Soulstation1 Posted March 8, 2006 Author Report Posted March 8, 2006 (edited) i could use a small puff Edited March 8, 2006 by Soulstation1 Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 21, 2006 Author Report Posted March 21, 2006 going to get my grill examined today after the last bill i can't afford any other work Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 21, 2006 Author Report Posted March 21, 2006 (edited) i'm MF lookin' at $6500 in dental bills, to get my grill in order no more bubble gum as per peanut butter, i'll go with smooth instead of crunchy..... Edited March 21, 2006 by Soulstation1 Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 21, 2006 Author Report Posted March 21, 2006 on a serious note anyone use/have an Oral B electric ToothBrush? i need to purchase one Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted March 21, 2006 Report Posted March 21, 2006 You serious about that dental bill? Maybe those 6-month checkups are worth it afterall. Tell the dentist he can go fund his next BMW purchase some other way.... Quote
wesbed Posted March 22, 2006 Report Posted March 22, 2006 $6,500? I have a friend who had all his teeth pulled because he got tired of paying dental bills. Now he has a set of false teeth that he wears at his leisure. Due to my friend's beard a person doesn't notice he has no teeth. My friend gums his food most of the time. I dislike dentists and dental bills. Still, I'd rather have less money and more teeth. My natural teeth seem so much more convenient and comfortable for me than my friend's false teeth for him. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted March 22, 2006 Report Posted March 22, 2006 For crying out loud, for $6500, you could book a cheap flight to NYC and have Dmitry do it for less! I'd look into another dentist. That's outrageous. Maybe it's just LA? Do a lot of dentists get sued out there? I wonder how much of the bill goes towards their liability insurance? Quote
WD45 Posted March 22, 2006 Report Posted March 22, 2006 on a serious note anyone use/have an Oral B electric ToothBrush? i need to purchase one Yeah. Works great. Dentist said that if I didn't get my grill in order they would have to pull my wisdom teeth. After using the Oral B electric [fancy $70 one, as they recommend] my visits are easy peasy. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 22, 2006 Author Report Posted March 22, 2006 http://oralb.com/products/product.asp?tid=...ower&pid=pc8000 bought the 8850 last night $120 - 20% coupon - $20 mail in rebate = $80 not a bad price takes 16 hours to charge Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted March 22, 2006 Report Posted March 22, 2006 I've been using a Philips SoniCare toothbrush for many years and the difference in my time in the cleaning chair has been night & day. I highly recommend the SoniCare over the Oral-B unit. Dmitry might disagree. Kevin Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted March 22, 2006 Report Posted March 22, 2006 $6,500? I have a friend who had all his teeth pulled because he got tired of paying dental bills. Now he has a set of false teeth that he wears at his leisure. Due to my friend's beard a person doesn't notice he has no teeth. My friend gums his food most of the time. This is nuts. Definitely a drastic solution, but I'm sure we've all considered it from time to time. SS is planning a variant of it. He feels Iron Mike badly needs a victory, so he plans to enter the ring with him at Caesar's Palace. Not only is he likely to lose all his teeth (no mouthpiece is planned at this time), but he's likely to have a few $ left over for the casinos. Quote
HolyStitt Posted March 23, 2006 Report Posted March 23, 2006 I've been using a Philips SoniCare toothbrush for many years and the difference in my time in the cleaning chair has been night & day. I highly recommend the SoniCare over the Oral-B unit. Dmitry might disagree. Kevin I second this. I have had mine for almost 3 years and the results are a amazing. Last month, my dentist told me to stop making appointments every six month and now come in only a year. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 Well... I finally went to the dentist for the first time in my life today. I never had insurance as a kid (or young adult) until my wife got this new job about 3 years ago. Since then, I've just been putting it off, but my wife made me promise to go after the new year. I'm happy to report that, much to my surprise, my gums are in good shape and so are my teeth. I have one tooth that might need a root canal (it isn't hurting at all... none of my teeth do) and a couple that need minor fillings, but nothing major at all. The dentist also recommended the Sonicare and so I got one from his office for $80. I went to the local Rite-Aid afterward to get some more toothpaste and saw the same model for $129.99, so I got a good deal. I'm going in for the cleaning and root canal in a couple weeks. I was pretty nervous about the whole thing (and lied through my teeth about being so to the dentist and assistant) but I'm very happy that everything is mostly ok. That's pretty amazing for almost being 29 years old (and eating as many sweets as I do). Quote
RDK Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 Wow, Jim, that's amazing! I can't imagine going 29 years never having seen a dentist. I've gone to various dentists all my life and have a mouthfull of old fillings (and now crowns). I've always been prone to cavities despite regular cleanings and brushings. Others i know never get cavities... Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 Wow, Jim, that's amazing! I can't imagine going 29 years never having seen a dentist. I've gone to various dentists all my life and have a mouthfull of old fillings (and now crowns). I've always been prone to cavities despite regular cleanings and brushings. Others i know never get cavities... Well, my poor little sister has been living a nightmare for the last 7+ years with her teeth. She's had numerous root canals and just had seven teeth pulled last week. And she's 5 years younger than me. Genetics are a wacky thing. Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 Well... I finally went to the dentist for the first time in my life today. I never had insurance as a kid (or young adult) until my wife got this new job about 3 years ago. Since then, I've just been putting it off, but my wife made me promise to go after the new year. I'm happy to report that, much to my surprise, my gums are in good shape and so are my teeth. I have one tooth that might need a root canal (it isn't hurting at all... none of my teeth do) and a couple that need minor fillings, but nothing major at all. The dentist also recommended the Sonicare and so I got one from his office for $80. I went to the local Rite-Aid afterward to get some more toothpaste and saw the same model for $129.99, so I got a good deal. I'm going in for the cleaning and root canal in a couple weeks. I was pretty nervous about the whole thing (and lied through my teeth about being so to the dentist and assistant) but I'm very happy that everything is mostly ok. That's pretty amazing for almost being 29 years old (and eating as many sweets as I do). Damn! That is amazing! I've been going to the dentist ever since I was 10 years old and pretty much hating every visit. But like everything else, it gets to be old news after awhile. Did they take x-rays on your teeth, Jim.? You might be the beneficiary of fluoride in drinking water. Since I grew up in Third World Nations, I didn't drink fluoride with my water, and my teeth suffered as a result. My kid has done better than I did at his age, likely for the same reason. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted April 5, 2006 Report Posted April 5, 2006 Yeah, they did X-rays. I grew up in the country drinking well water. Ain't no fluoride in there! I'm just very lucky, I guess. I also have a big mouth and have all my wisdom teeth in and the dentist said they look great, no need to pull them. Whew! Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 Finally finished the root canal yesterday. It took three visits, since this tooth was particularily bad and had multiple "anatomical anomaly's" as the dentist put it. No pain, so that's good. I have a couple small fillings that need to be done, but otherwise everything is in good shape. On the plus side, I sold my dentist a Root Doctor CD! Quote
sidewinder Posted November 22, 2006 Report Posted November 22, 2006 (edited) Up again in sympathy with this thread. Looks like I need to lose a crowned tooth and have an implant put in ( ). I nearly had a fit when I got the estimate for the work. That's my whole Mosaic and vinyl budget for the next 10 years busted... Will have to resort now to buying Blue Note Applause label vinyl.. Edited November 22, 2006 by sidewinder Quote
Soulstation1 Posted December 7, 2006 Author Report Posted December 7, 2006 i've got to do something, my teeth are REALLY bothering me....... Quote
sidewinder Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 (edited) Just got my dental implant put in - went better than I could ever of expected (although they seemed to be using the mother of Black-and-Decker drill bits at one stage ). Just a bit of jaw swelling after the 'op', easily remidied with pain killers and cold packs. As long as you get a good surgeon and the pre-surgery assessment goes OK, I recommend this treatment. The only inconvenience is no hot food or dairy products for 5 days and stitches in situ for 10 days. Can handle that ! Edited January 6, 2007 by sidewinder Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted July 1, 2008 Report Posted July 1, 2008 Well, that root canal I got in 2006 didn't work so well. I lost the back half of the tooth on Friday afternoon, right before heading to the gig by eating a piece of chocolate. Chocolate. Not very hard stuff. Kinda makes me mad. Now I'm probably going to have to get a crown and I no longer have dental insurance. Boo. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 1, 2008 Report Posted July 1, 2008 Well, that root canal I got in 2006 didn't work so well. I lost the back half of the tooth on Friday afternoon, right before heading to the gig by eating a piece of chocolate. Chocolate. Not very hard stuff. Kinda makes me mad. Now I'm probably going to have to get a crown and I no longer have dental insurance. Boo. Sorry to hear this but I suspect at some stage in the future this would probably have happened anyway. Incredible the way that biys of teeth give way when you least want it/least expect it. A crown isn't so bad anyway - certainly nowehere near the (physical) pain of the root canal. I hate those suckas ! Quote
Shawn Posted July 1, 2008 Report Posted July 1, 2008 Well, that root canal I got in 2006 didn't work so well. I lost the back half of the tooth on Friday afternoon, right before heading to the gig by eating a piece of chocolate. Chocolate. Not very hard stuff. Kinda makes me mad. Now I'm probably going to have to get a crown and I no longer have dental insurance. Boo. I've learned the hard way that once you do a root canal a crown is ALWAYS necessary...I know because I have 4 teeth that are broken off at the gum line because I didn't get the crowns on them. The reason I never had it done was that even with insurance, crowns were too damn expensive. Once you do a root canal the tooth is dead and the enamel becomes brittle. Quote
andybleaden Posted July 1, 2008 Report Posted July 1, 2008 just had two wisdom teeth out and it bleedin hurt However it was here in the UK and part of the national health system something to be thankful for If I had to pay for it privately..ooh eck ...it will start hurtin again! Quote
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