Going to the dentist

[Rewdog]

Well I'm getting ready to go to the dentist.. And get yelled at for not being a religious flosser. So how about ya'll. Do you brush 3 times a day and floss twice a day?

[Robert]

I don't floss, but according to the dentist I have "BEAUTIFUL TEETH". THan she bills me $300 for the visit.

[JeremyV]

I have stopped going to the dentist unless it is necessary, as all they do is find some :bs: stuff that is wrong and charge up the rear end to fix it.

Since I was a kid I always brushed, but I have very acidic saliva (according to my various dentists) and it causes cavities to form very easily. So... nearly every one of my teeth have fillings in them. My wisdom teeth are pulled, so really there is no room for cavities anymore.

Plus, I swear it is their job to inflict pain on innocent people. That on top of the fact that novacane doesn't work on me. He can give me 5 shots of the stuff and I still feel it.

So, my new philosophy is, if it doesn't hurt, you don't need to go to the dentist.

I continue to brush everyday and floss occasionally. I'd rather have my teeth fall out that sit through a cleaning every 6 months and have them drill on me w/o pain killers.

[Robert]

I still have my wisdom teeth.. they say they need to come out.. I say NO. lol. too much pain.

[JeremyV]

Originally posted by Robert:

I still have my wisdom teeth.. they say they need to come out.. I say NO. lol. too much pain.

Ahh, actually getting my wisdom teeth out was better than the dentist (hard to believe I know)

As long as they knock you out, you won't have a problem. I'm scared to death of the assistant when she pokes at my teeth during a cleaning.. so you can immagine how scared I was of getting those pulled!

I was sweating and so nervous for a few days prior, but the doc gave me some vailum to take before I went in. Popped two of those, and going to the doc was smoooooth sailing :D

Then you sit down, they put the funny gas over your nose, and before you know it you wake up with huge gause pads stuck in your cheeks :D Then of course, you get a few bottles of Vicodin or other great pain killers.

The strange part is I woke up in the middle of them yanking my teeth out, but couldn't feel a thing and didn't care one bit.

[Robert]

HAAAH! you woke UP!? that's ALMOST has bad as waking up when they are doing surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL One time I bit the guys fingers! I HATE having people's fingers in my MOUTH! Or anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Debbie]

Once a day. I use those Johnson&Johnson easy access flossers things since I am totally inept at using the regular kind.

Novocaine doesn't do much to help me either. I avoid the dentist. I know I shouldn't, but I do. I don't like my teeth anyway, they are more crooked than I would like. I figure eventually they will just fall out and then I will get some nice straight falsies. What a plan. lol

[Mark]

3 years of braces and my teeth were just as crooked as before. Talk about a waste of money.

[Chicken]

I don't think anyone likes the dentist. Fingers in your mouth, sharp objects scraping your teeth, blood, suction, cotton dryness, bleh. And that's just if nothing is wrong!

[Curtis H.]

I recently had foot surgery and the event itself was much easier than going to the dentist and having any kind of "work" done. Even got an English Muffin and Apple juice when it was over. Dentist's don't do that! :p:

[Robert]

<< had braces for 3 years... all in Middle School. Man o man did they do wonders! My teeth are purrrfect!

[rockergrrl]

Don't remind me about needing to go to the dentist... God knows I need to go!

I have a cavity problem as well.. I brush twice a day.. use cavity/plaque controlling tooth paste... and I still have cavities.

I haven't gone to the dentist in about 2 years - and even then, I needed more work than I went in there to get done (only went in for a cleaning -- needed a couple cavities pulled, a root canal/tooth pulled, 4 wisdom teeth). So, I'm sure you can just imagine what I need done now.

My insurance does crap for adults as far as dentists are concerned... and does wonders for kids (damn them ppl at the ins. company!!). I only can go to the dentist for emergency purposes (horrible pain, broken teeth, etc).

That'll change soon... "upgrading" my insurance plan soon (in the next 2 months). I'm sure they'll love me when I go there, and tell them, "give me all that you got and can give!" God knows I need just about everything done!

[Dapon]

Don't think that for one minute you are fooling them by flossing right before your appointment. All of that crap will still be on your teeth. My cousin is my dental hygentist and she laughs at me when I try to bulls**t her. So now I made a deal with them, I won't lie if they don't ask. Kind of like the gays in the military rule.