[PLEASE HELP] Lets talk about our TEETH

[TheGR8TESTOAT]

Lets talk about our teeth.

Do you guys go to the dentist religiously? I do not. I haven't been to the dentist in probably over 10 years.

I figure if it doesn't hurt then I'm fine. I also had real negative experiences as a kid in the 80's with pain and fear of the dentist.

The last time I went to the dentist was to pull my wisdom teeth out which was like in 2003 or something. The only time I've ever been put under.

So me and my girl are on common law so she got me on her insurance since its lot better than my work's insurance. She made me promise I'd go get my teeth checked since its been so long. So the dentist cleaned my teeth really good now they are as white as can be. But then he tried to hit me with the hey we need to reconstruct like 8 of your teeth before it gets worse speech.

I was not having it, but I entertained the thought of what he would charge me and when he showed me the bill it came out to $15,000.00! WTF? So he's all like hey sign up for additional dental insurance so they can help eat that up so your out of pocket is much lower.

But I'm like WTF 15G's really? He seems like a straight up dude the dentist, but god damn thats way too much. So he told me to sign up for another insurance but I'm like yo I'm only here because I promised my girl. I wasn't planning on getting any of that work done.

How about you guys? whats your teeth/dentist status like?

I know in the long run like when I'm 55 years old your teeth really are dead and broken down to the point of no return and you need major constructive surgery, but I don't know I just feel for now if it don't hurt don't fix it right?

[-MAKAVELLI-]

dude dentists are like bad mechanics...always making up **** for you to pay for


with that said, i need to buy a water pick..i heard i needed that

[*TonyMontana*]

I'm British
Wtf is a dentist????

[TheGR8TESTOAT]

Yo Mak,

so you go pretty routinely? my thing is I been MIA for over a decade so i know that wasn't good for my teeth, but at the same time I can't say whats legit or whats a mechanic move.

all i know is my teeth are not in great shape. not the worst but definitely not the best.

The thing is i asked if he could just do one or 2 of my teeth at a time like once a year and he said he'd rather do like 4 or more at a time as its more natural for me to bite down on the alignment properly but even for 4 at a time we talking like 6 G's like WTF really?

I don't know if I should just blow him off all together or sing up for additional dental as he suggested?

[jaded]

10 years without a dental checkup is dumb. Just because it does not hurt yet does not mean you don't have a badly decayed tooth that will need root canal because it has worn too close to the nerve and can't be drilled (just an example). Root canals then bring on more problems later on. Avoid problems and get everything done before things get out of hand. Go every 6 months or at least once a year...even if you are semi-perpetually unemployed. If you loose teeth in the front you will never get a hired looking like a meth head or homeless person.

As far as your current dentist goes I'd get a second opinion. Also getting put under for a dental procedure is not smart. If they can remove the nerve painlessly with local anesthesia than they could do whatever without general anesthesia...which is a controlled coma and kills brains cells. It's not like you had a triple by-pass...you need to grow some balls.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Yo Mak,

so you go pretty routinely? my thing is I been MIA for over a decade so i know that wasn't good for my teeth, but at the same time I can't say whats legit or whats a mechanic move.

all i know is my teeth are not in great shape. not the worst but definitely not the best.

The thing is i asked if he could just do one or 2 of my teeth at a time like once a year and he said he'd rather do like 4 or more at a time as its more natural for me to bite down on the alignment properly but even for 4 at a time we talking like 6 G's like WTF really?

I don't know if I should just blow him off all together or sing up for additional dental as he suggested?

i go once a year...last year i had to remove 2 wisdom teeth and she was saying some **** like i need something done extra to help my gums heal properly then she dropped the 'its gonna cost about a grand per tooth'


i told her no thanks and just to take the ****ers out

[Rip Chudd]

Change your username to Yuck-mouth

[STEELHEAD]

i always brushed and had no cavities even in my 50s but having to take all these heart meds made my teeth fall out in less then a year. it was like a horror story. every month loosing a couple teeth. and they just don't fall out. for each tooth they would slowly work loose. i'd be eating and getting those lightning bolt pains.i felt horrible and looked horrible.
thankfully i got falseteeth that fit so perfectly that i don't have to use that glue stuff.

[1bad65]

I'd highly suggest a second opinion.

And do not tell the next dentist what this one said.

Makavelli is right, some are about as honest as dishonest mechanics are. A second opinion never hurts.

[1bad65]

Some dentists can really be dishonest.

When I was a kid my parents took me to a new dentist. That guy wanted several thousand dollars (this was in the early-mid 70s) for braces on baby teeth!! He said some nonsense about them having to be straight or the permanent teeth would come in all crooked.

We got a second opinion and he laughed at the first guy's 'prognosis'. My parents stuck with the second opinion dentist until he retired a few years ago.