trained to do dentistry? |
| Johnny Yen |
Posted - 03/20/2007 : 11:50:06
What scene was that in? I don't remember.
Before the US got the nuke bombs working, they had bats that had nalpam bombs surgically attached to their bodies. The idea was to release the bats from a plane over a city. The bats would find shelter in/on the buildings and hide out. The bombs had timers, and would go off in whatever time period was set, thereby destroying whatever places the bats were hiding out. It was tested, it worked, but was never implemented due to the nukes.
Um, bats are kind of like squirrels... yeah. |
| Carl |
Posted - 03/20/2007 : 09:41:56
They actually spent months training a load of squirrels for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (there was some effects work as well). |
| Johnny Yen |
Posted - 03/19/2007 : 16:42:07
Alright, so. I got dry socket (blood clot didn't form near the bone), so they just packed my stink hole with some medicated herb stuff. That sucked, but apparently it's healing up nicely.
REVIEW: Squirrel Wars... And How To Win Them, DVD. This movie was excellent. It was a 44 minute PBS production, was narrated by a crazy old man w/ great facial hair and a great rootsy voice.
The movie had a lot of footage of squirrels jumping around and doing really cool acrobatics, but it also showed different measures people had devised to keep squirrels from eating their bird seed. This segment was the best, since it was basically squirrel torture. Seeing them roll off of soda bottles and fall 10ft was enjoyable, as was seeing them freak out when they're climbing a pole and get to a slinky. BUT, the best part was the fellow who devised a way to electrocute them. Didn't kill them, but the shock would make them jump about 5 feet in the air and fall another 10ft. Great.
The segue between topics would be some bad computer generated graphics with a squirrel in the middle. With "Chipmunks" styled vocals, the squirrel would say some silly thing.
Lots of unsubstantiated facts were quoted, and the different types of squirrels were covered. So, it was a good watch. Nice and short.
In other news, I had 2 of the vicodin w/ beer last night and got real fucked up. Ended up cruising through youtube. Good times.
This stuff they packed in my mouth really tastes awful. |
| Carl |
Posted - 03/16/2007 : 21:24:30
I'm a Neurofen fan myself. Good old ibuprofen.
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| Luis Bunuel |
Posted - 03/16/2007 : 15:50:37
quote:
Originally posted by Johnny Yen
Thanks for the kind words. Good luck, Luis. All 4, eh? Stockpile some pudding.
Thanks, Johnny. The procedure itself was painless, and it only took a half and hour, I'm in a bit of pain, but the warm embrace of percocets has taken the edge off. So now I'm ice-ing my aching mouth, and listening to the mellow sounds of Honeycomb. Hopefully my face won't balloon too much, I've got mid-term exams on Monday, and I don't want to be a shambling Frankenstein for those. 
Oh, and I have enough apple sauce, pudding, cottage cheese, and yogurt to last me through the weekend.  |
| Carl |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 16:53:20
quote:
Originally posted by Johnny Yen
I did get a good DVD about squirrels. Reviews to come.
Best comment ever!! |
| Johnny Yen |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 16:32:41
Thanks for the kind words. Good luck, Luis. All 4, eh? Stockpile some pudding.
A theme park would almost be great right now. I've finally stopped looking like the Elephant Man. I'll be milking this "only eat pudding" thing for as long as I can.
Usually my teeth are great. Floss, listerine, brush and all that. But this STUPID wisdom tooth was impacted and only partially exposed. Bacteria got into some areas around it (that I couldn't access to clean) & fucked me up.
I did get a good DVD about squirrels. Reviews to come.
-Nofun Johnny |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 15:59:43
I've got like half a tooth on one side of my mouth. It was jagged for a while so I had to get it smoothed down. It's always getting bits of food stuck in it, it's so annoying!
"The arc of triumph" |
| Carl |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 15:08:48
quote:
Originally posted by coastline
quote:
Originally posted by Carl
Had been having some pain in my gums, turns out I had a bit of food stuck in a gum pocket.
Uh, you don't have to share everything with the group, Carl.
Er, yeah I suppose that's too much detail!! Actually, a bit of the temporary crown came off when I had a late-night snack yesterday. It feels a bit jagged, may have to pop back in to get in fixed up.
Johnny, that's sounds nasty! Hope you're on the mend. |
| awestruck |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 08:04:56
I had my wisdom teeth cut out when i was 17. My face swelled up and I was supposed to go to this wonderful theme park in Nashville (that is no longer there, what a shame) a couple of days later. i cant remember what the name of the drug they gave me, but i was determined i was going to opryland. It was hard but i did it and had a great time. btw kfs was with me on that trip. i will have to ask her if she remembers.
Favorite Quote: awestruck is a she, she's a she. -trobrianders |
| Luis Bunuel |
Posted - 03/14/2007 : 23:59:49
God, sounds awful, Johnny. I'm getting all four wisdom teeth removed on friday, so that should be exciting, at least they're going to knock me out, so I won't be awake for the procedings. :( |
| Johnny Yen |
Posted - 03/14/2007 : 22:00:09
I had 1 wisdom tooth removed on Monday. It took 1.5 hours. The feckin' thing had all these long twisty roots, so they yanked my skull back and forth for a while. The bacteria around the decayed part caused some infection in my heart area, so I'm on the 'cillin right now. Shit.
Anyway, it's good to see you others suffering just as much. I did get some generic vicodin, but I'll probably trade that to some college kids for cash. |
