i have not been to a dentist in probably 10 years

oh. so this is no cosmetic dentistry we're talking about here.

seriously, dont go with gold.

Nah, I don't think I will. I kinda want to get a new laptop instead. Plus a gold tooth won't really make me a pirate.

I'm having a gold crown fitted on a the NHS tomorrow.

fingers crossed.

I made my first appt. for a checkup since...um...maybe the first Bush administration. Bush 41. Possibly early Clinton years.

you'll be fine. you'll just have some cavities to fill, maybe a route canal or two. nothing could be so bad. just don't fuck up your gums, they hate that.

I just made my first appointment since 2005! Been flossing though.

i went for the first time in 3+ years a couple of weeks ago. no cavities, but they did do a whole hell of a lot of scraping.

ugh i hate that, and then all the blood :/

PS what's with all my girlfriends getting these caps when they were little? it's like, no wonder you never had any cavities. "sealants" or something. wtf is that, why did i never hear of that?

> they did do a whole hell of a lot of scraping

I anticipate the use of a circular sander.

i think i got sealants in my molars at some point in high school?

that prolly would've helped me in my chips ahoy or bust phase

i also have a cap over my front bottom tooth where my sister threw a rock at me and knocked it out (one of my first permanent teeth). it was all because i wouldn't let her listen to my michael jackson thriller album. i would shut my door and turn the volume on my turntable so low that i would have to lay my head right against the speaker (no headphones) to hear it. the rock was indoors because her 4 year old sunday school class had decorated them with felt & glitter to say "Jesus Loves Me".

That is a great story and needs to go in the mini family anecdotes thread.

i went this week to a new dentist. she is so hot, and so is the dental assistant. and i'm fucking sitting there with my mouth open, gums out, drooling all over the place.

you should have made your desire for them a little less obvious

bahahaha

It's been a good 4+ years for me. I'm finally seeing a student at OHSU day after tomorrow. I take good care of my teeth but they feel a little achy overall...

hey people in the US/AUS,

if you need a lot of dental work done, like over $1000, we have found a really good dentist here in Cusco (Peru). A round trip for two weeks from the US is around $700. I just got a new crown for $80 (!) and three fillings for $100. That would have been around $1200 from my dentist in the states. So even with the plane ticket you come out ahead.

that actually sounds kind of fun. take a vacation to peru, get all your dental work done and then blow the money you saved on a good time.

that's what I'm sayin! I'll be happy to give the info to any interested parties, the dude is a total professional.

wehre did he go though, peru dental school?

looks like it, yeah. he's got a bunch of diplomas etc on his wall.

my gf is there right now getting two new crowns put in.

wow you guys are just goin crazy

^^^ this is pretty common, btw. def knew ppl that went to like costa rica for dental work, cuz it was cheap and you got a vacation out of it

i went to the dentist a few weeks ago after....2 years? 28 years and still no cavities, suckas. the dental asst said i brush too hard, maybe :-/

ohh yea like the enamel is wearing off? i've started to think about that too lately -- i can be kind of an excitable brusher

i am going to the dentist.
my tooth BROKE!!!!!
there was an old filling that was always strange. i felt a tiny crack in it last week and then sunday the back corner FELL OFF. WTF?
estimate for crown is $$$$$$ i am screwed.

shit i wanna go to peru for this stuff! sister is there now, i'd have a place to stay.

Double extraction tomorrow. One of 'em is a molar split in half. The other is a supernumerary. VICODIN WEEKEND!

i wish there was a way to get vicodin out of this.

instead all my student loan $ for the semester will go to paying it off instead of redecorating my house :((((

girl, i feel your pain. i'm sorry. but this will make you stronger.

fucking better

you'll at least get hydrocodone tza. V expensive hydrocodone.

for a crown?

eastern europe is the big destination for dental holidays here. sofia is the most common spot, i think. will do it some day, just get them all ripped out and replaced clark gable stylee.

well, if the tooth broke im assuming root canal but i could be very wrong

also, sedation dentists will give you valium the night before your appt and a whole cocktail of benzos to take on the day

actually not sure a root canal is necessary bc of the way the filling is there. god, i hope a root canal is not necessary.... al;ksdgj :(

just dont become the guy my dentist told me about who started knocking his teeth out for the codiene/benzos

it might not be. im no dentist.

it won't be. root canal is for decay, usually, no?

oy valium

i actually am in possession of some valium but valium is no vicodin.

prague is apparently a top destination for cheap dental work too - by best friend and her husband took a 'dentistry' holiday their awhile back.

i love how everybody's known all about these dentist holidays and i never had a clue

right? i love multitasking! i should have been on this.

its like the old days when women went to some alpine spa in europe to have a little work done. that always sounded like fun to me.

it won't be. root canal is for decay, usually, no?

not always they can also be done for cracked teeth and when i had a tooth knocked out i had to have a double root canal done because of the infection.

also tza you may not want to read this but i had to have the procedure done w/o any anaesthetic becuase the infection made it ineffective and it was, by a really wide margin, the most painful moment in my life

i do not think it is infected. that is why i am getting it taken care of NOW.

way to turn it back into a nightmare thread lamp eugh