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Post by The Doctor on Sept 18, 2020 8:17:39 GMT
Couldn't sleep last night worrying about it, having read horror stories of people not being able to see a dentist during covid-times. However, the secret of comedy is timing. After some frantic phone calls round the local area, the only place that can see me can do an emergency appointment tomorrow at 10am. I had a physio appt booked then and they are now fully booked up for the next week. I rather needed that to progress exercises so I can go back to work the next week but now I can't as dental pain needs sorted asap.
Fuck sakes.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 19, 2020 8:00:41 GMT
Dentist this morning. Only a Private place would see me. NHS practice told me to hop it bit did at least point me in the direction of the private place that does emergency appointments so that was appreciated. Bit worried the appointment is booked properly as they haven't emailed the forms through they said I had to fill out first.
Burns is a very nervous dental patient at the best of times. Having to go during Covid times is making me shit bricks.
May have to mortgage myself to pay the private dental fees!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 19, 2020 8:06:20 GMT
Good luck!
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 19, 2020 11:39:37 GMT
Not great news at the dentist. Tooth may need pulled if a deep filling doesn't work. First appt is 29th if dentists are still allowed to open during the 'circuit breaker' Boris is apparently announcing Tuesday (according to BBC).
The big shock is that apparently I grind my teeth while sleeping due to stress which I might have doing since I was 12. I had no idea. Two thirds of folk do it. He was surprised no dentist had had this conversation with me before. I could lose all my teeth by time I am 60! Will need a mouth guard and maybe teeth built up to see if that helps.
£333 today, another £500 etc for all that. Er, no buying of toys for a while! May as well plug away with him. No NHS dentists available at this time.
Rather shocked. Last thing I expected. All the Edinburger dentist ever told me was that I get sensitive teeth because I wore away enamel by brushing too hard.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 19, 2020 12:04:39 GMT
Crumbs! £333 just for having a look and telling you what's what??
Yeah, I remember once being told to try to consciously avoid clenching my teeth. Dunno how you're supposed to avoid doing it in your sleep, though. And repeatedly told off for brushing too hard. Electric toothbrush helps with that.
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 19, 2020 12:23:10 GMT
That doesn't sound right. I've been private for dentist all my life, but a checkup costs £50 once a year these days. Bit more if they do x-rays. Did they provide treatment for something?
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 19, 2020 13:29:45 GMT
I paid for today's assessment and x-rays and in advance for the hygienist next week and for the deep filling in 10 days if they can do it/extraction if they can't. Hence the £333.
£500 later for mouth guard.
I think it's best to follow treatment through to that stage (especially with lockdowns likely so I already have a treatment plan) and then see about getting back in an NHS surgery.
-Ralph
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Post by browny87 on Sept 19, 2020 18:37:51 GMT
Not great news at the dentist. Tooth may need pulled if a deep filling doesn't work. First appt is 29th if dentists are still allowed to open during the 'circuit breaker' Boris is apparently announcing Tuesday (according to BBC). The big shock is that apparently I grind my teeth while sleeping due to stress which I might have doing since I was 12. I had no idea. Two thirds of folk do it. He was surprised no dentist had had this conversation with me before. I could lose all my teeth by time I am 60! Will need a mouth guard and maybe teeth built up to see if that helps. £333 today, another £500 etc for all that. Er, no buying of toys for a while! May as well plug away with him. No NHS dentists available at this time. Rather shocked. Last thing I expected. All the Edinburger dentist ever told me was that I get sensitive teeth because I wore away enamel by brushing too hard. -Ralph i was told i grind my teeth in my sleep as well
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 19, 2020 20:13:02 GMT
£500 for a mouth guard!! Ridiculous. Wait until you are on NHS dentist for that I'd say.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 19, 2020 21:19:39 GMT
I may do so. I'll see what the chat about that is when we get to it. If it is silly and an nhs dentist is available to take me on at that time then I'll do that.
What a day.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 20, 2020 15:35:57 GMT
Head not in the best place with the latest news. It's been big health problems literally one after another this year and it's quite something to be told my teeth's days are numbered when I don't smoke or do drugs and only drink in moderation. I gave up caffeine about 5 years ago. Heck, I didn't even snack too much until lockdown.
It just doesn't seem fair.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 22, 2020 12:24:26 GMT
7 days until the tooth gets pulled. Strange sensation in the cheek bone above it since Sunday night. Really hopes it does not progress to more than 'strange'.
Bit relieved that today's new restrictions being announced do not include dentists.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 24, 2020 10:55:12 GMT
So I have been told to start flossing daily or gingivitis will get worse leading to many bad things (worse diseases, lots of pain, no teeth, etc). Seemed simple and easy when the hygienist showed me. I am highly motivated to get the bits between my teeth better cleaned in an improved daily routine what with one tooth already going next Tuesday.
My first attempt today went badly. Bought some floss tape. An hour of me trying to figure out how to do it resulting in much dry heaving, tape everywhere and I could not for the life of me figure out how to get it between most of the teeth without retching. Very frustrating. Tried watching a few instructional videos (avoid the NHS one as it appears to be edited on speed and is impossible to follow though the written instructions on the NHS website are very clear). I have now learned that floss sticks exist as do electric flossers so have ordered both to see if one of them is easier to use. Got some more floss tape so I can try again. So that is three kinds of flossing. Surely I can get one of them right?
The electric toothbrush arrives today.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 24, 2020 11:00:18 GMT
Electric toothbrushes are great.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 24, 2020 11:45:12 GMT
The hygienist was somewhat less negative about my attitudes than the dentist and did say I was using the right type of toothpaste and brushing properly on the teeth but not enough and not properly on the gums. She recommended an electric toothbrush and said Oral B do good ones that don't break the bank and have sensors that tell you if you are not brushing hard enough or are brushing too hard and are easier to clean gums. I look forward to trying it tonight after it arrives.
Then from tomorrow I will try again to see which of the 3 flossing methods is easiest for me to use and get in a routine with that.
I was keeping 6-monthly dental checkups until 18 months ago (moving house, living in an unsafe area and lockdown all got in the way with re-registering). The last dentist said I was doing ok and just gave me rules for brushing too hard!
But now I am almost certainly losing a tooth on Tuesday with possibly more to follow and am at risk of losing the full set. If that happens I want to be able to be sure in himself that I followed all the advice and did what I could.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 24, 2020 17:58:53 GMT
Electric toothbrushes are great. Yeah, I've become a convert since I started a few months ago. Oral B - yes for the toothbrush, but save money and get supermarket replacement heads for it. I prefer floss to tape, and the trick I've found is to be generous with the length. Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 24, 2020 21:50:59 GMT
Using the electric toothbrush was a massive mistake. It's made things worse. Not using that again.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 24, 2020 22:02:03 GMT
the trick I've found is to be generous with the length. No, Martin, no.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 25, 2020 6:31:11 GMT
Wish I hadn't endorsed electric toothbrushes. Totally jinxed it for Ralph. Edit: But then Martin doesn't get all his dental knowledge from reliable sources. Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 26, 2020 14:52:56 GMT
Good news on the feet. I have gained 20 degrees movement in my legs and 10 degrees gain in my feet, according to the Physio. Getting there slowly but surely.
Will see how it goes with Dentist Dr Doom on Tuesday. I will be asking him to lay off the gloom and focus on what we can actually do to save my teeth.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 26, 2020 14:54:57 GMT
Excellent news!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 29, 2020 9:50:01 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 29, 2020 9:50:28 GMT
xdentjist!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 29, 2020 9:59:53 GMT
Denrtids
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 29, 2020 11:37:01 GMT
Don't drink and go to the dentist, fool!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 1, 2020 20:15:16 GMT
Ralph is getting in touch with the spirit of the old west.
A bold move.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 1, 2020 20:29:09 GMT
Ralph will have to spend hundreds to stop all his teeth going this side of 50. Not good times.
Teeth still very sore and sensitive when eating/drinking from when the temp filling went in on Tuesday, but the dentist did say there would be pain for a few days as the gum was rotten under the knackered tooth so had to laser it. That was not fun. The knackered tooth will still need root canaled (to give it another 10ish years of life) or pulled another day. Meanwhile: gum disease! A chip missing out of a bottom tooth at the gum line. A hole in another tooth! Oh, and apparently I am grinding most of my teeth away when sleeping.
My mother lost all her teeth at a very young age. That side of the family does have problems. I had thought I had escaped...until now.
Lots of difficulties ahead.
In other news, I will need channelling for, er, 36 specific days between now and end of December, starting tomorrow. Not saying why on a public forum but some of you know why.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 2, 2020 6:03:21 GMT
In other news, I will need channelling for, er, 36 specific days between now and end of December, starting tomorrow. You got it. Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 2, 2020 7:39:55 GMT
Channelling engaged, Doc'.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 2, 2020 14:28:38 GMT
Area around temp filling from Tuesday remains sensitive when eating or drinking. Bit of a literal pain, especially as despite prior to that having lost the filling and with most of the tooth decayed I had no discomfort whatsover. Not had any sensitivity from fillings in the past.
Hope this settles soon. It is not helping my head.
-Ralph
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