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So, those who have known me on blonde for years will know that I have been very self concious of my teeth for ages, and always wanted to get them sorted out.

Only drawback was, I have a serious phobia of the dentist, stupid I know, but I am a gibbering wreck whenever I even think about dentists and needles in gums etc ... That said, I eventually plucked up the courage to seek out a dentist and make an appointment (my hand was kind of forced, as my teeth were becoming loose and were giving me constant pain)

I had my initial consultation a while ago and was sent for X-rays and told that I would be losing a few teeth and would need dentures ... no big surprise tbh, I knew this was going to be the outcome. The thing that pissed me off more than anything was the fact that my teeth were fine, no decay, no fillings required etc etc, the problem was gum disease, my gums had shrunk so badly that some of my teeth were just too loose to save, and if i had only visited a dentist earlier (albeit about 2 years earlier) I would have been ok and my teeth could have been sorted and saved ... FML

Onto Friday just passed and I have my follow up from the x-rays etc ... I sit in the chair and my Dentist tells me that apart from the 5 teeth I have already lost, i need to lose 7 more ... YES ANOTHER FKIN  S E V E N !!!

Marvellous, I am missing one front tooth at the top, one from the bottom and 3 from the side of my mouth, now I find out I will have to lose another 7 and have bridges/dentures top and bottom ... FML I think, but hey ho, at least I will be able to smile again, i don't think any photos exist of me smiling properly because I have always been too self concious about my railings.....

Mr Dentist then puts shit loads of putty in my mouth top and bottom and takes moulds for the making of the falsies, and tells me that it will take 6 days to make and to make an appointment to have the 7 teeth out and have the falsies fitted.

Off i trot to reception with my forms in my hand and make my appointment ... JULY the fucking 2nd is the earliest appointment I can have, WHAT !! over six fucking weeks with no front teeth etc ... FML.

So thats the state of play, gappy for 6 more weeks and still have the extraction of 7 more to look forward to ... and just to FML a bit more, the receptionist says , "oh hang on, i see you are having dentures made" ... "Yes" I say hoping that they would now miraculously find me an earlier appointment ... "ahhh" she says, "In that case you will have to pay a sizeable deposit"

FML ... FML ... FML ...  So if anyone sees me out and about in the next 6 weeks, feel free to take the piss !!


 PS. Please brush your teeth regularly and have regular dental check ups, I sure wish I had done so.

Sorry Kev, will all be worth it in the end. Do you go totally under during the procedure?

Very hard to get access to decent prompt dental treatment in the UK. I blame John Gummer.

I hate dentists and come out in a cold sweat. Added to the fact the jab they give me does not dull the pain and they have no idea why, I fuking dread going :(

Helps to have a female dentist I reckon.

gaps in teeth add character!  I lost a front tooth in an accident when I was 18 months old, so any photos of me between that age and 5 years old have a nice gappy smile :)  I used to think I'd found a kindred spirit when I watched Tarby on the telly as a kid :)  Seriously, it seems like a long time at the moment, but it'll pass quickly, and you'll be able to show us your lovely smile at bB8.  In any case, I can't imagine any worse photos of you between now and then than that one of you on facebook :D

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New avatar Kev?

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and be pleased you're not a woman - I hate the dentist too, but it's a walk in the park compared to what I've got to go through tomorrow - I'd take the dentist 5 times over in it's place if I could.  I'm sure the ladies reading understand!

A lolly stick up the fadge is a doddle compared to dental treatment ... FACT ;)

lol classy and quality :D

Dunno Kev, those magnums are a decent girth...    ;all-in;

if only it were that simple!  The only people who would find it a doddle are masochists.  FACT.

No, apparently the only place that could do that is the hospital ... so its local anaesthetic ( a fkin needle in the trap !! )

[ ]  Oh how I am crossing the days off the calendar in excitement 

At least you have nothing to worry about with your  eyes and ears Kev.

At least yer arse is in pretty good shape thanks to Ding.

DIY FTW

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/world/europe/07teeth.html?ex=1304654400&en=a066e5f718907b88&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

Im currently using superglue for one of my front teeth,it was meant to be a temp cap.i,ve had it over a year now,last month it fell out after a tough steak.np.got my drill out,shaped it and fired it back in wi glue.still solid.i havent done any homers yet kev if ur interested i can do some reconstruction at a cheap rate.

always look after your teeth and your teeth will look after you......

heres a poem off the cuff.,.,.,.,

my name is kev, my teeth are shite
i wish id brushed them every night

hey ho we go,wiv my new bright smile
still be paying for the new teeth for long while

who ever laughs and turns to sigh
at least thier not looking at my wonkey eye

whats next on the list,maybe a nip and tuck
my names still kev,and i dont give a fook..,.,.,.,,..,.,

Genius mate,,,/... fkin...//,,, genius !!

;tightend;

Doppelganger

here goes.,.,.,.,.,
9.49 start time.,.,.,.,

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your clanger.,.,.,.,

UL Kev.

I know a guy that has recently been through the same problem with his gums and had the whole lot taken out and replaced and as a result he looks quite normal now.

I am off to the dentist tomorrow and he wants me to have veneers which will cost £500 per tooth or £2800 for six, hence my attempts to come out of game show retirement.  ;)

how much? I think it's time to set up a dental tourism business. I can get that done for a fraction of the price in ukraine and to a much better standard

This is Kev we're talking about here though.

similar story although didn't get as far as you Kev, now costing me a fortune to get them sorted.

You've always been an Ugly Bassa anyway mate, Don't worry about it xx  :kiss:

You have my sympathies. I had a similar problem, receding gums causing teeth to loosen, I lost a few. Was referred to a consultant at the local hospital who cleaned behind the gums to allow them to stick to the teeth, it hurt like hell. I used to take painkillers by the truck load before seeing her. I missed the last appointment as I couldn't face her again. She wrote to my dentist and snitched, I got the dentist to reply with my explanation, which wasn't complimentary, think of Olivier in the Marathon Man and you won't be far off.

If he asks me "Is it safe ?" I am gonna run like hell !!


On the positive side, the tooth fairy must owe me a fkin fortune !

I think Dingdell had the sucking machine turned up too high.

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Ginger FYI

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8058771.stm

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sir, I salute your bravery. I am also seriously phobic about dentists (i feel physically sick even thinking about visiting one.). I walked out on the last one because I was convinced I could feel the drill even although he had given me the maximum dose of novocaine permissable by law. That was 4 years ago and I havent been back.

There are now bits falling off my teeth and they are badly discoloured. Since been diagnosed with my little heart troubles I was put on Warfarin, which thins your blood and makes you bleed very easily. I have been using this as an excuse not to go. But I have been told that i am being taken off warfarin in august, so will have no excuses. I have also decided that I should go back, but even now I feel quite ill about it.

I dont mind extractions, i can cope with that type of pain. Its the fillings, and the thin drill with the high pitched whine that makes me come out in a cold sweat.

good luck...

You could always try what I do, and don't have the injections. After realising that my phobia was mainly linked to the needles (from a very bad experience at the dentists when I was little), I stopped having them - it's not pleasant (bit of an understatement there) but it's a hell of a lot better than even the thought of the needle.

Finding a sympathetic to phobias dentist is hard enough at the best of times, and especially now, but if you manage to find one it can make a world of difference

My baby very pleased to have a gap in her teeth....suppose it's easier to smile when the tooth fairy has delivered a nice shiny coin!

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Am so tempted to put a pic of mine up... so you can all use it to show your kids what will happen if they dont look after their teeth !!

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Its my best feature :)

Seriously Laz if you have any form of heart troubles get your teeth fixed now!!

A close family friend was due to have heart surgery a few years ago. He was booked in to be fixed but was told that he couldn't have it done because of the state of his teeth. I don't know why dodgy teeth meant he couldn't have his heart op but it's true.

He had to get his teeth fixed first which he duly did as he realised that he needed his heart op to save his life.

So he gets his teeth fixed (for fixed read removed) and 6 months later he is due back at hospital for his new valves and things.

Unfortunately it was one day too late and he keeled over at home with a heart attack the morning of his op.

Maybe if he'd had the op when he was originally booked in he'd still be here now. Who knows?

I know it's a bit extreme but if there's ever been a reason to get your teeth sorted here it is.

Gum disease can lead to heart disease apparently...not that weird when you think about it but not something you actively consider probably.
Looking after the gnashers is proper important, and dentists these days are actually not all savages who thrive on causing kids tremendous amounts of pain.

i can so relate to hating the dentist, its not so much the injections its the sounds off the drills they use that make me feel sick. Last year i was on holiday out in turkey and had a really bad tooth ache at the back, now there is no trouble with my front teeth and like to think i look after mine well apart from being a smoker which dis colours my teeth i can cope with having them cleaned every six months, but what im trying to get to is while i was out in turkey i notice how differant they worked and how cheap there treatment was, i had to have a back tooth taken out, but will be having a bridge done when i go out there in september.
My friend also had 13 caps replaced over 5 days and a bit off swollen gums, she only paid 950 for all them teeth which look so nice, if i get to the point where i want to have verners excuse my spelling i will be be having them done in turkey and still save loads off dosh!
Good luck kev with your new nashers x

Would appear that Dr Boldie is right, there is a lot of pure association here, but some causation too

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8063512.stm

Which is pretty wtf, you'd think you're just risking your teefs, but in fact not brushing could cause uber heart problems.

[Edit: NB this research was done by a German institution]

ldo, all good research is done by Germans.

Tomorrow is the day ... 7 more gnashers out and new ones in !!


Absolutely fucking petrified !!

it'll be fine! (in a week or two)
good luck :)

Ive been today it was fucking awful

Hurts like a bastard, doesn't it?

I went yesterday, pretty sure she was gestapo trained. if you're going to stick things in my mouth that you know will hurt that much then give me a bloody anaesthetic

All very encouraging ... cheers !!

get yourself on msn.  I have some stories for you that will either:

a) cheer you up a bit and take your mind of your impending doom; or
b) be so mind numingly boring some of that numbness might last till tomorrow

win/win really ;D

gl it will be fine. You will wonder what all the fuss was about :)

fyp

Halve the pain with the power of your mind.

Absolute fucking agony ...  off to bed.

i was in the "cant go to the dentists" camp, mainly due to the terifying drilling until  about 2 years ago when, i discovered some dentists dont use the drill for nervous patients-you can have all the bad stuff removed by a laser. F'kin marvellous! I aren't bothered its really for use on kids.it dont hurt and although i still dont like going i can cope with it now. Get well soon Kev.

Best rubdown ever!!! - Tell him about the painless method AFTER the event!

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come on show us the new uns

Here you go Cia

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Update, still hurts like a bastard !!

Will only be online for an hour each day over the next few days, as we are moving on monday ... so Jane is packing the house while I am dying in agony and trying not to get in the way.

Will check PM's and emails daily over weekend and early part of next week ...


As to the dentist ... well I had so many injections that i was borderline crying like a bitch ..I have broken bones and even chopped the top of my finger off, but that was a fkin doddle compared to the pain of about 6 injections and SEVEN extractions.

Didnt help that I text my brother of my tales of woe, and he relied with "Blimey, you have probably had more pricks in your mouth than Quentin Crisp"


Yours painfully

Kev

xxx

Hope the pain eases off soon Kev, and it will be worth it in the long run xx

Now that's funny Kev. Seriously hope you feel better soon. Ice cream FTW.

Get well soon :D

get better soon, don't fall off the stairs or anything.

have had 2 teeth removed b4 never had much agony from either

was there a bone crunching noise as they pulled them out?

hope yr feeling better soon Colgatekev  ;D

Atkins diet ... cabbage leaf diet ... weight watchers, slimming world ... go and die.

go to the dentist ... you cant eat fk all for days !!

I am on soup now, i have graduated from milk shakes LOL


Still hurts like a bitch, but i am off my tits on pain killers so i dont care :)

stop whining and it hurts less.

pain is all about perception.