Root canal

[Panter]

To undergo the process, I had to have heavy sedation requiring the presence of a consultant anesthe... gasman, specialist nurse and a 'more qualified' dentist for want of the right terminology.

Total cost to my pocket - zilch.

The NHS can, indeed, be wonderful at times.

Aii

I'm having a fair bit of work done at the moment. So far its cost about £60.00 for 3 lengthy visits and the next stage is a bridge for £190.00 or so. Ok, its quite a lot of money, but compared to private fees its nothing. And these modern sedatives are superb

 

[Speicher]

Whenever I go to the dentist, I try to make an appointment for 2.30. It pleases me.

What time do you eat your favourite chocolate bars? 8.20 or 8.40

At 21.50 is it too expensive to catch a train to London?

What time should you release your homing pigeons?

How long will your dentist appointment take, will you make it to the Cake shop in time for tea with your friend?

I think I will stop there.

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

I have to go...haven't been in 5 years...oops...I have hated dentists since childhood when my mum had to hold me down in th e chair while my teeth were drilled without any anestici...erm..pain relief....there were no hand drills either, just a bllody great thing that looked like a giant angle poise desk lamp made out of scaffolding

...I dread the visit to the dentist and avoid wherever possible. I have never had a pain free experience in those chairs..ever.

Mrs BTFB however insists on having fillings without any pain relief at all...says she'd prefer the pain than the numbness afterwards....must be the German in her

 

[Fnaar]

Root canals, oh the gory stories, here's mine:

When I got twotted off my bike both my front teeth were shattered, on one the damage was so extensive that the root died. In order to mount my new crowns the dentist had to drill out the entire damaged root then hammer a stainless spike into my skull to act as an anchor for the prosthetic. He used a pair of pliers and what looked like a toffee hammer to get it in.

Fortunately there was no pain but the sound your skull makes when something metallic is hammered into it is grusome

I had two gold spikes hammered into my jaw by Mr Dentist 17yrs ago... still going strong....

 

[Speicher]

I had two gold spikes hammered into my jaw by Mr Dentist 17yrs ago... still going strong....

Excuse me Fnaar, you haven't answered my questions on Post no 17? I spent at least five minutes thinking them up specially for your benefit.

 

[graham56]

I have to go...haven't been in 5 years...oops...I have hated dentists since childhood when my mum had to hold me down in th e chair while my teeth were drilled without any anestici...erm..pain relief....there were no hand drills either, just a bllody great thing that looked like a giant angle poise desk lamp made out of scaffolding

...I dread the visit to the dentist and avoid wherever possible. I have never had a pain free experience in those chairs..ever.

Mrs BTFB however insists on having fillings without any pain relief at all...says she'd prefer the pain than the numbness afterwards....must be the German in her

Which bit of the German?

 

[yenrod]

Thats nice !

You remind me of the situation a friend of mine found herself in when she went to work after being told by the hospital that a lump in her breast was almost certainly benign, but they'd do a test. She was told by a colleague that the hospitals always lied and she almost certainly had cancer. Fortunately, she hadn't.

 

[yenrod]

Root canal aint that bad !

Last time I visited the Dentists I actually THANKED the dentst for pulling the bugger of a tooth out !

I once spent one 'night' (all morning - dark hours) flying in an etheral void of pain...worrying if I would over dose after 8 co-codamols..and counting !

One of those things i woudnt wish on anyone kind of thing !!!

Still, dentists are there own worst enemies because they are soo bleeding expensive...

How you ever met a poor orthodontist

 

[Fnaar]

What time do you eat your favourite chocolate bars? 8.20 or 8.40

At 21.50 is it too expensive to catch a train to London?

What time should you release your homing pigeons?

How long will your dentist appointment take, will you make it to the Cake shop in time for tea with your friend?

I think I will stop there.

1) 8 it all
2) I would pay no more than 5.20
3) When the stench of fetid pigeon poop becomes too strong for mankind to bear
4) appt takes 2 mins
4a) I always make time for tea.

 

[Speicher]

1) 8 it all
2) I would pay no more than 5.20
3) When the stench of fetid pigeon poop becomes too strong for mankind to bear
4) appt takes 2 mins
4a) I always make time for tea.

1) correct
2) 21.50 refers to the time you would be travelling
3) 3.10 (free ten)
4) 2.40 (two for tea)