DIY dentist....
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I never thought I'd see one of those on here 
I used something similar when my filling fell out in Rajastan. They are ok, but it only lasted 4-5 days... then i had to re-do it..... and kept having to re-do it till I got home. From what I remember the longest it lasted was well over a week. So a great temporary measure, just seek dental advice as soon as you can.
Ed
I used something similar when my filling fell out in Rajastan. They are ok, but it only lasted 4-5 days... then i had to re-do it..... and kept having to re-do it till I got home. From what I remember the longest it lasted was well over a week. So a great temporary measure, just seek dental advice as soon as you can.
Ed
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Pathos
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just had a wisdom tooth pulled out by someone who pretends to be a dentist!! Ouch... thought I could find some solace here... but no!
lol
just had a wisdom tooth pulled out by someone who pretends to be a dentist!! Ouch... thought I could find some solace here... but no!
lol
Pathos said::tw:
just had a wisdom tooth pulled out by someone who pretends to be a dentist!! Ouch... thought I could find some solace here... but no!
lol
I had a wisdom tooth taken out about 18months ago, my first extraction too. It was a "three rooter" - it wasn't particularly painful, but the crunching of bone and the jarring vibrations in my skull, as the guy wrenched the tooth out of splintering jaw, was almost unbearable.
Did I paint a good picture?
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just had a wisdom tooth pulled out by someone who pretends to be a dentist!! Ouch... thought I could find some solace here... but no!
lol
I had a wisdom tooth taken out about 18months ago, my first extraction too. It was a "three rooter" - it wasn't particularly painful, but the crunching of bone and the jarring vibrations in my skull, as the guy wrenched the tooth out of splintering jaw, was almost unbearable.
Did I paint a good picture?
A game of "top that" is it ... I think I can top that one ...
I had to have a tooth out after the dentist had carried out two root canals on it. Basicallyit was so weak that it had to be split in half with a chisel and the bits gouged out with like a small prybar. The hole looked like John Hurt's chest - post alien! And the reason I had to have it out - because the root canal file had gone through the side of the root and into the gum and then broken off ... :shock:
But it get's better ... we then went down to Corwall to see the eclipse and I found that there was a small bit still in the hole ... so ... I got Kath to pull out the bit with the pliers on my SAK!!!!
Anyone want a dentist!
I helped Lee pull his tooth out with my leatherman once :shock:
I did advise them that he really ought to see a dentist first though
I did advise them that he really ought to see a dentist first though
Rob
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I fly a lot in a small unpressurised plane when I go to work in Scotland. A while back, I discovered the joys of taking bags of crisps that held lots of air up with me - then watch them explode as we get higher.
Nearly had to do an extraction for a co-worker who was in agony after he had a crown done with an air-bubble left under it. :yikes: Poor bloke was in tears at 10000', but we managed to fly a lot lower instead.
Nearly had to do an extraction for a co-worker who was in agony after he had a crown done with an air-bubble left under it. :yikes: Poor bloke was in tears at 10000', but we managed to fly a lot lower instead.
for pain with densits i have one of the top ones (if not the top one). i had an operation to release my tounge from the base of the mouth this involved cutting through the flesh using electrosurgery (hot wire) besides choking on the blood and having the smell of part of me been cooked. i hadn't got enough local pain killer. at one point i got full feeling of what was been done. it hurts far more then havingteeth knocked out pulled out and anythign else thats happend to me.
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Pathos
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dunno wether to laugh or cry! They are some seriously baaad stories.
Think I'll just go and lie down a while.....
Think I'll just go and lie down a while.....
Last time I had any dentistry done, it was by a proper dentist, to put a crown on a molar.
She fitted a temporary crown, the time the technicians made the real one.
To take off the temporary crown, she used a very cute little slide hammer.
Keith.
She fitted a temporary crown, the time the technicians made the real one.
To take off the temporary crown, she used a very cute little slide hammer.
Keith.
Rob said:
Had to fly to Cairo one time while i was suffering an infection underneath one of my fingernails. Flew by jumbo but the pressure changes were still enough to make it burst ! - Gooey :shock: But it felt much better afterward :biggthump
I am sure that my last dentist was the technical advisor to the white angel in the marathon man, his lack of skill/bed side manor led me to remove my own molar with the aid of a leatherman supertool and half a bottle of southern comfort, my good lady watched in ore and then passed out.
I asked my dentist if there was anything I could carry when I went outdoors that might help.
His suggestions were Oil of Cloves for toothache and Bon Jela for gum type aches.
He didn't rate the temporary filling stuff as much cop but said at least it keeps the cavity clean..
I just take Oil of Cloves now if I'm going away for any length of time.
His suggestions were Oil of Cloves for toothache and Bon Jela for gum type aches.
He didn't rate the temporary filling stuff as much cop but said at least it keeps the cavity clean..
I just take Oil of Cloves now if I'm going away for any length of time.
Got one of those lifesystems emergency dental kits because they contain oil of cloves - when I mentioned it to my dentist he did give a word cauion that while it's better than nothing, the clove oil itself can cause burns (I assume some sort of chemical burn / blistering). It didn't stop me keeping it in the FAK though. :-D
a couple of dried cloves in your FAK are useful,you just put one on your bad tooth and bite on them.they are dry and wont leak clove oil on the rest of your kit!
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frog71_uk
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You're right Alick ... I tried it in desperation one evening, but i didn't have the oil, so I thought i'd make it myself ... I put a handfull of cloves in a baby blender and poured a little alcool on it (don't ask why the alcool, it just seemed a good idea at the time)
I applied the paste (quite a bit ) straight between my cheek and my gum and left it there for half an hour. It works very well and very quickly, which I was well impressed about, and it even tastes like the stuff the dentists use!
....... however ........ after I had done that twice, i rubbed my tongue on my gum to see if I could feel it again, and a good layer of skin came off it, and it was like that for a couple of days aftewards ... quite sore ... the toothache was gone though ! :-D I guess the fact the cloves attacked the plastic of the blender should have been a hint :roll:
Well, there must be a reason why these guys spend 5years+ studying their trade
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Got one of those lifesystems emergency dental kits because they contain oil of cloves - when I mentioned it to my dentist he did give a word cauion that while it's better than nothing, the clove oil itself can cause burns (I assume some sort of chemical burn / blistering). It didn't stop me keeping it in the FAK though.
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I applied the paste (quite a bit
) straight between my cheek and my gum and left it there for half an hour. It works very well and very quickly, which I was well impressed about, and it even tastes like the stuff the dentists use!....... however ........
after I had done that twice, i rubbed my tongue on my gum to see if I could feel it again, and a good layer of skin came off it, and it was like that for a couple of days aftewards ... quite sore ... the toothache was gone though ! :-D I guess the fact the cloves attacked the plastic of the blender should have been a hint :roll: Well, there must be a reason why these guys spend 5years+ studying their trade
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Got one of those lifesystems emergency dental kits because they contain oil of cloves - when I mentioned it to my dentist he did give a word cauion that while it's better than nothing, the clove oil itself can cause burns (I assume some sort of chemical burn / blistering). It didn't stop me keeping it in the FAK though.
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