― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:47 (nineteen years ago) link
no dental insurance!
― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Fuck American health care
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:16 (nineteen years ago) link
i hadn't gone in 10 years and i went over xmas. i was told that i was RUINING MY GUMS because i brushed INCORRECTLY! i have been going side-to-side for my entire life. the dentist was like NO NO NO AAAAGGGH NO. brush in the direction your teeth grow he said. he said "be gentle." i was, apprently, brushing my gums into oblivion. i should probably floss too huh, i said. "just the ones you want to keep." i remembered hearing the same line from him, 10 years earlier. and i still had them all! HA.
anyway, i have decay on two teeth, but they're my wisdom teeth and he said i should get em yanked soon anyway, so he didn't bother doing anything to them.
i reported all this to my dentist friend who lives in glasgow. he had a somewhat glaswegian attitude, i guess. he emailed back: "why did you go to the dentist? were you in pain?"
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Allyzay Subservient 50s-Type (allyzay), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:25 (nineteen years ago) link
One dentist said to me once, "You don't wash your hands until they bleed, do you? Then why do that to your gums?" Makes sense, I guess.
I'm going in on Thursday for my first appointment since the Clinton administration. Never been to this guy before. If he recommends braces, I'll be excusing myself once more.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:30 (nineteen years ago) link
yes, too much of the former, plus genetics, led to gum surgery for me. never had a filling, though.
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 02:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 06:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 10:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 11:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link
(well, I assume - I was 17 and had an NHS dentist anyway when mine were pulled)
― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link
That sounds pretty awesome in general. I wish I could do it without having/needing surgery.
― sugarpants: kind of blurry, kind of double (sugarpants), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― nervous (cochere), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Is this plausible? Also my dentist reminded me of Dr. Nick and had huge snot stalagmites in both nostrils. :((((
― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:29 (eighteen years ago) link
I've had root canal work, 6 fillings, hygienist cleaning, the works - all with NO pain
― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link
no trouble but I will try to not not go for that long, again
― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sailor Kitten (g-kit), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Anna, you could try this http://www.nhs.uk/England/Dentists/Default.aspx but I reckon word of mouth (mouth! ha!) is usually best. But what do I know, I've not had a dentist for 9 years.
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:05 (eighteen years ago) link
the previous dentist always x-rayed and always found something to do on every visit. the current one doesn't and hasn't. i'm not sure which i prefer.
― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:09 (eighteen years ago) link
unfortunately, i have 5 cavities and have to get a deep-gum cleaning :-( this is the 1st time in my life that i've had cavities, or have had to get fillings so i am NOT thrilled.
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:18 (eighteen years ago) link
and now i gotsta floss, so no more cavities, no more drill-and-fill, etc. i'm gonna be one of those nasty mofos @ work who brushes and flosses after every meal (and junks up the sink b/c of that).
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Except for writing that.
Gross.
― Safety First (pullapartgirl), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:41 (eighteen years ago) link
Invest in a Sonicare or similar, check out the Showerfloss, use xylitol with abandon. Mr. Jaq and I have gone from having those scary bloody gum pockets to none whatsoever due to diligent application of same. Xylitol's the newest thing I've been researching - pretty amazing, can actually reverse mild instances of caries, disrupt bacterial plaque and remineralize your teeth.
― Jaq (Jaq), Sunday, 7 May 2006 12:03 (eighteen years ago) link
then again, i went to the dentist 'round Easter, for the first time in 3 years: STILL NO CAVITIES, BITCHES.
― gbx (skowly), Sunday, 7 May 2006 12:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Safety First (pullapartgirl), Sunday, 7 May 2006 12:51 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm going to go have some coffee now.
― Safety First (pullapartgirl), Sunday, 7 May 2006 12:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Dear lord.