Tooth ache

My last dentist/torturer said I need a filling. They poked a massive hole in the effected tooth, and then sent me away to book a new appointment to have it filled in.

When I did go back, they inflicted so much pain before I even started (and no I'm not a wuss) I decided to leave before it was done.

So now I have tooth ache.

No worries though, I have an appointment with a new dentist.

The appointment is at (and this isn't a joke, its for real): 2:30.

Just read that out to yourselves, my appointment at the dentist to get my tooth pain sorted out is at two thirsty - tooth hurty.

 

I bet he directs you to make an appointment with his Hygienist.

I went for years without seeing a Dentist - due to previous experiences.

Once I was collared, I ended up with the Hygienist and have never been the same since.
I think she scraped of all the enamel and pushed my gums down so much that some of my teeth are now loose.

Notch it up to YET ANOTHER bad Dental experience.

 

I'm lucky in that I haven't had the joy of being referred to a hygienist yet, but I know plenty of people that have. They are all permanently in pain, and that's not an exaggeration.

That's why I only ever go to a dentist when I need treatment, and why I always refuse their recommendations unless pain tells me they are probably right.

 

the dentist should have put a temporary filling in when he drilled the hole, therefore there should have been no pain between the two appointments.

Not a good idea to wait for pain to go to the dentist (if it is a responsible one, otherwise makes no difference), because he can spot early problems that we don't see.

 

Clueless poor you can't believe they left you with a huge hole in your tooth, my dentists lovely never had any pain there, just had to have a tooth out due to a loose crown which had deteriated badly underneath had to have stitches too, but no pain at all, unfortunately my dentist went private a few years ago so I can only afford to go once a year, don't want to change though, my only gripe is every year he sends me to the flippin hygienist, I'd rather have every tooth out than go to her, sure she enjoys inflicting pain, pretty sure it was her who loosened the crown I had to have out, but can't prove it, this time she's decided she needs to see me every 6 months !!! (which I heard her say to the person before me too, thin walls) tried to blind me with science saying my gums were starting to become loose round my back teeth, I wouldn't be able to tell but she could, even tried to get me to make an appointment for 6 months time before I left, which I got out of by saying I'd forget and would phone nearer the time, which I won't, they'll see me once a year and thats that, obviously times are hard and people are putting off going to the dentist so they're trying to squeeze money out of the poor so-and-so's who do go, sorry rant over, you started it clueless:D.

 

I don't like what hygienists do to teeth either. In many ways I think dentistry is only just coming out of the dark ages. On the whole I have pretty good teeth, but I also have problems with some of them. Without exception, they're all teeth which were drilled and filled very early in my life, in the days when your mum and dad felt that professionals always knew best and the good old National Health paid dentists by the filling. I'm pretty sure that my teeth would have been much better left alone. But it's too late now; as a consequence of early mistakes, I have no choice but to go to the dentists regularly. The one I have now is nice, if expensive.

My husband last went to the dentist when he was in his teens. Being a budding physics geek, he worked out that the stresses his dentist was placing on his teeth while he rooted around with various metal implements was highly likely to contribute to their early decline. So he refused to go back. He still has a full and very respectable set of teeth.

 

I remember those days.

One time when I was 18 years old, I went to the dentist, who told me I need six fillings. At the time it had just come to light that mercury based amalgam fillings might have health risks associated with them, and the white non-mercury ones were not available on the NHS. I was skint, so I told the dentist I'd save up the £90 to get the white ones done.

I never did go back to that dentist, or any other one for that matter, for over 10 years.

Then in my late 20s, I finally made an appointment at a new dentists. I told him how long it had been since I last went, and that I was told then (over 10 years previous) that I needed six fillings. The dentist said that my teeth would probably be in a diabolical state with that being the case, so he poked about and took a load of X-rays to get a good picture of what was going on in there.

I went back a couple of weeks later when he'd had time to have a good look at the x-rays, and guess what, I didn't need any fillings. In fact all he did was a scrape and polish to remove the nicotine stains and sent me on my way.

Since then, all I've needed was a filling on a tooth that broke, and now I need a filling on a tooth that was giving me no bother until the last 'dentist' rammed a pointy metal right into it as hard as she could (literally both hands on the metal thing, and pretty much all her body weight on it until there was a big click, and jolt of pain, and a hole in my tooth).

 

Thats so true Clare I had so many fillings when I was little too, sure most of mine didn't need doing, don't remember suffering with toothache, did break both my front teeth though diving in the little pool at the swimming baths, I know I know stupid thing to do and yes the lifeguard was quite dishy but not worth breaking your teeth for, so I have a few crowns too, niether of my children have ever had a filling.
My husband had quite a bad experience at the dentist when he was a child and never went for nearly 20 years till I made him an appointment with mine, he didn't need anything doing either, but he does like this dentist so we'd never change, he doesn't fill teeth for the sake of it,I've never really had a deal done since I started going to him 25 years ago, nearly fainted this time though I have a gap where I lost a tooth years ago, not really noticable but he said he could fill it for me with an implant, thought its my 50th next year nothing else I want I'll have it done, till he told me it'd cost £2000 !!!! there was a cheaper option but that was still £600, said I'd think about it till next time.

 

Off topic, I know but thought you'd all enjoy this as a bit of diversion:

Back in the 60s I managed an operating theatre where a dentist would do an operating list every week. One day he came in puffing and spitting in a mixture of amusement and outrage. Seems a man had brought his wife in to see him. She just sat herself in the chair and let her husband do all the talking which was to the effect that he had promised her she could have false teeth for her 50th birthday! When the dentist protested, the husband was outraged. "But I promised her and today is her birthday so get them out - now!" Needless to say, they departed unsatisfied.

Now you younger ladies, aren't you glad you never lived in that era where your husband could decide that this would be a welcome and fitting present for your 50th birthday?

 

I am actually a dentist and used to post under a different username.

Your dentist /hygienist is only guilty of not explaining things to you properly.

It is impossible for the hygienist to remove the enamel with the clean- what they probably removed was calculus or tartar (a hard build up that forms around the teeth; a bit like limescale on a shower head).

Your teeth then probably were sensitive afterwards and possibly during the clean, as the calculus was covering and protecting the root of the tooth which has no protective enamel covering. The root was probably exposed due to past gum disease
. The calculus was also sticking the teeth together, stopping the teeth from moving.

So, why i hear you ask do dentists remove calculus- simple. The longer the calculus is left on the teeth, the more severe the gum disease and the more likely you are to need the teeth removed as they will get looser quicker.

Your dentist/ hygienist are only try to make sure the teeth last longer.