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From: Bama
Date: 01-03-2007, 10:05 PM (1 of 43)
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I had one today. I've been dreading it. My dentist sent me to an endodontist because she said the nerves around my tooth were weird and she didn't want to try it. Well, when this man spoke he sounded exactly like Sam Elliott (the actor). So I closed my eyes and just listened to him talk and call me sweetie. It wasn't as bad as I thought.  But I am glad it's over now.
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-03-2007, 10:35 PM (2 of 43)
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I hate root canals...they can't numb my mouth correctly, so I have to set there and try not to bite or scream. (I've had 4....)The only pain I have afterwards is my whole jaw, from having it open so wide, so darn long. (average time for me is 3, 1/2 hrs...) I think I'm gonna be going for #5 soon..( bad dentist when I was a kid, drilled way too much tooth and now they're all cracking, plus all the fillings are getting old...ya think ???  )I wouldn't mind Sam Elliot doing my teeth..(of course I'd rather be tickled by his mustache...) 
Chrys
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From: Patty22
Date: 01-04-2007, 08:07 AM (3 of 43)
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Bama.....okay, this is all making sense now about the fabric purchases you have been making. I am all about rewarding myself when I have to do something that I am dreading. However, root canals need more than the fabric you purchased. Why don't you throw in new lipstick and earrings (something for yourself because all your fabric will probably go into making things for others).
Patty
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From: Magot
Date: 01-04-2007, 10:28 AM (4 of 43)
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I'd go for a haircut in there as well - I have to have a tooth out at the end of the month, can I use that as an excuse too?
love and kisses, Jan
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From: Bama
Date: 01-04-2007, 07:32 PM (5 of 43)
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Sounds like a good excuse to me Jan. An extraction should call for a new outfit too. And lots of ice cream when you get home since you can't chew much for a couple of days. I did go to Bath and Body Works for their big sale and stock up on lotions and shower gels. There's just something about buying fabric tho. 
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From: lendube
Date: 01-04-2007, 07:36 PM (6 of 43)
I'm still thinking Sam Elliot makes up for a whole lot................. and I HATE going to the dentist! Lennie |
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From: AndreaSews
Date: 01-04-2007, 08:30 PM (7 of 43)
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Oh gosh! I've been picturing CHRIS Elliott. Sam I could handle better than Chris. Phew! Still, ther's not much that can make dentistry relaxing. Glad the worst of it is behind you.
Andrea
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From: Debby215
Date: 01-04-2007, 08:53 PM (8 of 43)
First of all Chrys, you are just too hysterical, my dentist is female and I keep imagining Sam Elliott, whew, he can check out my teeth anyday, mustache and all. Hey Bama, I am with Chrys as well about the recouperation after the root canal, I am usually sore for at LEAST 24 hours after, especially from all the shots of novacaine I insist on...I am waiting to get a crown on soon, but I will tell you what, all my fillings are falling out and I wish I could just get dentures someday, it would probably be cheaper in the long run...
Debby
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From: pretnichols
Date: 01-04-2007, 11:24 PM (9 of 43)
I too, face replacements of fillings. Most, if not all of mine, have mercury in them! Some (okay almost all) of them are more than 30 years old! And I was told they weren't meant to last that long. Heck, my crowns are from the mid-80's and I have 5. I was told that they are okay, but one is showing some wear. I truly DREAD having anything to do with the dentist. Like Chrys, my jaws hurt for days after, since it is so small. They do impressions of my teeth with a child size "whatever", since an adult's is too large. (Found that out the hard way!) Bama, here's wishing you a speedy, pain-free, root canal with a quick recovery! Peggy
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From: pretnichols
Date: 01-04-2007, 11:25 PM (10 of 43)
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Oooh, and I forgot to mention that I love Sam Elliot! Hmmmm....maybe that's a good way to forget what they're doing to my teeth! I've never heard of Chris Elliot though????
Peggy
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From: Patty22
Date: 01-05-2007, 10:08 AM (11 of 43)
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Bwhahahahahaha.....okay, okay, I did not know who Sam Elliot was so I had to google him. Bwhahahahahaha...... I keep threatening my husband that I am going to cut off his mustashe when he is asleep. Come to think of it, Sam Elliot would look years younger if he shaved his stash too. Whoever is facing the dentist, you need to learn the reward system. Think about how you are going to reward yourself - no matter how big or how small. Get through one day at a time and don't sweat the small stuff. No one loathes it more than myself, so I know what I'm talking about. After my fall chasing the FedEx guy, I am still worried about the trauma to my bottom jaw and all the trauma I caused to my teeth. I am plotting out my rewards now.....but after the $$$ dentist bill will probably be lucky to afford a latte with a straw. Patty
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From: Magot
Date: 01-05-2007, 11:10 AM (12 of 43)
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I had no idea who Sam Elliott was either - I don't think I would find his face relaxing if it loomed over me. The sad thing for me is that my dentist has had a sense of humour transplant and is So Serious I am in danger of getting the giggles in an attempt to get him to smile instead of earnestly talking to me oabout my gum health. Do your dentists have pictures on the ceiling for you to look at? this guy has a picture of a toothbrush (wow) and the snarling face of a tiger. Not exactly soothing but I think you are supposed to admire the dripping white canines.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: lendube
Date: 01-05-2007, 12:37 PM (13 of 43)
Sorry about your fall, Patty, but was the guy really so good looking that you had to risk your pride and RUN after him???  And yes, Jan, the dr's like to put pictures on their ceilings here too. The ones in the gyno's offices can be quite entertaining at times!  Lennie P.S. Those of you that don't know who Sam Elliot is ~~ it isn't his looks per se, it's that deep, velvet smooth voice of his with it's slow southern drawl that makes us gals weak in the knees. Whoo doggy!! (Cowboys don't usually do it for me but I'll make an exception here.) |
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From: SheliaHC
Date: 01-05-2007, 12:55 PM (14 of 43)
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Andrea, I understand your relief. Sam is a much better pic than Chris. Shelia |
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From: Nina Christen
Date: 01-05-2007, 01:34 PM (15 of 43)
Root canals are NO FUN I can relate to that!! The last time my Dentist worked on my teeth he had my mouth propped open so long I was in pain for WEEKS after. Last Friday I went to an oral surgeon to have a tooth removed. My Dentist was afraid to tackle the tooth as it was in the jaw at an angle. The Surgeon had to cut the tooth in two pieces to remove it and I was out of there within an hour. No pain after, just have to finish a round of antibiotics. There is a little black and blue spot on my jaw yet, but that is the only thing left as a reminder. It took seven shots to get my jaw numb but I wanted it numb! It is a terrible trauma when the Dentist starts working on you before the numbness sets in. I had terrible experiences with a Dentist when I was a youngster. He was an old Army Dentist and didn't believe in numbing the jaw for drilling. He only used a shot when removing a tooth. That was back in the 1940's. Todays Dentists are much more humane. Thank goodness!!! Gmanina
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From: cowqueenie
Date: 01-05-2007, 02:37 PM (16 of 43)
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Okay, Even I knew who Sam Elliot is and OHHHH my!!! I am considered young and he is MUCH older than me but he DEFINATELY makes my blood boil!!! Woooohoooo! Sorry to hear ya had a RC. I am pretty lucky so far just a crown. My mom has had a lot of work done and since they live in AZ they go to Mexico to get it done. MUCH cheaper and the dentist she goes to trained in the USA but went back to Mexico to work. So she is just as good as the Doc my mom went to! hope you are feeling better Bama!!!! And I am with Patty, go get something for YOURSELF as well as the fabric. Fabric ALWAYS makes you feel better! I am going for some "therapy" this weekend with my best friend! WHOOHOO!!! "A trip to the fabric store is my therapy"
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-05-2007, 08:53 PM (17 of 43)
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My dentist has a t.v in each room...they give me the remote and tell me to turn it on...well thats nice, except I wear glasses and can't see much beyond my nose when I take them off..so how in the heck can I watch t.v. when they're working on my teeth...(btw I close me eyes anyway...like what the heck am I gonna see close up ??? MY dentists mustache, which isn't as long as Sam Elliots, but then he's not as cute either...retired AF...as is most of the Dr's and dentists around here.) If they have pics on the ceiling I have no idea...I do know they have framed dentist cartoons on the walls...to go along with the magnolia wallpaper, magnolias on vines, etc....someone there has a serious thing for magnolias...
Chrys
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From: Sancin
Date: 01-06-2007, 02:19 AM (18 of 43)
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than a tooth pulled or a cap fitted and applied. The vigor required to pull a tooth and to pound a cap on is a bit overwhelming for me. Jan, unfortunately my dentist only thinks he has a sense of humor. He is really just corny and more than a little politically incorrect. And he repeats his jokes! It must get boring for him as I rarely go to him now that dental hygienists do most of the work and yet I hear the jokes again and again. Fortunately I know how to meditate! I have gone to him forever and my hygienist friends tell me he is a good dentist.Chrys: I am always told to keep my glasses on - to protect my eyes from? The dentist has religious music playing quietly (not always so). I don't mind it if I can hum along, but I know several people who do object. *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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From: Bama
Date: 01-06-2007, 11:15 AM (19 of 43)
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P.S. Those of you that don't know who Sam Elliot is ~~ it isn't his looks per se, it's that deep, velvet smooth voice of his with it's slow southern drawl that makes us gals weak in the knees. Whoo doggy!! (Cowboys don't usually do it for me but I'll make an exception here.) Exactly!!!!!!!
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From: Bama
Date: 01-06-2007, 11:24 AM (20 of 43)
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My regular dentist has a TV in each room and is always playing a children's movie. My last two trips they were playing the Cars movie. Funny, there were no children in the office my last visit. The endodontist had a TV in the room that was showing me everything that was going on inside my mouth. I was seeing it the way he was. At first it was interesting but when I saw blood it was better to close my eyes and just listen to him talk. I kept thinking, if not for drugs, this would really really hurt!
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From: Magot
Date: 01-06-2007, 01:26 PM (21 of 43)
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My dentist always makes me wear sunglasses - then you can't see in the mirror to see what he is up to and it is supposed to protect you eyes from flying bits - you know, bone, grisel, filling - that type of thing.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: Patty22
Date: 01-06-2007, 03:09 PM (22 of 43)
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Ladies.....if you think you've got it rough........How would you like your BIL's to be your dentist? Two of my husband's brothers are dentists and let's just say that my youngest cried because he didn't use any anesthetic (she was 18 at the time). Me, I walk through the door and demand a double dose. When I was pregnant for my youngest and was terribly ill and had to stay home while the family went off to be with his family during the Thanksgiving holidays, my son (he was seven at the time) handed me four teeth that his uncle pulled after he finished his dinner at their house. If I wasn't laid up on the couch I think I would have clobbered my BIL. I guess it is a mixed blessing.....gratitude for their knowledge, yet miserable at their application at times. My husband refers to them as mouth mechanics (to piss them off) and they refer to him as a shiester (sp) (to piss him off). Patty
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From: swartzrn
Date: 01-06-2007, 10:51 PM (23 of 43)
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My dentist goes to my church and everytime I talk to him there I feel like he's looking at my teeth. I had fillings put in as a child and I'm getting ready to start getting them replaced (like within the next month or so) and I am DREADING all of that. I have fillings on both sides in the top and bottom. Each trip will take 2 hours and I am NOT NOT NOT looking forward to it at all. I'm excited to get the silver fillings gone but dreading the PAIN. I am a big wimp when it comes to that! My dentist has TV's in the rooms as well. I think that's pretty cool. Usually I watch HGTV or something similar. I think that's a pretty good idea. At least you can focus on something else during the torture times huh? (well-try to anyway!) Julie
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From: Longblades
Date: 01-09-2007, 12:16 PM (24 of 43)
| Sancin, not your own prescription glasses I hope? You should protect them as well as your eyes. Doesn't the Dentist give a pair of sunglasses to put over them? Before they started using sunglasses I used to always come away with a headache, partly, I think, from looking into the bright light. I was too scared to close my eyes, I want to see what torture is coming next. |
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From: PaulineG
Date: 01-09-2007, 01:22 PM (25 of 43)
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I wear the sunglasses but have to close my eyes anyway. It's just way too intrusive of my personal space to have them open. Nobody should get that close except for loved ones. I actually think it's more uncomfortable (not talking about the pain here) at the dentist than the gyno. Patty I have no idea how you manage with your BIL as your dentist. I hope you get a good discount. And lets face it - we're not exactly at our best at the dentist - dribbling saliva, cotton wads jammed in to keep our mouth open, all the other yucky stuff - who wants a hunk playing around in there. I'd rather meet up with one while I was looking and feeling my best. Pauline
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From: nativetexan
Date: 01-11-2007, 10:17 PM (26 of 43)
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oh i have a small jaw too, so know what you mean. there are specialists that do a root canal in one hour if you can find one. i have to wear a mouth guard at night now due to gritting my teeth. talk about having jaw pain before that. well after too but that was because i stopped wearing it due to having bronchitis and coughing for two months. then my other side of my jaw started along with my ear. jeesh i never knew such pain. well, maybe. anyway, be sure you have a good Dentist (like Sam) and get what you must have done. they are right in saying the old fillings aren't meant to last 30 yrs. i do wish i had all the money i've spent on my teeth. but i still have them,so that's something. good luck. relax as much as you can and tell the dentist to give you short breaks every few minutes to close your jaw. otherwise your muscles want to spasm, hence the pain.
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From: plrlegal
Date: 01-11-2007, 11:17 PM (27 of 43)
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Believe it or not ladies and gents, I have a pain free dentist. He does not believe in inflicting pain on his patients. Even the shots in the mouth are pain free as he uses a numbing agent on the gums, etc. before he gives the shots. He is also concerned that his hygenists do not inflict pain while cleaning and polishing. I have had a maniacal fear of dentists all my life due to the dentist that did my teeth as child and as a result when I became an adult I refused to go the dentist to the point that I had teeth that broke off. However, I had my four top front teeth crowned all at the same time. I went every Saturday morning for three months and after that, nothing about a dentist frightens me or makes me dread going. I have a niece who is a hygenist and she still can't believe that I had all four teeth preped for crowns at the same time. The dentist didn't do root canals and I still have live teeth inside the crowns. Patsy Patsy
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From: Sancin
Date: 01-12-2007, 03:28 AM (28 of 43)
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Patsy, our dentists must have gone to the same school. I don't have pain at the dentist. That is why I think that pulling and having crowns applied are the worse thing. The brute strength applied to my mouth is frightening. I do indeed wear my own glasses without sunglasses but have never had a spot on them following work. My biggest problems are that 1. my old fillings which led to overlays and crowns are wearing out for the 2nd and 3rd time 2. I have degenerative joint disease changing my bite frequently 3. I have a very small mouth which frustrates the dentist and makes my jaws hurt forever whenever I have any work. I preprepare as used to when I had my hair streaked - I take a pain pill before I go! I had no trouble with my teeth until I lived in nurses residence for 2 years in my early 20's (3 years in uni's didn't seem to make a difference.) then developed the few cavaties that I have had. However age is doing its things. I have one crown (started out as a small filling) that has been replaced 3 times in 4 years - went from gold to ceramic several times. It is always in the summer when it is very hot - go figure. The first time it happened was a nightmare - too complicated to describe, but the long and short was I got an infection that moved on to facial neuralgia when my dentist was an holidays. Longblades - the lights are very uncomfortable (as are the tables that have you upside down) but I will not let my dentist or hygeinist work until they adjust the light so it is not so bright in my eyes and it can be done. Like Pauline, I find the whole process more repugnant than painful. I get even with the whole office as I am a fainter and when they flip those chairs up I scare the day lights out of them by swooning 
*~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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From: pretnichols
Date: 01-12-2007, 04:03 PM (29 of 43)
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Well, went to the Dentist for a cleaning on Tuesday of this week. Instead of safety goggles, I had safety sunglass goggles...new since last visit. I had been reading this thread and cringing because I hate going. Bad child dentist -- mouth full of fillings and crowns due to "cavaties" he was watching until they got big enough to do something about. Anyway, asked lots of questions. All my fillings are about 25-30 years old. Only one is showing signs of deterioration, and that's because I keep complaining of a tooth ache in a tooth that had a root canal years ago. They think it has a pinhole leak. Checked the crowns and said that they were still seasled tight. I had my first root canal/crown in 1985, and about 4 more after that all before 1990. Anyway, he said insurance companies feel that these should be good for about 5 years, before they'll pay for replacement. At no time, was it ever planned for them to last 20+ years, but he said that whoever did them, did a nice job. As for removing all those old silver fillings -- they prefer not to remove them unless there is a problem. In other words -- don't mess with it, if it ain't broke! So I felt much better leaving there than when I went in. Just my 2 cents to add!
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From: NDNQuilter
Date: 01-17-2007, 06:11 AM (30 of 43)
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P.S. Those of you that don't know who Sam Elliot is ~~ it isn't his looks per se, it's that deep, velvet smooth voice of his with it's slow southern drawl that makes us gals weak in the knees. Whoo doggy!! (Cowboys don't usually do it for me but I'll make an exception here.) Did I miss something? I still don't know who Sam is. 
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From: Longblades
Date: 01-17-2007, 02:08 PM (31 of 43)
| Sancin brought up Trigeminal Neuralgia so I wonder if anyone else has my problem? I have very, very bad pain in my teeth, sometimes my whole jaw, after being outside. It is not TN or TMS. With it I also get a headache and nausea, much like a migraine but my migraine medicine doesn't do a thing for it. I am disabled for an hour or more. It started out only happening in winter, after being outside for a ski say, and my Dentist said it was a temperature reaction when I came from the cold back into the warm house. He prescribed ice packs. But as it progressed it was happening in the summer too and I was going from warmth outside to a cooler house. If anyone else has had this, or knows of someone who does, and a remedy, I'd be forever grateful. |
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From: Sancin
Date: 01-17-2007, 06:41 PM (32 of 43)
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Longblades. Not only as one who has had this, but also as a nurse I know that Trigeminal neuralgia (actually any neuralgia) is very difficult to treat/control the pain and it certainly sounds like that is what you have. There are newish medications on the market that are supposed to help but your physician rather than your dentist would know about them. I also understand that the route of which medications are given can affect their effects. I take an oral antiiflammatory 3x/day for my arthritis, but when I had renal colic that same medication by suppository brought almost total relief where the oral hadn't. When I had my TN attack I did go to my physician, who ordered far stronger antiibiotics than my dentist ever had. I recall warm (not hot) packs seemed to be more comforting but I did alternate warm and cool. I use Toradol (ketoralac) - an antiinflammatory, for severe skeletal and muscle pain for short periods of time when required. I took this alternated with codeine (narcotic). My pain was 24/7 for about 10 days. Of course I was a zombie ..... and I had hired a young boy to do some yard work. He was not a self starter or follow througher and it drove me nuts. I think he thought I was drunk, certainly stoned - perhaps was such an off putter he will not try drugs himself. Good luck. I would love to know the name of the newer meds being used for neuralgia, not that I hope or expect to get it again. *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-17-2007, 08:36 PM (33 of 43)
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Well it's nice to know I'm not insane...my sister and I have the same problem and neither of us has ever told anyone. (because of the crazy factor) Sometimes our front teeth hurt for no reason. Our four upper (front) and lower's. Same for both of us. It doesn't last long for either of us, maybe a couple of mins, to an hour or so... But sometimes it happens for days on end, but only for a certain period of time, that day. I will hold my hand up to my mouth and my husband will go, whats the matter and I'll say my teeth hurt, and he looks at me like I'm nuts..(of course I am that goes without saying...  )I'll file this along with all the allergies, Lupus, RA, Reynauds, excezma, POS, etc.... Thanks ladies [[[ ]]] Kath Chrys
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From: Magot
Date: 01-17-2007, 10:51 PM (34 of 43)
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So Bama, how is your face feeling now? All recovered from the trauma? Or are you suffereing from Sam Elliott withdrawal symptoms?
love and kisses, Jan
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From: lsoutherla
Date: 01-17-2007, 11:50 PM (35 of 43)
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I'm just now reading this thread. Sam Elliott and Robert Duval make the best cowboys. Love em both! (Well, I just love cowboy movies period.) In 1985 I survived a violent attack and had 5 teeth knocked out in the process. When I was undergoing the reconstructive process of crowns and bridges (destroying more teeth), etc. it was most stressfull and painful. The Doc was very good at what he was doing with what was available back then, tho some teeth seem to be falling apart. Also, as a child, we had a dentist who had bad breath. My mother left him a bottle of Scope mouthwash in the dental chair after our last visit with him. And Mom always took us by the bakery after a dental visit. Loved it, but never understood her logic. When I have to go to the dentist, I always find a spot on the ceiling to focus on. Several dentists have had various items hanging for just such a thing. I need to go to the dentist now, but it will have to wait. |
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From: Longblades
Date: 01-18-2007, 09:33 AM (36 of 43)
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Neither my Doctor nor my Dentist believes I have TN. I think mostly because it is somewhat predictable. They do both believe I have bad pain. Apparently there is something called Diurnal Hormonal Imbalance (sp?) which means that hormones in your body surge or decline at certain times of the day and are thought to be responsible for how one experiences pain at those times. Because I do not experience this tooth/jaw pain if I go outside first thing in the morning it was thought perhaps I had this but a visit to the Endocrinologist showed I am as "healthy as a horse" hormone wise. Oddly enough, when I searched the internet for DHI most of what I found did apply to horses. I have tried two migraine pills for a total of 60 mg of codeine with no effect at all on my tooth pain. Chrysantha, have you and your sister found anything that helps you? The logic behind the ice packs seemed reasonable till my pain started happening in the summer too. I guess the ice packs worked, a bit, but I could wish for something much more effective. |
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From: bridesmom
Date: 01-19-2007, 11:14 PM (37 of 43)
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NDNquilter - check this out http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2026/SamElliott_Grani_1215203_400.jpg.html?path=pgaller y&path_key=Elliott,%20Sam&seq=5 Now he may not be the best lookin cowboy but man can he talk! http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0414853/Ss/0414853/Sam.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Elliott,%20Sam Now this one I'd put on my bedroom wall if I could get away with it. Laura
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From: Bama
Date: 01-21-2007, 03:18 PM (38 of 43)
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So Bama, how is your face feeling now? All recovered from the trauma? Or are you suffereing from Sam Elliott withdrawal symptoms? My face is feeling better, but I have another tooth that needs a root canal sometime in the future. I have to recover from the cost of the first one before I can have the second one done. The second one doesn't hurt like the first one did but is VERY sensitive to cold liquids. The dentist said only a root canal will fix it.I'm supposed to get a crown done next week. More money.  It's amazing to me what one tooth can cost. And that's WITH dental insurance. Mine only pays 60%. I paid $450 for my part of the root canal and still have to pay 40% on the crown too. The 2nd root canal will be more because it's a molar. Problem is, I can't watch Sam Elliott in movies now without thinking about having my tooth drilled. 
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User: Bama
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From: Longblades
Date: 01-22-2007, 05:26 PM (39 of 43)
| Are you getting the crown because of the root canal? Maybe it can only be done with certain teeth but when my top front two needed root canal the teeth remained intact, except for the infected centre which was cleaned out and then filled with some kind of dental epoxy. I still have the original two teeth and the only difference is they are slightly yellowed due to being "dead" and the Dentist told me they would now be a bit more brittle so not to get hit in the mouth by a baseball. I guess it is more difficult to do the root canal this way, and thus more expensive, but maybe it would be cheaper overall than a regular root canal and a crown? I don't know but maybe you could ask your Dentist about it. |
User: Longblades
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From: Bama
Date: 01-22-2007, 09:38 PM (40 of 43)
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I think I will ask if it can just be filled instead of crowned. The temporary filling is only in the center of the tooth. It's a bicuspid (sp?) tooth so it won't really show anyway. My dentist said that teeth get brittle after a root canal, thus the reason for the crown. I'm thinking maybe I'd be better off taking my chances than paying so much. I had a root canal about 20 years ago and had it filled. I just had to have that tooth crowned about 3 years ago. We plan on getting DD's braces this spring. I need to save all the money that I can. 
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User: Bama
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From: Longblades
Date: 01-23-2007, 12:22 PM (41 of 43)
| I don't know how people with children cope with dental prices if they don't have a dental plan. Dentists often take advantage of those who do though. My plan is pretty good now but when it started a lady in my office actually had her own out of pocket cost increase because of the plan. Her dentist knew the provincial government had just started a dental plan and he doubled what he had charged her for the same treatment she'd had six months earlier. Trouble was, in the beginning our dental plan only covered 40%. Her dentist said it cost him twice as much now that he had to do all the extra paper work. |
User: Longblades
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From: beachgirl
Date: 01-24-2007, 12:07 AM (42 of 43)
| Seems several of us had a bad time with a dentist in our childhood. I sure did & for years everytime I went to a dentist I shook so hard the chair shook. Having teeth drilled with nothing to numb you first will do that. That only happened once but that was enough. I had 2 root canals last year & was put to sleep. Had to have some crowns removed & was put to sleep. Cost a lot more but was worth it. Teeth pulled as they were back ones, put to sleep. Normal work I trust the last 3 dentist I go to. I also had gum surgery due to scrubbing my teeth & gums too hard all my life plus age causes receding & put to sleep. That's normal though for that. I need 2 growns in the back as those filling are large & was put in ,in 1977. DH is now getting crowns on some teeth so I figure we.ve paid enough even with good dental ins. to build a super nice large home with cash. We both go to specialist. I have 4 I go back & forth to as they each do certain stuff. I still dread going when I have to. Guess the fear will never go away completely. |
User: beachgirl
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From: Longblades
Date: 01-24-2007, 01:24 PM (43 of 43)
| ooh, I had that gum surgery too, for the same reason. When a friend of DH asked about it because he was told he needed it I just said, "do you really want to know?" And he decided he didn't. |
User: Longblades
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