^this in giant shitloads
5 abscesses, all caused by botched fillings, most of which were never needed. 5 teeth gone. i'd sue my old dentist, if he wasn't dead.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 15:47, 1 reply)

Thanks for the support
Last time I went I got charged a fortune for five fillings, which left my teeth no longer fitting together, causing jaw-ache from the unnatural position, and splitting head-ache because all the pressure was on one tooth when I chewed.

Also left sharp edges which sliced my tongue up, so I had a mouth full of blood. The dentist didn't seem interested in fixing it (probably because he already had my money), so in the end I had to use a file from my toolbox to smooth the sharp bits. Makes your whole head vibrate!

All the fillings fell out within 6 months, of course.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:09, closed)

"I had to use a file from my toolbox to smooth the sharp bits. Makes your whole head vibrate!"
You get a click for DIY dentistry..

Filing them yourself really does make your head vibrate! - I too resorted to this method of self healing when I broke one of my teeth on a hidden olive-stone in my Pizza, however :-

I had a nasty stain on one of my front teeth from smoking and drinking too much, so I decided to go the extreme cleaning route and break out the Dremel - in a somewhat foolish attempt to try and scrub the stain off.

Don't use the milling tool, it's feels funny, kinda like dragging your nails down a blackboard, except a lot quicker.

Oh, and another thing, once you've realised this, and decide to use the plastic brush tool instead - take into account the subject of friction, teeth soon warm up when they're subject to the equivalent of an electric toothbrush spinning at about 10,000rpm..

And for fucks sake, try not to catch your gums, it's amazing how much they bleed, then blister, then bleed again.
(danniekavanagh did nothing constructive on, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:36, closed)

i'm quite lucky
in that i have an NHS dentist who is very good. he's sorted out most of the damage done by the ex-dentist and given me 2 gold teeth. one of them was meant to be white, but he wrote on the form that i clench my teeth and needed the gold one, because, and i quote, "you want it because it's shiny, don't you?"
my new dentist is great :)
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 20:21, closed)