i have not been to a dentist in probably 10 years

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my dentist appointment is in less than one hour. terrifying.

bell_labs, Thursday, 15 May 2008 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link

A cleaning or check-up or what? I can imagine you being terrified at a head-lice search.

wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 15 May 2008 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link

cleaning & check up but i haven't been in 4-5 years. but i don't know what you are implying about my hygeine w/ the lice thing.

bell_labs, Thursday, 15 May 2008 14:42 (sixteen years ago) link

My grandmother went back to the dentist recently because some procedure they did a month or so ago was bothering her, and they told her she needed a root canal, so they started, and then the dude had to stop because it was more involved that he realized and he didn't have the right tools, so they sent her to the dental surgeon next door, and I'm not sure if that guy did anything or not but basically they can't finish until May 27th. Do WHAT?

Kerm, Thursday, 15 May 2008 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link

so annoying. all dentisty goes like this unless you're rich. haha.

Surmounter, Thursday, 15 May 2008 14:46 (sixteen years ago) link

good luck BL. i always worry about dental appointments but the feel-good factor coming out the door after is one of the purest i've experienced.

darraghmac, Thursday, 15 May 2008 14:53 (sixteen years ago) link

Had a cleaning earlier this week. They said my teeth were in better shape than ever, which is nice.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 May 2008 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link

My dentist always tells me that I have great teeth and that I really need to start flossing regularly. I figure why mess with a good thing?

Kerm, Thursday, 15 May 2008 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link

they want me to do their job at home for free

and what, Thursday, 15 May 2008 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link

And then charge me to check my work!

Kerm, Thursday, 15 May 2008 15:20 (sixteen years ago) link

My filling fell out yesterday :(

I'm gonna ask for a gold tooth :)

jel --, Thursday, 15 May 2008 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link

oh that was fine. there is nothing wrong with my teeth besides the fact that they are all going to break off eventually if i don't get braces. but fuck no i am not getting braces.

bell_labs, Thursday, 15 May 2008 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link

ugh not flossing is gross, i mean, i didn't floss regularly when i was younger and some of my best friends don't floss, but i don't know why. i am total flossing advocate
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i'm glad your dental visit was fine, l!
i wonder if you could get a retainer or that invisiline thing or something that is not braces? get a second opinion maybe?

rrrobyn, Thursday, 15 May 2008 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link

Going to the dentist was always weird because my mom was my dental hygienist. Like, an hour before she was making me a peanutbutter and jelly sandwich cut into triangles like I like them, y'know, cuz she's mom, then suddenly she's dressed like a mad scientist and cramming painful esoteric machinery into my mouth.

Yeah I totally haven't had a check up in like 5 years and I have somewhat poor dental hygiene. Yeeeeesh.

RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 15 May 2008 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

The dentist started drilling my tooth without anaesthetic yesterday. Oww. Should I pay £350 to get a gold tooth that no one will be able to see? Or just stick to the standard crown for £198? Decisions, decisions.

jel --, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 08:01 (sixteen years ago) link

I hate when they do that. "We can stop and give you anaesthetic if it gets too painful." Okay but by that point it will be too late! My sympathies.

Where is this tooth? And can you afford the gold tooth?

Maria, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 08:31 (sixteen years ago) link

The standard crown will stay in place for longer.

snoball, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 14:39 (sixteen years ago) link

do you mean a crown or a fillinf because thats a crazy cheap crown

sunny successor, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 14:51 (sixteen years ago) link

filling

sunny successor, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link

wait, how much for a filling? i pay about 75 euro per filling.

darraghmac, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 15:04 (sixteen years ago) link

id expect a filling to be US$150ish and a crown/cap to be US$1200ish

sunny successor, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 15:33 (sixteen years ago) link

NHS standard rate for a crown is £198! I thought it was way more. There are 4 payment bands for NHS treatment: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/Chiefprofessionalofficers/Chiefdentalofficer/DH_4138821

jel --, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 15:33 (sixteen years ago) link

oh. so this is no cosmetic dentistry we're talking about here.

seriously, dont go with gold.

sunny successor, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 15:40 (sixteen years ago) link

Nah, I don't think I will. I kinda want to get a new laptop instead. Plus a gold tooth won't really make me a pirate.

jel --, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm having a gold crown fitted on a the NHS tomorrow.

fingers crossed.

Jarlrmai, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

I made my first appt. for a checkup since...um...maybe the first Bush administration. Bush 41. Possibly early Clinton years.

Dear Tacos, how are you? I am fine. The weather is nice. I miss yo (Oilyrags), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link

you'll be fine. you'll just have some cavities to fill, maybe a route canal or two. nothing could be so bad. just don't fuck up your gums, they hate that.

Surmounter, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 19:51 (fifteen years ago) link

I just made my first appointment since 2005! Been flossing though.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link

i went for the first time in 3+ years a couple of weeks ago. no cavities, but they did do a whole hell of a lot of scraping.

now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link

ugh i hate that, and then all the blood :/

Surmounter, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link

PS what's with all my girlfriends getting these caps when they were little? it's like, no wonder you never had any cavities. "sealants" or something. wtf is that, why did i never hear of that?

Surmounter, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 20:01 (fifteen years ago) link

> they did do a whole hell of a lot of scraping

I anticipate the use of a circular sander.

Dear Tacos, how are you? I am fine. The weather is nice. I miss yo (Oilyrags), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link

i think i got sealants in my molars at some point in high school?

now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link

that prolly would've helped me in my chips ahoy or bust phase

Surmounter, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link

i also have a cap over my front bottom tooth where my sister threw a rock at me and knocked it out (one of my first permanent teeth). it was all because i wouldn't let her listen to my michael jackson thriller album. i would shut my door and turn the volume on my turntable so low that i would have to lay my head right against the speaker (no headphones) to hear it. the rock was indoors because her 4 year old sunday school class had decorated them with felt & glitter to say "Jesus Loves Me".

now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link

That is a great story and needs to go in the mini family anecdotes thread.

Dear Tacos, how are you? I am fine. The weather is nice. I miss yo (Oilyrags), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link

i went this week to a new dentist. she is so hot, and so is the dental assistant. and i'm fucking sitting there with my mouth open, gums out, drooling all over the place.

cutty, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link

you should have made your desire for them a little less obvious

the gush of yesterday (omar little), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link

bahahaha

Surmounter, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link

It's been a good 4+ years for me. I'm finally seeing a student at OHSU day after tomorrow. I take good care of my teeth but they feel a little achy overall...

Nate Carson, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link

hey people in the US/AUS,

if you need a lot of dental work done, like over $1000, we have found a really good dentist here in Cusco (Peru). A round trip for two weeks from the US is around $700. I just got a new crown for $80 (!) and three fillings for $100. That would have been around $1200 from my dentist in the states. So even with the plane ticket you come out ahead.

sleeve, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link

that actually sounds kind of fun. take a vacation to peru, get all your dental work done and then blow the money you saved on a good time.

Surmounter, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link

that's what I'm sayin! I'll be happy to give the info to any interested parties, the dude is a total professional.

sleeve, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link

wehre did he go though, peru dental school?

cutty, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link

looks like it, yeah. he's got a bunch of diplomas etc on his wall.

my gf is there right now getting two new crowns put in.

sleeve, Thursday, 29 January 2009 15:36 (fifteen years ago) link

wow you guys are just goin crazy

Surmounter, Thursday, 29 January 2009 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link

^^^ this is pretty common, btw. def knew ppl that went to like costa rica for dental work, cuz it was cheap and you got a vacation out of it

i went to the dentist a few weeks ago after....2 years? 28 years and still no cavities, suckas. the dental asst said i brush too hard, maybe :-/

i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 29 January 2009 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link

ohh yea like the enamel is wearing off? i've started to think about that too lately -- i can be kind of an excitable brusher

Surmounter, Thursday, 29 January 2009 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link

four weeks pass...

i am going to the dentist.
my tooth BROKE!!!!!
there was an old filling that was always strange. i felt a tiny crack in it last week and then sunday the back corner FELL OFF. WTF?
estimate for crown is $$$$$$ i am screwed.

yur twit (tehresa), Thursday, 26 February 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link

shit i wanna go to peru for this stuff! sister is there now, i'd have a place to stay.

yur twit (tehresa), Thursday, 26 February 2009 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link


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