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thesloppy · 11-18-2010, 07:19 PM

I knocked my two front teeth out when I was 11, by crashing on my bike, and using my teeth as a braking mechanism against the concrete. My dentist at the time was a 50-year old lady with MS, double crutches and everything...a choice I think my single mom made based on some sort of empowerment/women's lib motivation...which is cool if we're talking about cleaning your teeth, or drilling an occasional filling, but having the old lady with impaired muscle skills rebuild your grill on short notice had predictable results.

When I was 13, I pulled one of said fake teeth off with a Sugar Daddy, the finest in 25 cent bulk caramel on a popsicle stick. I was already horrified of the dentist by now, thanks to my earlier accident, so in my infinite wisdom I decided to stick the tooth back in, with a piece of sugar daddy as the cement. This worked for about two years (no shit), until during a cleaning, the tooth was pulled off with the ol' tartar pick, which then scraped against the raw nerve of my exposed tooth (good times). The tech remarked that the adhesive must've broken, which was unusual, did I know anything about that? No, I had no idea what would've caused that.

For the next twenty years I lived in pretty much abject fear of the dentist, but my front teeth were getting increasingly wonky as I grew older, and they migrated in different directions from their already improper installation. Then roughly about a year ago, motivated by an issue that was unrelated to my fronties, I decided to just finally get it all taken care of. I somehow ended up going to 8 appointments with 4 different people, for only 3 teeth, and it cost thousands of dollars and plenty of pain and stress to get it all taken care of, but I must say it was certainly worth it.

If you've got dental phobia, and have been carrying around lingering problems, you might not even realize the toll that seemingly minor annoyance has on your daily well being. To not have to worry about eating certain things, or fear the dentist at all, or have 'tooth dreams', or any of that crap, is quite a relief.

Also, get the nitrous.

11-18-2010, 07:19 PM	#2217
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	I knocked my two front teeth out when I was 11, by crashing on my bike, and using my teeth as a braking mechanism against the concrete. My dentist at the time was a 50-year old lady with MS, double crutches and everything...a choice I think my single mom made based on some sort of empowerment/women's lib motivation...which is cool if we're talking about cleaning your teeth, or drilling an occasional filling, but having the old lady with impaired muscle skills rebuild your grill on short notice had predictable results. When I was 13, I pulled one of said fake teeth off with a Sugar Daddy, the finest in 25 cent bulk caramel on a popsicle stick. I was already horrified of the dentist by now, thanks to my earlier accident, so in my infinite wisdom I decided to stick the tooth back in, with a piece of sugar daddy as the cement. This worked for about two years (no shit), until during a cleaning, the tooth was pulled off with the ol' tartar pick, which then scraped against the raw nerve of my exposed tooth (good times). The tech remarked that the adhesive must've broken, which was unusual, did I know anything about that? No, I had no idea what would've caused that. For the next twenty years I lived in pretty much abject fear of the dentist, but my front teeth were getting increasingly wonky as I grew older, and they migrated in different directions from their already improper installation. Then roughly about a year ago, motivated by an issue that was unrelated to my fronties, I decided to just finally get it all taken care of. I somehow ended up going to 8 appointments with 4 different people, for only 3 teeth, and it cost thousands of dollars and plenty of pain and stress to get it all taken care of, but I must say it was certainly worth it. If you've got dental phobia, and have been carrying around lingering problems, you might not even realize the toll that seemingly minor annoyance has on your daily well being. To not have to worry about eating certain things, or fear the dentist at all, or have 'tooth dreams', or any of that crap, is quite a relief. Also, get the nitrous. __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM.