My best advice is go to the dentist... don't put it off like I did.

[texas1928]

Had to have 4 teeth pulled. The last two days were not pleasant. SO please go to the dentist, at least once a year. I am now paying for my mistakes.

[commander bunnypants]

1. A dentist once told me you dont need to brush your teeth

just the ones you want to keep.

every six months.

CB

[texas1928]

3. Yeah that's some good advice.

I brush mine everyday, once in the morning and once in the evening. I still had issues. It sucked having to have that done.

[unpossibles]

11. I try to brush mine more often than every six months

but, ok.

[texas1928]

13. I can't go a day with out brushing mine.

I hate the way they feel if I don't.

[Inchworm]

2. I also learned the hard way

Get them cleaned often too. They do crap that you can't that totally prevents bad stuff.

:hi:

[texas1928]

4. I have to go back for some fillings and the cleaning.

I intend to start going every six months like you are supposed to.

[DS1]

5. they didn't hurt at all before going?

[texas1928]

7. Due to work and the lack of them wanting to add people to our department...

It is hard to get time off. I know that is not a really good excuse but I have had hell trying to take time off.

[Orrex]

6. I went to the dentist

When I had to have $2000 removed from my savings.

Worked like a charm.

[texas1928]

8. It was not to bad with the insurance...

But still I wish I had been more forceful about taking the time to go.

[Orrex]

9. I don't have great dental coverage, alas

A procedure that goes for $1000 (say, a crown and root canal) winds up costing me about $850.

In contrast a friend of mine had reconstructive shoulder surgery a few years back that totalled somewhere around $65,000, and he paid $25 for it.



Let's see... I have a Dremel and a pair of pliers, and I'm sure that I could pick up some amalgam somewhere...

[texas1928]

10. I would not want to do it myself.

He had hell getting the two wisdom teeth out, they were really well attached to the bone.

[Rising Phoenix]

12. I hear ya

had an appt. this morning....she said it was the biggest filling she ever put in and it would eventually probably need a root canal and a crown....had two fillings filled last week and am going back for a second cleaning next week, which I have to pay out of pocket....

do not wait 10 years!

[texas1928]

14. I go back in two weeks to have the cleaning and some fillings put in.

He said that the fillings are small ones so won't be so bad.

[Rising Phoenix]

15. its not that bad

the worst part is the novicane...,.and then a couple hours later you feel like you've been giving blow jobs for a day....sore jaw...hehe

[texas1928]

16. Don't know how that feels.

I know I felt like I took a baseball bat to the jaw after the stuff wore off.