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May 23, 2019 7:24:31 GMT
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Post by alsagerstokie on May 23, 2019 7:24:31 GMT
Sat in waiting room currently 3rd time this week. Planned treatment. Just unlucky i guess. I have cut back on Sugar Drinks. Gone to an electric toothbrush aparantly far better.
Do you visit on a regular basis. Ive friends and relatives that have not been for years. Cant believe they dont go. Wonder how they would go on if one day they had Toothache and needed to see someone.
Anyhow final appointment today this will be expensive at the end 😕
They never run on time mind
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May 23, 2019 8:59:13 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on May 23, 2019 8:59:13 GMT
How did it go? Face numb?
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Post by thequietman on May 23, 2019 11:47:34 GMT
I have an uncontrollable-shakes, passing-out fear of dentists. I'm pretty stoic about most things. Bost another finger? Pull it straight, tape it up, carry on as normal. But dentists? I can't even walk past one let alone go in.
Stems from a brutal chap I had when very young. Didn't use any form of anaesthetic or pain relief, presumably to save money. The last time mum dragged me there I was in the chair shaking like a leaf & he pulled over this Victorian pedal drill contraption. Thought he'd calm me down by showing me how it worked & saying electric drills were much better than that thing. I was out of there like a shot screaming blue murder all the way down Newport High Street, my mum trailing many yards in my wake.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 12:05:36 GMT
I go every 3 month on a dental plan that we pay monthly as a family, have an electric toothbrush, dont have sugar, don't drink alcohol....
My bad points are...I drink apple cider vinegar and lemon every morning without a straw so not great on enamel I suppose
And I drink black coffee ....the only pleasure I have left in life
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May 23, 2019 12:33:23 GMT
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Post by bathstoke on May 23, 2019 12:33:23 GMT
I have an uncontrollable-shakes, passing-out fear of dentists. I'm pretty stoic about most things. Bost another finger? Pull it straight, tape it up, carry on as normal. But dentists? I can't even walk past one let alone go in.
Stems from a brutal chap I had when very young. Didn't use any form of anaesthetic or pain relief, presumably to save money. The last time mum dragged me there I was in the chair shaking like a leaf & he pulled over this Victorian pedal drill contraption. Thought he'd calm me down by showing me how it worked & saying electric drills were much better than that thing. I was out of there like a shot screaming blue murder all the way down Newport High Street, my mum trailing many yards in my wake.
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Post by mrcoke on May 23, 2019 13:36:32 GMT
Anyone remember Mr Bolton on London Rd in Newcastle?
I can remember as a boy in the 50s him disinfecting the extraction tongues in the gas fire in his surgery before the gas put me under.
As you went under he used to chant a rhyme, "Puffer Billy, puffer Billy went to Stoke, when he came back, he had no smoke". |
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May 23, 2019 15:28:20 GMT
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Post by alsagerstokie on May 23, 2019 15:28:20 GMT
How did it go? Face numb? Yes it was hate that feeling. not great news to be honest. Nothing serious but im being sent to Ashfields Primary care centre in Sandbach. Got to have a sedative and have one taken out at the back. Not looking forward to that. Hopefully with a better electric brush and keeping on top of then this should be it. I have a routine check up in Nov. Dont know how people get away with not visiting to be honest. A picture up in Reception that we all knew about but is still worrying.  |
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Post by lordb on May 23, 2019 16:21:59 GMT
Anyone remember Mr Bolton on London Rd in Newcastle?
I can remember as a boy in the 50s him disinfecting the extraction tongues in the gas fir in his surgery before the gas put me under.
As you went under he used to chant a rhyme, "Puffer Billy, puffer Billy went to Stoke, when he came back, he had no smoke". That's like something from Inside No. 9 |
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May 23, 2019 17:11:19 GMT
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Post by RICH68 on May 23, 2019 17:11:19 GMT
I don’t mind the dentist.
Hate the hygienist though.
Fucking brutal bitch.
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May 23, 2019 17:20:53 GMT
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Post by chuffedstokie on May 23, 2019 17:20:53 GMT
The one thread topic I hoped would never come up. I'm 100% guilty of mouth mismanagement.
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May 23, 2019 18:52:34 GMT
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Post by alsagerstokie on May 23, 2019 18:52:34 GMT
The one thread topic I hoped would never come up. I'm 100% guilty of mouth mismanagement. In what ways? And do you get away with it? |
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May 23, 2019 19:22:42 GMT
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Post by musik on May 23, 2019 19:22:42 GMT
I don’t mind the dentist. Hate the hygienist though. Fucking brutal bitch. Mine digs deep too. |
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Post by marylandstoke on May 23, 2019 20:19:16 GMT
Years on tour and on the road made it easy to dodge the fang farrier but then, as a promise to my wife it all changed.
Found a local office who promised me they could deal with all my phobias and terrors. Divided my mouth into four quarters and basically rebuilt my mouth. For some places they were talking about $50,000 I would estimate it’s been a tenth of that. I pay for laughing gas every trip ($150) and that spend is priceless. The injections into the gums are no where near as bad as I had remembered and they wear off much quicker these days so your not sitting round all day feeling your face is horrid.
Tomorrow is the last of the crowns being fitted and the temps coming out. Mrs Md got me the all singing, all dancing toothbrush (though I do draw the line at having an app on my phone for it) Eating is a joy. You get so used to just eating on one side or one bit of your mouth. Food tastes so much better using your whole mouth.
Go to see the dentist. Explain what you want or need. If it seems like they don’t care your in the wrong place. When I walk in they know I don’t want the tv on, what music I want played, how many cushions I need for my back, it’s ok to turn the gas onto 11 for me, if I need a break.
As we get older we do have to look after ourselves.....now, having read the Elvis Costello thread, I need to take my own advice to get that end looked at.
One last thought, if you really do hate your hygienist, do a full packet of Bourbon biscuits or chocolate Hobnobs before you go in. At least you’ll get your money’s worth.
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May 23, 2019 21:30:28 GMT
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Post by chuffedstokie on May 23, 2019 21:30:28 GMT
The one thread topic I hoped would never come up. I'm 100% guilty of mouth mismanagement. In what ways? And do you get away with it? Irregular brushing (laziness) and no I didn't get away with it. Used to be really good but it's hit and miss now. A passion for diet lemonade probably doesn't help. |
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May 23, 2019 22:48:06 GMT
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Post by trentvale68 on May 23, 2019 22:48:06 GMT
Been today, fractured a tooth so got to go back for a big filling and a clean up. Cost me 62 quid.
Lucky really because if it was the US I'd have to take a loan out against my house 😁😁
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Post by marylandstoke on May 24, 2019 2:27:05 GMT
Been today, fractured a tooth so got to go back for a big filling and a clean up. Cost me 62 quid. Lucky really because if it was the US I'd have to take a loan out against my house 😁😁 Please explain. |
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Post by thequietman on May 24, 2019 11:19:02 GMT
I have an uncontrollable-shakes, passing-out fear of dentists. I'm pretty stoic about most things. Bost another finger? Pull it straight, tape it up, carry on as normal. But dentists? I can't even walk past one let alone go in.
Stems from a brutal chap I had when very young. Didn't use any form of anaesthetic or pain relief, presumably to save money. The last time mum dragged me there I was in the chair shaking like a leaf & he pulled over this Victorian pedal drill contraption. Thought he'd calm me down by showing me how it worked & saying electric drills were much better than that thing. I was out of there like a shot screaming blue murder all the way down Newport High Street, my mum trailing many yards in my wake.
That Is darkly funny Thanks Bath, your sympathy is welcomed ;-)
Colleague at work this morning asked where a doctor's surgery was - he had to take a dotty ancient aunt there & he knew it was near where I lived. I'd not heard of it so had to google it - and bl00dy hell, the map showed a dentists right next door. Even that gave me the shakes. I had to reward myself for not bolting from my desk by having a couple of pork & pickle pies.
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May 24, 2019 21:11:13 GMT
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Post by alsagerstokie on May 24, 2019 21:11:13 GMT
Been today, fractured a tooth so got to go back for a big filling and a clean up. Cost me 62 quid. Lucky really because if it was the US I'd have to take a loan out against my house 😁😁 Christ how u manage that? |
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