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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: ZEGH8578 on June 30, 2011, 11:17:08 AM
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im REALLY hoping this isnt an infected cavity, or something that requires dentist-intervention, but i am getting more and more convnced this will end with a gaping mouth at the dentists :(:(:(
i bought mouth wash today, to see if i can reverse infection, if thats the problem :(
symptom is a coming-and-going pain, varying randomly from no-pain-at-all, to a pulsating infection-ish pressure.
its not a localized pain, as it sortof "floats" alongside the right side of my lower jaw.
my gums are sore around my 3 backmost molars
i am suspecting/hoping that this COULD be caused by a wisdom tooth that appeared 2 years ago, and caused extreme pain back then. i withstood the pain, and it ended by itself. i am hoping that this pain now comes from my teeth pushing each others, cus they ARE all very squashed together, to the point of sortof pushing each others out of their position (on that side of my jaw, my teeth are slightly angled and squewed all the way to the incisors in the front)
another detail supporting this "hypothesis" is that non-molars in the front, that are NOT in pain, are definitely more sensitive and "itchy"
two days ago, there was slight discomfort, but cus of the pressure between teeth, that side of my jaw has always been kinda sensitive :/
yesterday, it went from no-pain-at-all, to almost burning pain, on and off
today, mostly mildly discomfortable. right now i only feel a slight pressure, nothing else
if it gets any worse by tomorrow, im gonna consider dentist
but i fucking haaate dentiiists :(:(:(:(:'(:'(:'(:'(
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Really consider the dentist, I hate them too, but honestly a toothache is nothing to fuck with.
Meanwhile look for something with 100% clove oil in it in the toothache numbing crap in the drugstore. Tastes like shit but it seems to work the best to numb the pain in my past experience.
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IMO, you have to go to the dentist or at least a doctor and the sooner, the better.
Do you see or feel any obvious cavities in any of your molars? Is there a bad smell or taste in your mouth?
If the gums are sore, that might mean you have an abcessed tooth. To see if the pain can be localized to a single tooth if you don't see any cavities, you could tap each molar in turn with something small and metal like a spoon handle.
A doctor could give you antibiotics to help you deal with an infection or an abcess, but if it's caused by a tooth that has a cavity in it, ultimately you need a dentist.
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IMO, you have to go to the dentist or at least a doctor and the sooner, the better.
Do you see or feel any obvious cavities in any of your molars? Is there a bad smell or taste in your mouth?
If the gums are sore, that might mean you have an abcessed tooth. To see if the pain can be localized to a single tooth if you don't see any cavities, you could tap each molar in turn with something small and metal like a spoon handle.
A doctor could give you antibiotics to help you deal with an infection or an abcess, but if it's caused by a tooth that has a cavity in it, ultimately you need a dentist.
from just checking, all teeth look fine, and theres no strange smell or taste
pressuring each tooth, the 3rd molar (counting the wisdom tooth) is the most sensitive, but it still is in the gums where i feel it the most, not in the tooth itself
thanx for that suggestion, icequeen
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IMO, you have to go to the dentist or at least a doctor and the sooner, the better.
Do you see or feel any obvious cavities in any of your molars? Is there a bad smell or taste in your mouth?
If the gums are sore, that might mean you have an abcessed tooth. To see if the pain can be localized to a single tooth if you don't see any cavities, you could tap each molar in turn with something small and metal like a spoon handle.
A doctor could give you antibiotics to help you deal with an infection or an abcess, but if it's caused by a tooth that has a cavity in it, ultimately you need a dentist.
from just checking, all teeth look fine, and theres no strange smell or taste
pressuring each tooth, the 3rd molar (counting the wisdom tooth) is the most sensitive, but it still is in the gums where i feel it the most, not in the tooth itself
thanx for that suggestion, icequeen
The bad taste would probably be there if the abcess broke open and the pus came out.
Is there a bad smell on the dental floss when you carefully floss those molars? I'm wondering whether there might be a cavity between the third molar and the second one near the gumline.
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IMO, you have to go to the dentist or at least a doctor and the sooner, the better.
Do you see or feel any obvious cavities in any of your molars? Is there a bad smell or taste in your mouth?
If the gums are sore, that might mean you have an abcessed tooth. To see if the pain can be localized to a single tooth if you don't see any cavities, you could tap each molar in turn with something small and metal like a spoon handle.
A doctor could give you antibiotics to help you deal with an infection or an abcess, but if it's caused by a tooth that has a cavity in it, ultimately you need a dentist.
from just checking, all teeth look fine, and theres no strange smell or taste
pressuring each tooth, the 3rd molar (counting the wisdom tooth) is the most sensitive, but it still is in the gums where i feel it the most, not in the tooth itself
thanx for that suggestion, icequeen
The bad taste would probably be there if the abcess broke open and the pus came out.
Is there a bad smell on the dental floss when you carefully floss those molars? I'm wondering whether there might be a cavity between the third molar and the second one near the gumline.
there was a _hint_ of blood, but nothing else :I
theres one thing, im not sure if im hallucinating or not, but it SEEMS sometimes my teeth move. its a subconcious panic in me, causing many bad dreams even :D
but all night, chewing down comfortably was difficult, because it felt like those molars wouldnt fit correctly,
but now they fit and lock perfectly. this is also something ive felt before, along with some discomfort, but never this much discomfort at the time :I
right now, its a bit more intense than earlyer today, a bit "warmer" consistent pressure/mild pain.. and it feels like its in the jaw itself, whatever that means :I
also, right between the 2nd and 3rd molar, the gums are a bit more swollen in fact, so the gum-pain could be localized to there...
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Wisdom teeth can do that.
Been to the dentist a couple of times with pains like that, including swollen cheek and all. Nothing to be found. It passed.
Still, it is good to have it checked, and ask the dentist for an X-ray if that has not been made yet.
Then they can see if the problem will resolve itself, or if something needs to be done.
Clove oil, and rinsing your mouth with a hydrogen peroxide solution or saline solution are good in the mean time.
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Wisdom teeth can do that.
Been to the dentist a couple of times with pains like that, including swollen cheek and all. Nothing to be found. It passed.
Still, it is good to have it checked, and ask the dentist for an X-ray if that has not been made yet.
Then they can see if the problem will resolve itself, or if something needs to be done.
Clove oil, and rinsing your mouth with a hydrogen peroxide solution or saline solution are good in the mean time.
ah im so glad you had a wisdom-tooth related similar ache.
i am remembering more, when my wisdom teeth DID come out originally, 2 years ago, it was the same part of the jaw that was in a lot of pain, the same teeth
how long did it last in your case(s)?
dentist is really expensive, i dont want to go, unless it really doesnt give up aching :I
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Wisdom teeth can do that.
Been to the dentist a couple of times with pains like that, including swollen cheek and all. Nothing to be found. It passed.
Still, it is good to have it checked, and ask the dentist for an X-ray if that has not been made yet.
Then they can see if the problem will resolve itself, or if something needs to be done.
Clove oil, and rinsing your mouth with a hydrogen peroxide solution or saline solution are good in the mean time.
ah im so glad you had a wisdom-tooth related similar ache.
i am remembering more, when my wisdom teeth DID come out originally, 2 years ago, it was the same part of the jaw that was in a lot of pain, the same teeth
how long did it last in your case(s)?
dentist is really expensive, i dont want to go, unless it really doesnt give up aching :I
Well, the side that hurt the most took years to settle down. Funny thing there was that they had never taken an X-ray, just assuming it was my wisdom tooth. Turned out there was no wisdom tooth there, only a rudimentary nerve-ending. There also was nothing wrong with the other molars. It just made no sense. It only finally settled down after a root-canal treatment over ten years later. My guess is that I had one over-sensitive molar.
Other jaw, the pain was gone soon, once the wisdom tooth had emerged. That it still hasn't settled for you is weird. You may have an extra wisdom tooth. Happens, just like it happens that people have no wisdom teeth. Has there ever been an X-ray taken?
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That's my Dad's solution. :asthing:
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Wisdom teeth can do that.
Been to the dentist a couple of times with pains like that, including swollen cheek and all. Nothing to be found. It passed.
Still, it is good to have it checked, and ask the dentist for an X-ray if that has not been made yet.
Then they can see if the problem will resolve itself, or if something needs to be done.
Clove oil, and rinsing your mouth with a hydrogen peroxide solution or saline solution are good in the mean time.
ah im so glad you had a wisdom-tooth related similar ache.
i am remembering more, when my wisdom teeth DID come out originally, 2 years ago, it was the same part of the jaw that was in a lot of pain, the same teeth
how long did it last in your case(s)?
dentist is really expensive, i dont want to go, unless it really doesnt give up aching :I
Well, the side that hurt the most took years to settle down. Funny thing there was that they had never taken an X-ray, just assuming it was my wisdom tooth. Turned out there was no wisdom tooth there, only a rudimentary nerve-ending. There also was nothing wrong with the other molars. It just made no sense. It only finally settled down after a root-canal treatment over ten years later. My guess is that I had one over-sensitive molar.
Other jaw, the pain was gone soon, once the wisdom tooth had emerged. That it still hasn't settled for you is weird. You may have an extra wisdom tooth. Happens, just like it happens that people have no wisdom teeth. Has there ever been an X-ray taken?
im gonna suffer silently through tomorrow, then make a dentist appointment.
its not letting up, that is, the pain comes and goes,
i bought some mild painkillers, 6 beers, and 10 grams of hash untill i get my dentist to check it, and hopefully, fix it :I
oh and only soup for me! :D
asparagus soup
made me giggle in the store
"asperger-soup. hehehe"
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"asperger-soup. hehehe"
:laugh:
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Enjoy your asperger-soup and the giggles it brings you! :2thumbsup:
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Really consider the dentist, I hate them too, but honestly a toothache is nothing to fuck with.
Wu Tang Clan ain't nuttin to fuck wit!!!
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i had trwo of my teeth in the back pulled out a few months ago because the nerves were exposed on one tooth and the other was infected. hurt like hell, i tell you :P
the novacaine shot on the roof of my mouth was pretty bad but there was no way it was any worse than that fucking toothache, :P
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actually
i was given the choise to either pull it, which would suck, cus its the "main" molar
or get a root canal
whatever it entails
im getting it next week
i cant wait...
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They pull it because thats the cheepest option, vs. rootcanal or crown. they told me that, "well do you have $3,000 bucks? if not just get it pulled."
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They pull it because thats the cheepest option, vs. rootcanal or crown. they told me that, "well do you have $3,000 bucks? if not just get it pulled."
3000!?
its gonna cost me 4700 krones (a third of yours), but im not gonna pay any of that. socialism pays it for me :] hopefully :b
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Well dude i mean yeah, dentists are vampires here. no pun intended, the fucking exam costs about $100. thats nice that socialism pays for your teeth
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Well dude i mean yeah, dentists are vampires here. no pun intended, the fucking exam costs about $100. thats nice that socialism pays for your teeth
well, hopefully. at least parts of it.
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They pull it because thats the cheepest option, vs. rootcanal or crown. they told me that, "well do you have $3,000 bucks? if not just get it pulled."
I've had 3 root canals. Paid $100 for each one. It's called Dental Insurance, and is a perk of being gainfully employed in the US. It means I get to keep my teeth, which helps me remain employable in the better paying jobs. It's a viscous circle. :zoinks:
They are going to drill a very large hole in the top of the tooth and dig out all the nerves and blood vessels. Then they will take little wires and picks and dig out the same from each root while taking xrays to make sure they have reached the bottom of each root. Then they will cauterize everything with a red hot poker. They will fill the hole and take a cast of your tooth. You will have to come back again in a few weeks to have the temporary filling removed and a permanent one put in. At the same time they will grind away a large amount of your tooth to leave a peg-shaped stub, after taking a mold of your original tooth. You will then come back in about a month to have a crown (created from the mold they took) placed over the stub. Once you have a root canal that tooth is devitalized (dead) and the crown keeps it from fracturing as it grows brittle over time.
This procedure can save your tooth for years or decades. Eventually the crown will fail or the tooth will fracture and you will have to have it pulled, but I think 20 years is a pretty average run before that has to happen. I had one tooth that had to have 2 root canals followed by an apicoectomy (an oral surgeon has to put into your jaw and remove bone to get at the roots from the other side) but I still have the tooth.
Good luck, and tell us how it goes.
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They pull it because thats the cheepest option, vs. rootcanal or crown. they told me that, "well do you have $3,000 bucks? if not just get it pulled."
I've had 3 root canals. Paid $100 for each one. It's called Dental Insurance, and is a perk of being gainfully employed in the US. It means I get to keep my teeth, which helps me remain employable in the better paying jobs. It's a viscous circle. :zoinks:
They are going to drill a very large hole in the top of the tooth and dig out all the nerves and blood vessels. Then they will take little wires and picks and dig out the same from each root while taking xrays to make sure they have reached the bottom of each root. Then they will cauterize everything with a red hot poker. They will fill the hole and take a cast of your tooth. You will have to come back again in a few weeks to have the temporary filling removed and a permanent one put in. At the same time they will grind away a large amount of your tooth to leave a peg-shaped stub, after taking a mold of your original tooth. You will then come back in about a month to have a crown (created from the mold they took) placed over the stub. Once you have a root canal that tooth is devitalized (dead) and the crown keeps it from fracturing as it grows brittle over time.
This procedure can save your tooth for years or decades. Eventually the crown will fail or the tooth will fracture and you will have to have it pulled, but I think 20 years is a pretty average run before that has to happen. I had one tooth that had to have 2 root canals followed by an apicoectomy (an oral surgeon has to put into your jaw and remove bone to get at the roots from the other side) but I still have the tooth.
Good luck, and tell us how it goes.
omfg :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
details on procedure are greatly appreciated, thank you!
but omfg :'( :'( :'( :'(
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You won't feel a thing, but the procedure can take an hour.
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I dont have dental insurance nigger. so my grill was gonna cost me 3k, so i was all pull it out. even that was over $500, wich i still havent paid and op you probably are! LOL
shazzam! :zoinks:
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I dont have dental insurance nigger. so my grill was gonna cost me 3k, so i was all pull it out. even that was over $500, wich i still havent paid and op you probably are! LOL
shazzam! :zoinks:
op you probably are! LOL
Yes, I understand you don't have dental insurance, a job, or all your teeth. I thought that was clear.
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how dare you try to equate one thing thats beautiful over another~! i've seen some hot hillbillys, :autism:
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They pull it because thats the cheepest option, vs. rootcanal or crown. they told me that, "well do you have $3,000 bucks? if not just get it pulled."
I've had 3 root canals. Paid $100 for each one. It's called Dental Insurance, and is a perk of being gainfully employed in the US. It means I get to keep my teeth, which helps me remain employable in the better paying jobs. It's a viscous circle. :zoinks:
They are going to drill a very large hole in the top of the tooth and dig out all the nerves and blood vessels. Then they will take little wires and picks and dig out the same from each root while taking xrays to make sure they have reached the bottom of each root. Then they will cauterize everything with a red hot poker. They will fill the hole and take a cast of your tooth. You will have to come back again in a few weeks to have the temporary filling removed and a permanent one put in. At the same time they will grind away a large amount of your tooth to leave a peg-shaped stub, after taking a mold of your original tooth. You will then come back in about a month to have a crown (created from the mold they took) placed over the stub. Once you have a root canal that tooth is devitalized (dead) and the crown keeps it from fracturing as it grows brittle over time.
This procedure can save your tooth for years or decades. Eventually the crown will fail or the tooth will fracture and you will have to have it pulled, but I think 20 years is a pretty average run before that has to happen. I had one tooth that had to have 2 root canals followed by an apicoectomy (an oral surgeon has to put into your jaw and remove bone to get at the roots from the other side) but I still have the tooth.
Good luck, and tell us how it goes.
omfg :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
details on procedure are greatly appreciated, thank you!
but omfg :'( :'( :'( :'(
I didn't get a crown with the rootcanal treatment.
They did drill a hole like MLA told, but, left most of the molar intact. With a very fine drill cleaned each of the root canals. Using X-ray to make sure they were thorough indeed, and, two times I had the older dentist, he also sniffed the tiny brushes, to make sure there was no putrid scent on it after the cleaning. Then they filled it with a clove-oil smelling disinfectant substance, and put a temporary filing in.
I've had three root canal treatments. one time the infection was that big that I got a course of anti-biotics to take too. After a couple of weeks I came back, the temporary filling was removed, the roots cleaned and filled, and a permanent filling put in. That one then got polished to make it feel good.
I'm glad that I went for the procedure. Very happy to still have my molars.
One of my teeth needed the cleaning procedure twice, before the permanent filling was put in.
The procedure can be done without something as complicated as a crown. And, my teeth look and feel good.
MLA is right, it is not painful.
You'll get a local sedation, if needed. But, if the dentist is sure all nerve-ends are already dead because of the infection, it can be done painlessly without sedation. If there is even a bit of the root alive, you'll be sedated. (I'm scared shit-less of sedations, so, I've had two of them without, without a problem.)
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I had a root canal in a tooth that already had a crown on it. I got a shot to numb the tooth, the root canal specialist doctor drilled a hole in the middle of the crown through the top, removed all the old filling and the decay from my tooth, removed each of the roots, then sterilized it with bleach.
Then he put in a gutta percha filling that smelled and tasted sort of like cloves into each of the roots, then put a temporary filling in the tooth.
I got antibiotics and steroids, then I came back for him to do basically the same thing again to make sure all the root had been removed.
I had to go back to my regular dentist to get the permanent filling in my tooth and crown.
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thanx guys. he did mention two procedures, but he wasnt very talkative.
im almost inclined to TELL them to TELL me stuff, technical stuff, "boring" stuff, im aspie, i wanna know all that shit.
most people are content if the dentist simply knows what hes doing
i wanna know WHAT hes doing, and WHY, and HOW :D
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thanx guys. he did mention two procedures, but he wasnt very talkative.
im almost inclined to TELL them to TELL me stuff, technical stuff, "boring" stuff, im aspie, i wanna know all that shit.
most people are content if the dentist simply knows what hes doing
i wanna know WHAT hes doing, and WHY, and HOW :D
So ask.
Tell your dentist you're an aspie if need be, and ask for the explanation. Will help you relax while he is doing the procedure.
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thanx guys. he did mention two procedures, but he wasnt very talkative.
im almost inclined to TELL them to TELL me stuff, technical stuff, "boring" stuff, im aspie, i wanna know all that shit.
most people are content if the dentist simply knows what hes doing
i wanna know WHAT hes doing, and WHY, and HOW :D
So ask.
Tell your dentist you're an aspie if need be, and ask for the explanation. Will help you relax while he is doing the procedure.
thats what im imagining. it would be much more relaxing if i know whats going on
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thanx guys. he did mention two procedures, but he wasnt very talkative.
im almost inclined to TELL them to TELL me stuff, technical stuff, "boring" stuff, im aspie, i wanna know all that shit.
most people are content if the dentist simply knows what hes doing
i wanna know WHAT hes doing, and WHY, and HOW :D
So ask.
Tell your dentist you're an aspie if need be, and ask for the explanation. Will help you relax while he is doing the procedure.
thats what im imagining. it would be much more relaxing if i know whats going on
Your dentist will have more patients who do much better with a thorough explanation. You won't be the first to ask, nor the last.
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Oh, Callaway described the cleaning procedure the way it went for me better than I did. First cleaning out with bleach, then the clove smelling stuff, for the longer term disinfecting, while the temporary filling is in.
Whether you'll get additional medication will depend on how bad the infection is.
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Hooray for nitrous oxide. You may feel it, but you don't give a damn. I have it when I have my teeth cleaned because I don't like the particles that seem to rocket from my mouth and the feel of the grit. I almost asked if I could wear a mouth mask when I have my teeth cleaned, but realized that was absurd before I asked it.
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When I had the root canal, I also had a rubber tooth dam, which looked like a green sheet of rubber with a tiny hole in it so it would stretch around the tooth, stretched in place with a frame. That was so that any bits of filling or bleach or whatever didn't go down my throat.
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Hooray for nitrous oxide. You may feel it, but you don't give a damn. I have it when I have my teeth cleaned because I don't like the particles that seem to rocket from my mouth and the feel of the grit. I almost asked if I could wear a mouth mask when I have my teeth cleaned, but realized that was absurd before I asked it.
i did nitrous for fun once :angel:
in fact, nitrous felt like a VERY mild effect of huffing/inhaling dietylether fumes, which is the most extreme high i have ever experienced.
hence, my avatar, which is my own little homeage to anything that will give you unexpected perceptions of reality :]
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I hear amyl nitrate is pretty fun too.
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I used to do whippets in the stockroom of a porn shop. what a rebel I am.
no really, it was pretty boring. I used to hang out at an adult bookstore and me and one of the clerks used to do whippets in the stockroom
sounds funner than it was
once caught a man jacking off behind the shop tho, he thought no one could see him but it was perfectly visible from the highway. That was a lot more fun that sitting there all day like I usually did.
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thats what im imagining. it would be much more relaxing if i know whats going on
He gonnna knock yo out , then he gonna rape yo in da mouth. :orly:
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four goddamn shots!
omg how much he drilled :(:(:(
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btw, to those who went through w it,
after the swelling and anaesthetics finally faded away, im getting these random jolts of a cold stabbing pain in the molar
its not continous, and for a few minutes it came and went w some moments between, but now its like 20 minutes without any pain
is this something thats normal? :I
i dont wanna call him and get back under the drill if its something to be expected :I
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btw, to those who went through w it,
after the swelling and anaesthetics finally faded away, im getting these random jolts of a cold stabbing pain in the molar
its not continous, and for a few minutes it came and went w some moments between, but now its like 20 minutes without any pain
is this something thats normal? :I
i dont wanna call him and get back under the drill if its something to be expected :I
I think that flashes of pain are pretty normal the first day or so after the shots wear off. If the root canal doctor didn't give you a prescription for pain medicine, do you have some Tylenol or something like that?
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btw, to those who went through w it,
after the swelling and anaesthetics finally faded away, im getting these random jolts of a cold stabbing pain in the molar
its not continous, and for a few minutes it came and went w some moments between, but now its like 20 minutes without any pain
is this something thats normal? :I
i dont wanna call him and get back under the drill if its something to be expected :I
Yes, though if it keeps up for more than 48 hours I would call the dentist back. Did they send you home on narcotics?
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Here they send you home with a big ibuprofen prescription. Stuff that won't be sold over the counter.
Go with what MLA said, give it 48 hours.
With me the pain was gone soon, but, I probably had a different kind of sedation. Can't deal with the usual local sedation. It takes months to disappear.
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I was sent home with a bunch of Norco :mushie:
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I was sent home with a bunch of Norco :mushie:
I wasn't given a prescription pain medicine, but I was given antibiotics. I remember being surprised how much it still hurt after the shots wore off.
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thanx all 3 of you
yes, the pain only lasted for a little while yesterday, and i havent felt any since.
i wasnt sent home w any, but i had 2 paracents :D they work on me :D + 5-6 joints
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thanx all 3 of you
yes, the pain only lasted for a little while yesterday, and i havent felt any since.
i wasnt sent home w any, but i had 2 paracents :D they work on me :D + 5-6 joints
I'm glad you feel better now, I hope there will be no more trouble from that tooth. :thumbup:
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i think its well and properly dead :]
i really dont "approve" of this procedure from a... procedural point of view tho, but there hasnt been any alternatives untill now.
i read about some new cream developed, that will actually reach through, and clear out infections that would otherwise require a root canal.
why oh why couldnt they just have given me that cream :(
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I got percocet when I had my wisdom teeth done.
Good stuff!!! :thumbup:
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I knew a guy who when he had a tooth ache rinsed with Jack Daniels and spit it out. It dulled the pain but he stunk of alcohol all day
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I have a definitive fear of the dentist. I haven't been since I was 12. :(
It's not so much the sensations of scraping teeth and the like, but I have an EXTREMELY sensitive gag reflex as well as a phobia of gagging (and throwing up). Having some guy's hand in my mouth just makes me gag about every ten seconds, causing huge huge panic attacks and making it pretty difficult for him to work on my teeth. Gag, remove hand, close mouth, get over it, start all over again...
Srsly.
I'm gonna have to go to the dentist someday and by then I hope I'm so doped up on drugs that I don't care what's done to me!
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I have a definitive fear of the dentist. I haven't been since I was 12. :(
It's not so much the sensations of scraping teeth and the like, but I have an EXTREMELY sensitive gag reflex as well as a phobia of gagging (and throwing up). Having some guy's hand in my mouth just makes me gag about every ten seconds, causing huge huge panic attacks and making it pretty difficult for him to work on my teeth. Gag, remove hand, close mouth, get over it, start all over again...
Srsly.
I'm gonna have to go to the dentist someday and by then I hope I'm so doped up on drugs that I don't care what's done to me!
That's sad. Can the doctor give you some sort of sedative like Ativan to calm you down just a little and make the visit somewhat more bearable?
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I have a definitive fear of the dentist. I haven't been since I was 12. :(
It's not so much the sensations of scraping teeth and the like, but I have an EXTREMELY sensitive gag reflex as well as a phobia of gagging (and throwing up). Having some guy's hand in my mouth just makes me gag about every ten seconds, causing huge huge panic attacks and making it pretty difficult for him to work on my teeth. Gag, remove hand, close mouth, get over it, start all over again...
Srsly.
I'm gonna have to go to the dentist someday and by then I hope I'm so doped up on drugs that I don't care what's done to me!
That's sad. Can the doctor give you some sort of sedative like Ativan to calm you down just a little and make the visit somewhat more bearable?
I don't think Ativan would be strong enough. It's not just the panic attacks but the actual act of continually gagging which makes it pretty near impossible to work on me. I'd need something much stronger than Ativan.
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I too have a very strong fear of the dentist and have not been in years since the one that finally calmed me down enough to go died and his replacement just rubbed me the wrong way. I am not sure barring being knocked out I could sit through it.
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I too have a very strong fear of the dentist and have not been in years since the one that finally calmed me down enough to go died and his replacement just rubbed me the wrong way. I am not sure barring being knocked out I could sit through it.
Need to find myself a new one. My own will be retiring soon. And his replacement just is not what calms me, nor my girls.
Will go with the friend of my oldest to her dentist soon, to see how I like it there. If it's OK, I'll try if they will take us as patients.
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Before I had the one that died I went to one and was so freaked out he told me never to come back :'( I have some major problems now but none that cause pain
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Before I had the one that died I went to one and was so freaked out he told me never to come back :'( I have some major problems now but none that cause pain
I had a dentist years ago who would not believe that the shot hadn't numbed the area. While he was drilling, I bit him. We both decided a bit more medication was necessary and a new dentist in the future.
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Before I had the one that died I went to one and was so freaked out he told me never to come back :'( I have some major problems now but none that cause pain
:hug: I had a dentist snap at me too. Let's all of us Google-search and find some special dentists for us!
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Before I had the one that died I went to one and was so freaked out he told me never to come back :'( I have some major problems now but none that cause pain
:hug: I had a dentist snap at me too. Let's all of us Google-search and find some special dentists for us!
And some special insurance companies who are willing to pander us! :green:
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Going to the dentist is :viking:
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Going to the dentist is :viking:
Yes it is, especially when meeting a new one for the first time. :orly:
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Going to the dentist is :viking:
Yes it is, especially when meeting a new one for the first time. :orly:
They are scary. 4 more posts :)
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Going to the dentist is :viking:
Yes it is, especially when meeting a new one for the first time. :orly:
They are scary. 4 more posts :)
You can do it! POST! :asthing: POST! :asthing: POST! :asthing:
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I'm happy this topic is back on da first page. One of my molars in the back is hurting, but the weird thing is it ONLY hurts at night when I lay down. Is this normal? wtf? I have a bad memory and I dont remember how even my last time my tooth gave me shit.
All day nothing. doesnt hurt, nada!
I'll probably wait like last time till the pain is so fucking inbearable and get it pulled.
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I had to jump thorogh so many loopholes, to even been seen. (this is how long its took me) with tooth pain this thursday!
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I had to jump thorogh so many loopholes, to even been seen. (this is how long its took me) with tooth pain this thursday!
I'm glad you're going in Thursday, you will soon be feeling better. :thumbup:
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Thanks. but I might do it ghetto
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Thanks. but I might do it ghetto
Do what, pull out your own tooth? Not a good idea, leave it to the pros! :orly:
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I'll weigh my options. I'm a big boy and listen to old school slayer, garenteed sucsess!!
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But you could very well have an infection which would need to be treated with
antibiotics before the tooth could be removed safely. Bacterial infections are
nothing to screw around with. :zombiefuck:
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I have tooth aches too. I grind my teeth at night. I think I chipped my molar.
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I have tooth aches too. I grind my teeth at night. I think I chipped my molar.
I always dream about loosening my teeth, and it worries me, because I think I gring them as well, I always wake up w a tense jaw, and with the fleeting notions of loose teeth :I
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My husband had one this year. Right after his back got better, he had another seizure and fell flat on his face and now his tooth was hurting. He did go to the dentist for it after he fought with his work health insurance to get it back so he can take care of it. He still has to go back but his tooth feels better after they cleaned it but it still hurts, he uses mouth wash to make it feel better. He just doesn't want to miss work and he yet still has to re schedule an appointment for himself. He cancelled his last one due to not wanting to miss work because he had missed three months of it.
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I have tooth aches too. I grind my teeth at night. I think I chipped my molar.
I always dream about loosening my teeth, and it worries me, because I think I gring them as well, I always wake up w a tense jaw, and with the fleeting notions of loose teeth :I
I have recurring dreams of my teeth loosening and fallingg out and all I have left are gums and I feel mortified because my face and mouth is more sunken in. I keep thinking I can't affford dental implants and I'm screwed. I have a powerful bite. Recently I destryed my night guard yet again. I used to have a metal one, but lost it when sharing a bathroom with my dad and my uncle. I can't keep a plastic one for too long I eventually break them. I can't afford another metal one at this time. I have had my fillings break and crumble while I sleep.
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This seems to be a common problem, maybe especially among Aspies. I have strong teeth, yet I have broken two molars with fillings, most probably due to my nightly grinding. My problem is rather that I have a hard time sleeping with a night guard in my mouth at all :-\
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But you could very well have an infection which would need to be treated with
antibiotics before the tooth could be removed safely. Bacterial infections are
nothing to screw around with. :zombiefuck:
Washing the wound with gin should help against the bacteria.
Not pulling it could mean a bigger risk to get an infection.
Think the biggest danger pulling it yourself is when the roots are in such a way that pulling the tooth would cause haemorrhaging. Small chance though. People have pulled their own teeth for millennia, and humans did not get extinct.
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The Romans pulled their teeth themselves, because they were :viking:
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My Dad is brave too. :viking:
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:agreed:
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The Romans pulled their teeth themselves, because they were :viking:
My uncle does that. Whenever a tooth becomes rotten he yanks it out with his bare fingers. He can'tr be bothered to brush his teeth. I went to a shitty dentist who gave me the wrong color filling, and due to him being a medi cal dentist he couldn't inject me a second time , so he drilled my tooth without anesthetic which was extremely irrittaning and painful, the cheap bastard. Later, I got back at him by making screaming noises whenever he was using the drill in the other room. A patient in the waiting room became frightened. He was not pleased. :p
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I once had a broken tooth and it didn't hurt one bit. It was one of my back molars and the filling came off and I had a huge hole there. I scheduled a dentist appointment right away like the next day. Turns out I had a cavity inside it and it finally broke off the filling. They asked me if it hurt and I said it didn't. It took them a few appointments for them to fix it. They did a little test and they put it on my tooth and then they put it on my other tooth and I felt something so I raised my hand. they said my other tooth was dead. No wonder it didn't hurt. I was happy it was dead or else I be in pain. I even had a root canal done for it but had to go somewhere else for it. I only had one bad experience at the dentist and that was back in 5th grade because the shots they gave me twice hurt like heck. I don't know why. But when I have had them again, they didn't hurt. I screamed because it was so painful and I scared two little kids in the waiting room and the mother had to leave with them. They were probably there for their appointment and to hear someone scream told them it's very painful to be there so the mother may have decided it was no big deal if they don't go so she cancelled and took them home.
My aunt had rotted teeth because she never brushed them so she had to get them pulled. They were fugly. They were dark brown and black. She also smoked. I hear she would think she brushed them but she didn't.
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Hundred years ago it was actually considered a bit :ghey: to brush your teeth. Times change :-\
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Whether you ask or not, here's info:
The Chinese were believed to create the first real toothbrush, or a device that was used to clean teeth, but it was much different than the ones that we are used to today. These first toothbrushes, crafted in the 1400s, did not use nylon for bristles, or plastic for the handles. They were crafted from bamboo, one of the most common plants from that area. The bamboo formed the handle for people to hold on to. Attached to this handle was a set of bristles, which were crafted from the tough hair of the Siberian wild boar. The hairs used came from the back of the neck of this animal. This is the toothbrush associated with having been the ancestor of the one that we use today.
However, there is evidence that there was another form of the toothbrush dating up to 3000 years before the birth of Christ. Due to this, the history of the toothbrush proves that this device is one of the oldest still used by man, only truly outdated by the wheel. This form of the toothbrush was found within pyramids of the Egyptians. These toothbrushes were crafted from a stick. Unlike the Chinese version of the toothbrush, the end of the stick was flayed so that the fibers of the wood were more soft. This stick was then rubbed against the teeth to serve as a form of oral hygiene. This form of the toothbrush did not become far spread as the Chinese version.
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I now know what is going on with my teeth. One of my wisdom teeth is fucking sideways and is hitting the other tooth next to it, it seems as long as I brush my teeth back there and keep everything bacteria free it isnt painful
I need three teeth pulled, fillings done and redone. but I can wait for all that expencive shit
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Whether you ask or not, here's info:
The Chinese were believed to create the first real toothbrush, or a device that was used to clean teeth, but it was much different than the ones that we are used to today. These first toothbrushes, crafted in the 1400s, did not use nylon for bristles, or plastic for the handles. They were crafted from bamboo, one of the most common plants from that area. The bamboo formed the handle for people to hold on to. Attached to this handle was a set of bristles, which were crafted from the tough hair of the Siberian wild boar. The hairs used came from the back of the neck of this animal. This is the toothbrush associated with having been the ancestor of the one that we use today.
However, there is evidence that there was another form of the toothbrush dating up to 3000 years before the birth of Christ. Due to this, the history of the toothbrush proves that this device is one of the oldest still used by man, only truly outdated by the wheel. This form of the toothbrush was found within pyramids of the Egyptians. These toothbrushes were crafted from a stick. Unlike the Chinese version of the toothbrush, the end of the stick was flayed so that the fibers of the wood were more soft. This stick was then rubbed against the teeth to serve as a form of oral hygiene. This form of the toothbrush did not become far spread as the Chinese version.
Before that Cro Magnons attached Mastadon butt hairs (renowned for toughness at the time) to Willow bark (known to have anal gesic qualities) to make toothbrushes. Such brushes could last for years.
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The Romans cleaned their teeth with horse piss, because they were :viking:
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Whether you ask or not, here's info:
The Chinese were believed to create the first real toothbrush, or a device that was used to clean teeth, but it was much different than the ones that we are used to today. These first toothbrushes, crafted in the 1400s, did not use nylon for bristles, or plastic for the handles. They were crafted from bamboo, one of the most common plants from that area. The bamboo formed the handle for people to hold on to. Attached to this handle was a set of bristles, which were crafted from the tough hair of the Siberian wild boar. The hairs used came from the back of the neck of this animal. This is the toothbrush associated with having been the ancestor of the one that we use today.
However, there is evidence that there was another form of the toothbrush dating up to 3000 years before the birth of Christ. Due to this, the history of the toothbrush proves that this device is one of the oldest still used by man, only truly outdated by the wheel. This form of the toothbrush was found within pyramids of the Egyptians. These toothbrushes were crafted from a stick. Unlike the Chinese version of the toothbrush, the end of the stick was flayed so that the fibers of the wood were more soft. This stick was then rubbed against the teeth to serve as a form of oral hygiene. This form of the toothbrush did not become far spread as the Chinese version.
Before that Cro Magnons attached Mastadon butt hairs (renowned for toughness at the time) to Willow bark (known to have anal gesic qualities) to make toothbrushes. Such brushes could last for years.
:zombiefuck:
Watch that spacebar, Cassanova, it is making you write very weird things about dental care.
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Oh crap I'm gonna need 2 crowns. :(
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Oh crap I'm gonna need 2 crowns. :(
Sorry, I don't have one to spare.
Srsly, sorry to read that.
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:zombiefuck:
Watch that spacebar, Cassanova, it is making you write very weird things about dental care.
Oops. :-[ :zoinks:
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Oh crap I'm gonna need 2 crowns. :(
Sorry, I don't have one to spare.
Srsly, sorry to read that.
There goes my savings. :(
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Today I was at autism group and the dentist's office rang me. They want to see me again so I am going there next Friday. Hopefully it will be just like last visit and I won't need anything done.
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My front teeth will probably need to be capped at some point. :apondering:
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My front teeth will probably need to be capped at some point. :apondering:
Baseball cap?
Swim cap?
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My front teeth will probably need to be capped at some point. :apondering:
Baseball cap?
Swim cap?
Pretty porcelain caps, it will be expensive but worth it! :green:
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One of my front teeth is capped because I fell onto a desk face-first and chipped it.
It turned out that this time all I needed was a clean and polish. And they gave me fluoride treatment as well. It was not an enjoyable experience but it was better than getting a filling.
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Just had a tooth pulled yesterday
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What had happened to it? Will you get it replaced?
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What had happened to it? Will you get it replaced?
Will eventually. Maybe next year. No less than 3 months til i can replace it.
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:'( :'( :'( :'(
Woe is me!
Had to have a root canal filling a while ago. That same tooth started hurting on friday. Unrelentless pain. Couldn't see my own dentist, she is away til tuesday so i had to drive about 15 miles to their other branch in sheldon, by the airport.
He was a brave dentist. It was friday afternoon, his wife kept ringing him as he was meant to be home for 5pm and he gets presented with 'miss toothache' (he called me that!) and i was in fucking agony! I have never ever screamed at a dentist before. Poor bloke only had to touch my gum and i was writhing in agony. Worst toothache ever.
He had to give me two injections, and then he drilled a hole in the back of my tooth going up into my gum to let the infection drain. yuk. He gave me antibiotics too. I was a nightmare patient from hell and i think i am going to send him a thank you card. He didn't have to see me, but i felt so much better afterwards.
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:'( :'( :'( :'(
Woe is me!
Had to have a root canal filling a while ago. That same tooth started hurting on friday. Unrelentless pain. Couldn't see my own dentist, she is away til tuesday so i had to drive about 15 miles to their other branch in sheldon, by the airport.
He was a brave dentist. It was friday afternoon, his wife kept ringing him as he was meant to be home for 5pm and he gets presented with 'miss toothache' (he called me that!) and i was in fucking agony! I have never ever screamed at a dentist before. Poor bloke only had to touch my gum and i was writhing in agony. Worst toothache ever.
He had to give me two injections, and then he drilled a hole in the back of my tooth going up into my gum to let the infection drain. yuk. He gave me antibiotics too. I was a nightmare patient from hell and i think i am going to send him a thank you card. He didn't have to see me, but i felt so much better afterwards.
You were BRAVE, I remember what that pain is like. :hug: Are you still on antibiotics?
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FYI for all you atheists:
St. Apollonia, who died in the year 249, was martyred for not renouncing her faith during the reign of Emperor Philip. The account of the life of St. Apollonia was written by St. Dionysius to Fabian, Bishop of Antioch. Apollonia had all her teeth knocked out after being hit in the face by a Christian persecutor under the reign of Emperor Philip. After she was threatened with fire unless she renounced her faith, Apollonia jumped into the flames voluntarily. She is considered the patron of dental diseases and is often invoked by those with toothaches. Ancient art depicts her with a golden tooth at the end of her necklace. Also in art, she is seen with pincers holding a tooth.
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:'( :'( :'( :'(
Woe is me!
Had to have a root canal filling a while ago. That same tooth started hurting on friday. Unrelentless pain. Couldn't see my own dentist, she is away til tuesday so i had to drive about 15 miles to their other branch in sheldon, by the airport.
He was a brave dentist. It was friday afternoon, his wife kept ringing him as he was meant to be home for 5pm and he gets presented with 'miss toothache' (he called me that!) and i was in fucking agony! I have never ever screamed at a dentist before. Poor bloke only had to touch my gum and i was writhing in agony. Worst toothache ever.
He had to give me two injections, and then he drilled a hole in the back of my tooth going up into my gum to let the infection drain. yuk. He gave me antibiotics too. I was a nightmare patient from hell and i think i am going to send him a thank you card. He didn't have to see me, but i felt so much better afterwards.
:hug:
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:'( :'( :'( :'(
Woe is me!
Had to have a root canal filling a while ago. That same tooth started hurting on friday. Unrelentless pain. Couldn't see my own dentist, she is away til tuesday so i had to drive about 15 miles to their other branch in sheldon, by the airport.
He was a brave dentist. It was friday afternoon, his wife kept ringing him as he was meant to be home for 5pm and he gets presented with 'miss toothache' (he called me that!) and i was in fucking agony! I have never ever screamed at a dentist before. Poor bloke only had to touch my gum and i was writhing in agony. Worst toothache ever.
He had to give me two injections, and then he drilled a hole in the back of my tooth going up into my gum to let the infection drain. yuk. He gave me antibiotics too. I was a nightmare patient from hell and i think i am going to send him a thank you card. He didn't have to see me, but i felt so much better afterwards.
You poor thing.
I think the dentist will love a thank you card from you.
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My teeth are going to make my dentist really rich. I guess that's the silver (amalgam) lining. :tard:
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I just had a very sensitive tooth checked out. The gum has receded to the point of exposing some of the root.
My dentist treated it with medication and wrote me a prescription for a fluoride gel. If the pain continues,
he'll do a small filling. It's OK for now as long as I don't chew anything intensely sweet on that side. :trollskull:
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I have to get going with my dental appointments. I don't want to wait till I have another crisis. :-\