![]() ![]() The process could in some cases take up to a year to complete. Then the permanent tooth like thing goes on top and the bridge work can begin. That has to heal for at least a few more weeks. They have to heal for at least five months, during which I would wear “flippers,” temporary snap in teeth that are so called because, if you bite down too hard they may flip out of your mouth and land in your dinner partner’s soup.Īfter the five months, the gums are reopened and another spike is screwed into the implant. Now implants are nice for some people, but don’t believe those ads that say “Teeth in a Day.” If they pull teeth, they may also do bone grafting. Shall we cash in our IRAs? Refinance our house?Īnd another thing-after spending hundreds on super three D x-rays, I learned about implants. So what does the dentist recommend? He wants to have an oral surgeon pull 7 teeth and put in five implants. So how long till it starts hurting or gets infected? Could go to my brain and I cannot afford to lose any more of that. So what if I do nothing? I could get an infection. (If you are numbering teeth, your two front teeth are 8 and 9) –from your right to left. At the January cleaning the hygienist found a cavity that had gone nearly through the tooth (#7?). I had a cleaning in September of 07 and again in January of 08. Of course, since I had lots of gum problems, my cleaning also cost $40 more than the usual price, though I could not see that I was getting any more care than normal. He was so good that he made sure I got deep cleaning ($500) and more cleaning than the normal two per year. I used to have a very good dentist here in Las Vegas until I fired him. ![]() Maybe I’ll put it up so we can all chew on it some more. You got a story? Anything to say on the subject? Send it. Where are the great American novels on Dentists? Dentistry? Or how about Dental Hygienists? There’s great frustration in America today over the price of a barrel of oil, but who’s talking about tooth-tyrants, who have everyone over a barrel? My friend, Jerry Bitts sent this to me the other day, “Teeth.” It opened the whole rotten cavity again. “Did I ever tell you about the dentist I went to… ?“ Save it. The writer’s “DENTAL FOLLIES FILE” … That thick! A good first bite. I sense some real pain and anger out there, mouths watering at boiling temperatures, roots reaching to their depths to grasp the truth of the tooth, displaced dentures submerged in chipped china cups on bedside tables, chattering to themselves in the dark– ‘what happened? where am I?–folks looking for something, someone to sink their teeth into-if they have any left, if they can afford to have any left, if ‘the system’ isn’t continually biting them in the ass. (Danger, Debt, Deception, Decay, Degradation, Demagoguery, Depression, Devastation, Disgrace, Distress, Deep Cleaning & Doom through Modern Dentistry-The Tooth-Fairy Franchise) ![]()
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