Had tooth ache for just over a week would come then go and at work other night i was climbing the walls with pain.!!
Got a appointment reasonably quickly to say i hear of big waiting lists, And was told the great news i have dead nerve and due to it been a large filling it's my choice of pull it out at £45.00 or specialist repair at £600.00 so now i have a hole where the tooth was at the back and no PAIN.!!
NHS couldnt do without them and they deserve a pay rise.!! :-)
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I'm afraid you were overcharged by £45.
I had 5 front teeth removed for free in a club in Manchester.
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>> 5 front teeth removed for free in a club in Manchester.
My dentist once told me that cocaine is a fairly poor local anaesthetic. But perhaps the Manchester clubs use lignocaine as a cut?
Just curious. Perhaps the Sheikh can enlighten us.
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me no dentist/doctor but....if the nerve was dead it shouldn`t hurt? - when i take mi teeth out with mi long-nosed pliers once you snap the nerve stem you`ve won!
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>> me no dentist/doctor but....if the nerve was dead it shouldn`t hurt? - when i take
>> mi teeth out with mi long-nosed pliers once you snap the nerve stem you`ve won!
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Child's play.
It's when you can do your own fillings with a Dremel and a self-tapping screw you've arrived.
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Easy...I had an irritating sharp bit on one of my top back teeth and I actually did cut it off with the Dremel, using a .5mm cut off disc...no pain whatsoever !
I have ( or had ) a perfect cure for toothache and mouth ulcers...used it for years but ran out recently.
Austrian rum...Stroh. Available in 40/60/80 proof. I've never seen it for sale over here but next trip sur Le Continebt will see me looking for a bottle.
The 80 proof is the one to get. Use it as a mouthwash, only a drop needed and it kills nerve pain stone dead....hurts like mad for a few seconds but bliss ensues...and you can swallow it rather that gob it out.
Ted
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Never mind toothache, when it comes to the big issues, the NHS is world's apart.
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I am quite well known in the Manchester alternative club scene and starting to do a bit of promotion lately in return for free booze and free entry.
Anyway I have never done any of that sort of drug. Been to a punk/80's goth night and eat some cheese when I got home. The upshot is I have chipped my front tooth and need to go the dentist but I am longer registered one how hard will it be to find one?
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My late b-i-l used to repair his own chompers with Araldite,
I was @ the Dentist on Thursday and he repaired one of my molars with a similar substance (white filling)
Excellent Dentist btw ~ NHS ... An exam. 1 filling + a scrape of front pegs = £45.60 :)
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Excellent Dentist btw ~ NHS ... An exam. 1 filling + a scrape of front pegs = £45.60 :)
Cheaper than the vet's then?
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>>Cheaper than the vet's then?<<
Funnily enough, I did ask the Dentist if would clean Milo's 10.5 year old teeth!
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>>>Funnily enough, I did ask the Dentist if would clean Milo's 10.5 year old teeth!<<<
I must make sure that I inspect the Appointments book next time to see who is due in the chair before me!
25 years ago I always made sure that I had a first appointment on a Monday morning. AIDS was in in its infancy, and it just seemed a sensible precaution. It also meant that if it was a difficult job, and the dentist had a hangover, (not unusual), that he would defer the difficult bit! Timely prevarication?
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>> 25 years ago I always made sure that I had a first appointment on a
>> Monday morning. AIDS was in in its infancy, and it just seemed a sensible precaution.
>> It also meant that if it was a difficult job, and the dentist had a
>> hangover, (not unusual), that he would defer the difficult bit!
>Timely prevarication?
Nope - complete and absolute 1st grade paranioa.
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>> actually did cut it off with the Dremel, using a .5mm cut off disc...no pain
>> whatsoever !
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Sorry, didn't mention that I had me teeth in me 'and at the time.....for the squeamish !
Ted
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I don't know how they can offer a repair for £600 when the max charge for any dental work in one go is under £200. I was going to say they capped the charges but thought better of it :-)
Best cure for toothache is to clean your teeth properly and look after them in the first place!
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>> Best cure for toothache is to clean your teeth properly and look after them in
>> the first place!
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Yes mummy ;-)
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Just like to say a BIG THANKS to the NHS. - BiggerBadderDave
