DentistsMy current dentist is called Mr Stiff.
Back when I was at university though, I had enormous pain in my jaw one morning - so bad I went as an emergency case to the uni dentist.
He took one look at the back of my mouth and said, "Ah, wisdom teeth. Impacted. They'll have to come out."
He then reached under the chair and came out with an enormous industrial (and entirely non-dental) pair of pliers, "I can do it now if you want..."
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chthonic, Thu 2 Nov 2006, 14:31)
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Ah, wisdom!I started to get quite bad earache. This was followed by a sore throat. Thinking that I had an infection, I went to a doctor who had a look and told me there was nothing wrong.
So I went home and the pain became even worse. I also noticed that I had exceptionally bad breath (like rotting meat) and I'd developed a 24 hour headache that kept me awake. Back to the doctor's.
This time she thought to look at my teeth: "Oh, I see. You've got a wisdom tooth coming through. It's broken the skin and become septic. This has infected your whole head. You'd better see a dentist."
The dentist was a brown-eyed beauty with a gorgeous smile (University of Sussex) and fixed me up with a solution: mouthwash.
MOUTHWASH!? It cost about 8 quid and she said it'd turn my teeth red if I used it for too long. So I did what my grandad used to do and just rinsed with salt water. Worked like a treat.
(, Thu 2 Nov 2006, 16:23, Reply)
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