Dentists

[TheSneakiness]

Originally Posted by Yummy Mummy

Three years ago I had 4 wisdom teeth out and some work done to the roots of my lower teeth. All under a general anaesthetic.

$2200 and a month of pure agony. God I hate the dentist!!

Wow. Wow.

The thing I'm hating is trying to get bits of food out of the holes in the back of my mouth. S**ts me no end. Maybe I need to get that looked at...

[bindi]

Three words there Gerardine... Holy F@#$*@& Sh1t!

Originally Posted by Feathers

I had a tooth removed from the middle of the roof of my mouth when I was 16, and it took 3 people to hold me down when I saw the needle.

A month after that I had a "bridge" cemented in across the roof of my mouth to stretch my top jaw so all the rest of my teeth would fit in.
It had to have a small key inserted and turned twice a day for 2 months.
I used to scream in agony when my parents turned the key, but after about a week I was just silent, which they said was worse. It made my entire face ache.
Having braces for 2 years after that was a piece of cake.

[fordxr8]

Originally Posted by swanny

You've got to love the dentist... last time I went, I chose to have the tooth removed, rather than paying for root canal work. The dentist is pulling and tugging at this tooth, and breaks off one root, leaving it in the gum.

"Whaa appens ow?" I asked, with an anaethetized jaw.

"Well, you can go see a dental surgeon to have the rest removed."

When you've just had dodgy dental treatment, you can't even complain with dignity, ... it's bullthit!

pulling a tooth ain't as easy as it seems and unexpected things can and do happen

btw, i'm in my final year of dentistry at UWA (only 3 months to go) and have broken a number teeth my self.

as regards for price, shop around just as you would when buying a car. dentists have the right to charge what ever they want.
dentistry materials and equipment aren't cheap. a chair can cost from $15000 to $65000 and thats not including the drills, the set up for the water lines, the hand instruments etc. as another example, a 10ml bottle of restorative material costs $150+