To think that just under half a molar is perfectly adequate and I don't need to go to the dentist?

[HoneyDragon]

Good luck Honey.x

Woohoo! well done Honey. Dentist can't possibly be worse than the Wrath of Stratters, you chose wisely. Plus this way there's a reasonable chance you'll be able to eat again and avoid potentially appalling infection.

Well done HoneyDragon - > You can do it!!

Well done HoneyDragon x Good luck x

Well done! Maybe if you have to go back you could ask for a Valium from your GP. A friend recently took one before going to the dentist and she hardly remembers going

I had loads of fillings a few weeks ago before having my wisdom teeth out, sadly the surgeon wasn't very careful and she knocked on of my fillings, I keep putting off going back to get it re done, I hate the dentist and was so sure 'after getting my wisdom teeth out, that would be me finished for at least a year'.

You all LIED!

They do do stuff to you and not just look

Ow.

I cannot feel my face. It's probably fallen off

I'm sorry to say but it took 6 whole hours before I could move my face.

6 hours of not eating and all liquids just running right back out of my mouth

Least you don't have to go back tomorrow like me...or do you?!

Go Honey!
I need to get one of my molars looked at... But I'm just eating on the other side and ignoring it until it gets worse.

I have to go for an appointment for a check up. Apparently they are keen on these

I can poke myself in the eye and it doesn't hurt

Weird.

Well done for going. I only saw thread this morning and was going to tell you off too. Although Stratters did a good job! A guy my dad knew had a broken tooth and ignored it. Got an abscess and ignored that too. Self medicated with painkillers he got from some dodgy source and alcohol. He died. Infection from abscess went to his brain. He died because he wouldn't go to the dentist. Extreme example I know but it happens.

If they did stuff to you straight off it's because it needed doing straight off - so it's just as well you went!
What did they do, apart from numb half your head?

Don't test the numbness by seeing how hard you can bite your lip, it will hurt like a bastard later ( probably- I have never been stupid enough to do this , honest!!)

Well she winced a lot at all the scars from the great butchering incident of 1991.

The announced a crown would never be an option on account of the great "sorry about your jaw bone wisdom tooth extravaganza of 1999"

She also said that as half my teeth have already been extracted, she would attempt to fill it (she is a posh cosmetic dentist apparently I'm am very lucky). So I now have a tooth built almost entirely with filling. She's very impressed considering the damage to my teeth and suspects I'm keeping them in place through sheer will power and very healthy gums.

They also thought I was only 25. For this I have forgiven all they have done to me

I'm still not do waking to you lot though

Do waking?????????

Talking

Wow, that's that done then. She doesn't hang about does she!

Jaw bone wisdom tooth extraction?
Well that's mine (or what's left of them) definitely staying exactly where they are.

Randall....you should be fine .... Mine went tits up because of previous fuckery. They should have let mine erupt before going in, but because they were growing horizontally they decided to go in, I case they fucked up the mess they'd already made.

On hindsight I really wish I'd sued the bastards, but was so young and compliant I just let them do whatever.

I'm impressed by the whole leaping into action thing though.

Fuckaduck, Honey - sounds like you had extremely good reason to be very very wibbly about dentists, and that you were very lucky to have a super top bird dentist who could create you a new tooth out of filling and save you needing more awfulness. Glad you went still.

(((hugs)))

OH and that last post (xpost) has made me completely and utterly thankful that I never let the twat who made my teeth give me electric shocks near my wisdoms - mine started to come through wonky, he told me I'd have to have the bottom one out because it was pointing backwards and if that came out the top one (non-erupted) would need to come out too for balance, and that they might have to look at the others and see if they were doing the same thing.

The wonky one straightened itself up. The others came through fine. I still have 3 of them (only lost the one that fell to bits all by itself); AND I needed to have 2 molars re-filled because above-mentioned fuckwit hadn't lined the fuckers properly, which was why I was getting electric shocks from them every time a fork touched the metal, or they touched each other, or (God forbid!) I accidentally got a piece of silver foil in my mouth. Wanker. He was an "oh so cool and groovy" young bloke who played rock music in the dental surgery - thought he was on Casualty, or something, I don't know. Twat.

(Can you tell I didn't like him?)

Yes she was lovely. I'm actually considering letting her do a check up and going back on a voluntary basis

I do have good reason to be scares yes, that's why I get cross when my SiL told me I need to be treated for my dentist phobia.

I'm not phobic ...if a tiger bit your leg of you wouldn't be phobic of tigers you'd be scared of going near a tiger in case it bit the other one off. It's just common sense. If you know from actual experience that tigers eat legs you are not going to take up someone's suggestion to visit the free ranging tiger park. Ergo, dentists are dangerous. Or possibly ipso facto.

Anyway, I'm very proud.

I'm proud I was brave and I am going to be insufferable about the fact they thought my date of birth was wrong. Insufferable. (Twenty Five....rock on).

I'm proud of you too, Honey. And Stratters will be too (and everyone else of course).
Bollox and big Vs to SIL.

I spect she was just being kind re. the 25 though...

I want a tiger cub and dh won't let me have one. [irrelevant]

A tiger cub would eat your dogs, SDTG. That would be Very Bad. Might also eat your yarn stash...

Nooooooooo - not the yarn stash! . Oh - and the dogs.

You don't mention the possibility that the tiger might eat my dses - you have correctly deduced what a heartless and negligent mother I am!