Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I don't know what it is, but I'm a complete bitch with teeth/mouth stuff.
Sturdy as hell with other stuff; have had some really good impacts in sporting events where teammates come huddling around expecting me to be rolling about or something but the old man was southern stock so he just told me to shut up and play or stuff like that when I was growing up so when stuff hurts, you just kinda stand there and bleed or pop it back into place.
But when it comes to all that teeth stuff...haaaaate it. Had a cracked tooth that nagged at me for months; started giving me headaches and things like that. The dentist did his x-rays and was like "yeah, we can probably do this easy thing that will hold and you should be okay for quite awhile but may have some occasional discomfort"
"Or?"
"Well we can grind it down past the crack and put a crown on it..."
"And that's largely permanent?"
"Yeah but it's native teeth and I really hate to...."
"Dude, just go get the grinder. I'm done with this shit"
Won't get my wisdom teeth pulled because they're in and they don't hurt. "But they'll get cavities someday..." "Do they have them today? No? Then we're good here..."
I already mentioned that I can just about only tolerate the hypersonic water thing now. If I take a grounder to the lip, I'll spit out some blood and get in my stance. But if I bite the inside of my mouth I'm gonna pout like a little girl for the next week. Those little dot things you get on the tip of your tongue if you eat too much acidic food - might as well have a broken arm for as much as they bother me.
I just do not get it.
I'm that way with my eyes, man. I can barely get an eye drop in there and my wife peels half her eye off when she takes her contacts out.
You guys ever have someone pass out in the dental chair? I swear I almost did while having a panic attack. Getting a root canal I was feeling lightheaded and seeing colors. Asshole wouldnt put the chair up for a second. Felt woozy as fuck the whole hour sitting there. Needless to say hes not my dentist anymore. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
You guys ever have someone pass out in the dental chair? I swear I almost did while having a panic attack. Getting a root canal I was feeling lightheaded and seeing colors. Asshole wouldnt put the chair up for a second. Felt woozy as **** the whole hour sitting there. Needless to say hes not my dentist anymore.
Originally Posted by tooge:
Oh, and I have another one. We purchased the practice next to us three months ago. Agreed to keep the dentist on as an associate. He died today. So now I'm gonna be busy as hell until I find a new guy.
Damn, that sucks. I'm in the process of buying another one myself, it's a fucking pain in the ass.
What are you gonna do?
Let me know if you need anything, I know some guys up there that might be able to help you out. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tooge:
Oh, and I have another one. We purchased the practice next to us three months ago. Agreed to keep the dentist on as an associate. He died today. So now I'm gonna be busy as hell until I find a new guy.
I have a crown on 14 that keeps coming loose. After it cracked in half I went without for about 6 months. I finally go in to the dentist and they did a reduction so they could get more post to bond the crown onto. This new crown didn't fit correctly and I told the nurse as much... when I closed my mouth it was the first thing to touch and I had to bite down hard in order for my other teeth to make contact. She gave no fucks and said the paper I was biting into looked just fine. So much for the "royal treatment" joke she made in reference to the crown.
Fast forward 6 months, about a week before I move to another state, and the crown comes off again while I am eating. It came down hard on 19 (which cracked open to the pulp) and sheared off the back side of 13. Go back to the dentist who, due to my moving states, does a masterful job of filling/rebuilding 13 and 19. Then she ground the crown down further so it actually fits my mouth. Told me I need to see a dentist when I get to my new place but work fell through and had no insurance.
Fast forward again... this time 4 months. The fucking crown is wiggly again but at least it doesn't come off the post. That said, my gum around the crown isn't happy... at all.
The best experience I've had was this last dentist, she was very generous with the happy gas and numbing agents as I don't do well at the dentist, who is 800 miles away from me and even she couldn't get my crown to stay in.
I'm about done with it. If it falls off or cracks again I may just call it done and leave it off for good because I cannot keep going back to the dentist to fix the same issue over and over and over again.
13 is super sensitive to cold but 19, the one that went down to the pulp, is solid.
WHY WONT MY CROWN JUST STAY PUT?!?!?!
/edit - I may have the tooth numbers wrong but top right first molar is the one with the crown. [Reply]
Originally Posted by MephistophelesJanx:
I have a crown on 14 that keeps coming loose. After it cracked in half I went without for about 6 months. I finally go in to the dentist and they did a reduction so they could get more post to bond the crown onto. This new crown didn't fit correctly and I told the nurse as much... when I closed my mouth it was the first thing to touch and I had to bite down hard in order for my other teeth to make contact. She gave no ****s and said the paper I was biting into looked just fine. So much for the "royal treatment" joke she made in reference to the crown.
Fast forward 6 months, about a week before I move to another state, and the crown comes off again while I am eating. It came down hard on 19 (which cracked open to the pulp) and sheared off the back side of 13. Go back to the dentist who, due to my moving states, does a masterful job of filling/rebuilding 13 and 19. Then she ground the crown down further so it actually fits my mouth. Told me I need to see a dentist when I get to my new place but work fell through and had no insurance.
Fast forward again... this time 4 months. The ****ing crown is wiggly again but at least it doesn't come off the post. That said, my gum around the crown isn't happy... at all.
The best experience I've had was this last dentist, she was very generous with the happy gas and numbing agents as I don't do well at the dentist, who is 800 miles away from me and even she couldn't get my crown to stay in.
I'm about done with it. If it falls off or cracks again I may just call it done and leave it off for good because I cannot keep going back to the dentist to fix the same issue over and over and over again.
13 is super sensitive to cold but 19, the one that went down to the pulp, is solid.
WHY WONT MY CROWN JUST STAY PUT?!?!?!
/edit - I may have the tooth numbers wrong but top right first molar is the one with the crown.
When the tooth was first prepped it may have been overtapered or something. Could be a short tooth and just isn't enough to bond too. Hard to tell. [Reply]
Is there, like, a market where y'all just go and find solid 7s for your dental hygienists?
I mean I've never walked into a dentists office and had my jaw hit the floor at the ethereal hotness of the person that was going to be cleaning my teeth, but almost invariably I'm like "man, I just wanna take that one home to meet my mom..."
It's uncanny. Just a never-ending stream of extremely attractive but not distractingly hot women. You have to keep them just below an 8 to keep from alienating your female customers, don't you? [Reply]
I could feel it swelling on a Friday night. By 9pm the pain became intense as fuck. I was taking advil like it was candy and nothing was working. I probably drank a whole bottle of whiskey, I didnt give a fuck I just wanted the pain to go away. The bottle didnt do much either, went to the dentist the next day got antibiotics went back a few days later said the tooth was too far gone and had to be pulled.
Worst pain I've ever had and that's including the time my collar bone broke because of the seat belt in a car accident. [Reply]