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..."
(
chthonic, Thu 2 Nov 2006, 14:31)
« Go Back
I'm better than my dentistAbout a year ago my dentist told me I needed quite a large filling in one of my teeth, although I'd had no problems with it. Given that bits had been falling out of quite a few of my teeth (due to a combination of shitty teeth and creme egg addiction) I believed her and decided it was better to deal with it before more fell out and it got nasty. It hurt afterwards (I'd had no aneasthetic thanks to injection phobia) he said it had gone very close to the nerve and damage was possible so root canal might be necessary later if stayed very painful.
Anyway, pain slowly faded away, then intermittently returned after more teeth disintegrated and I went back there. It started to get quite bad so I had it X-rayed as we suspected the nerve was dying and the dreaded root canal might be necessary. X-ray and poking about in my mouth showed nothing.
Eventually it got so bad one night a couple of months ago I coulnd't get to sleep because my mouth was in agony. There was a large swollen bit under my tooth which I decided was the problem, and I needed to burst it there and then and let whatever infected crap was in there out NOW. It was 4am, I was tired and in pain, but so much pain I decided there was no way it could get any worse. So I got some mouth ulcer gel for aneasthetic and looked for a pin. Coulnd't find one, but I found a Leatherman (big sharp multitool) and went to the bathroom and started randomly jabbing at my half-numbed jaw.
Luckily before I'd drawn any blood, I found a sharp bit which seemed to have flesh trapped behind it. I managed to dig out the trapped bit of flesh without even breaking the skin, and it's been far less of a problem ever since, I've only had unbearable pain once for a couple of minutes. How the dentist didn't spot that when I did without being able to see what I was doing is beyond me.
Moral of the story: DIY surgery by random stabbing while half asleep is more effective than careful work by a qualified medical professional.
(, Tue 7 Nov 2006, 10:53, Reply)
« Go Back