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My trip to the Dentist.

Up date to this saga.I never had my tooth out ,my dentist changed his mind ,I think trying to save my tooth became a person challenge to him.
He kept fitting composite mockups of a tooth whilst the abcess took its time to completely clear and for the past few 2/3 months it has kept reappearing and the mock up has to be removed.
It was all gone a fortnight ago and today I had my lovely new crown which matches the colour of my other teeth perfectly.
8 months,18 visits to the dentist it must be some kind of record but after all that he has done a wonderful job,is a lovely young man and I hope I do not have to see him any time soon.LOL.
 
Not a happy ending I am afraid.
Today whilst eating my lunch I thought it was a bit crunchy and found that I was eating my crown which had come dislodged.
My dentist was not at work but one of his associates agreed to cement it back in place(for how long I thought)
As luck would have it when I got there Robert my dentist was picking up papers at the practice ,he called me in and 30 minutes later I left minus the tiny remnant of tooth and the root.
Now as it is one of my front teeth I am practicing not smiling until my bridge is made.LOL.
 
Sorry to hear about that Alberta- hope all will be well when your bridge is ready. You have been a trooper to have all that treatment. I had been putting off going to the dentist for years. I talked myself out of it time and time again even though I had lost several teeth over the years. I promised my daughter that I would go and got my husband to make the appointment with his dentist. I had even saved up money myself to cover any costs since we have no dental insurance which was difficult to obtain over the years since my husband was self employed.

I temporarily joined a "Scared to go the Dentist" forum to read what other people said in the threads. When I entered the office I knew I was going for an evaluation and one cleaning. I was completely calm and everyone was very friendly. They even gave me a 10% seniors discount! I went through two more cleaning appointments and then advice about a temporary bridge for the top and one for the bottom. Had impressions taken and one bridge fitted after what was left of two teeth close to the front were removed....on the same day. Then I went back for the bottom bridge to be fitted and four teeth to be removed. Finally, last Friday my life returned to normalcy as far as the dentist is concerned. My smile is back. The dentist and his assistant did a great job and so far so good. Got some new back teeth on one side. Dr. Lucy in Potters Hill in the late l950's extracted one of my molars. I am getting used to the bridges and have tried to eat the hardest foods to give them a work out. The dentist managed to save my front teeth which is good and the colour match is great.

I wouldn't show the before photo because there isn't one...my mouth was always closed when cameras were around. Here are a couple of photos taken last Saturday. Not exactly comfortable having a close up taken but
I don't mind now....people will think I am a permanently grinning Cheshire cat!
 
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looking good JA.... I hate the dentists avoid em like the plague unless I cant stand the toothache as they say grit my teeth and then go ..
 
I smiled at the checkout operator in Tesco this morning forgot about the large gap.

Jennyann ,I must say that I didn't know what to expect,years ago it was splinting sounds and lots of blood but Robert froze my gum and the roof of my mouth.He explained he would 'wiggle' the root around a bit,the next thing the nurse was putting a wad of cottonwool in the gap,not that I needed it there was hardly any blood to see.
I feel fine(just look strange)and have had no pain.

I know that Robert was on some sort of a mission to save my tooth but I wish now that I had saved myself about 18 visits in 12 months and had the tooth out in the first place.
 
Today we were discussing teeth problems, and I recounted how, when we were children, and if we had an aching, or loose tooth, usually 'milk' teeth, one of the solutions was to wrap strong cotton around the tooth, and tie the other and to the door knob !

I cannot recall whether this ever worked, but I was wondering if any of our 'older readers' recall this sort of solution for removing loose teeth..

Eddie
 
Its all a far cry from yesteryear, people used to have all their teeth removed as a 21st birthday present.

How bizarre is that?
 
Certainly, all my grandparents had full set of false teeth. They had all their teeth out pre-NHS so I assume it was both to save money and also the grief of visiting the dentist.


My mm had this lifelong fear of the dentist, and would only go when the pain of toothache was so bad, she had no choice.


I’m the opposite. I have fallen asleep in the dentist chair as he was working.
 
norfolk brummie said:
Today we were discussing teeth problems, and I recounted how, when we were children, and if we had an aching, or loose tooth, usually 'milk' teeth, one of the solutions was to wrap strong cotton around the tooth, and tie the other and to the door knob !

I cannot recall whether this ever worked, but I was wondering if any of our 'older readers' recall this sort of solution for removing loose teeth..

Eddie
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Oh yes it worked haha.
I had a small milk tooth at the front of my mouth when I was little it was a dark colour as it grew through with no enamel on, I hated it. Mum was up the road at my aunts one day and I thought right this is it. I put strong cotton around it and connected the other end around the door knob and slammed it! It popped straight out, when I think about it I must have been desperate to get rid of it as it wasn't at all loose haha
 
My dentist was stuck off the list he lost his license a, Dr Houheuh (in correct spelling) his office was in Hawksley Mill not far from the knick this was back in the early 70's I am sure he will not read this post
 
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