Editor in Chief Bill | 12 May 2015 8:58 p.m. PST |
I was at the dentist today, having a chipped front tooth repaired. Unfortunately, I completely forgot to take a selfie! You have my sincerest apology. |
napthyme | 12 May 2015 9:30 p.m. PST |
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sneakgun | 12 May 2015 9:30 p.m. PST |
I hate dentists, you have my deepest sympathies !! |
goragrad | 12 May 2015 10:58 p.m. PST |
Broke a corner out of a molar a couple of weeks ago. Bites. Have to see what local (20 miles away) dentist can do. Otherwise will be a trip to 'the city.' |
bandit86 | 13 May 2015 3:15 a.m. PST |
There goes your figure budget |
Murphy | 13 May 2015 4:19 a.m. PST |
On the bright side, at least you STILL have teeth! (says the guy that had FIVE pulled in January) |
OSchmidt | 13 May 2015 4:19 a.m. PST |
Sympathies Bill. I don't like having dental work done, but in this one sphere of my life I seem to have phenominal luck with dentists. Not only is every one of them a wonderful and expert craftsman, but they are careful to make sure a dental coward like me never feels a trace of pain. But beyond that, every one of them is drop dead gorgeous! I'm not talking just good lucking, I mean like making Heidi Klum look like a little brown potatoe. My present dentist is Russian, and when I first went to her I didn't know she was female. I was expecting this hulking guy who looked like a KGB interrogator. Well I'm in the chair and the technician tells me Raisa will be with me in a moment. I realized that was a womans name. Well anyway in comes this tall, gorgeous woman with wavy black hair dark eyes, and a smoldering come hither look on her face. "O Cherchanya!!!" I tell her the whole story about how I'm very phobic about dentists and bad experiences, and she says in a wonderfully sexy, Slavic syrupy voice that should be thinking up big trouble for Moose and Squirell. "Oh! Not to worry!, there will be no pain, which she reinforces with a soft pat on the shoulder. So she begins and gives me a small numbing shot before she puts in the real novocaine. Well about fifteen minutes later, she turns to me and says "Now! Vee can begin!" I ask about the needele. She says "Oh I gaff dat to you half hour ago." During the work she's occasionally leaning over and pressing her gorgeous bosom against my chest. She reall was trim and shapely. Well anyway we are talking in between things and I ask her where she came from – 'Moscow' she says and I ask her where she works and she tells me an exclusive service for government officials etc., and I ask her where she worked because I know Moscow a little, and then I realize she's telling me it's an old life insurance building on Dershzhynsky square, and I realize she's talking about the KGB! My dentist is a former employee of the KGB, and she's working on MY mouth! My Dentist IS a KGB interrogator, but a gorgeous one! I thought of that comforting pat on the shoulders and the lush words "Not to worry, there will be no pain!" and I wondered what she could do if she really wanted to cause pain!!!!! Anyway, she got married and moved away, and now I have another dentist, who's another hottie, a veritable Barbie with a smile that makes the Orbitz girl look like a grump. I can't complain, but it's kinda sad that is the only part of my life that has been blessed with a little luck. |
Cuchulainn | 13 May 2015 4:39 a.m. PST |
While I don't exactly be brimming over with joy and happiness at the thught of going to the dentist, it's the bill that has me running scared! I don't know how much they charge in the US, but over here the prices are truly stunning! NHS (National Health Service) dentists do still exist, but it's easier to find the Loch Ness Monster than one of them where I live. Pity about that selfie… |
OSchmidt | 13 May 2015 6:04 a.m. PST |
Dear Chucullain In the states here a crown is about a thousand bucks. That's for top of the line. You can get cheaper for about $600. USD The problem is there's no dental insurance here that even comes close to covering it. |
John Treadaway | 13 May 2015 6:55 a.m. PST |
I'm happy if my dentist doesn't say "Is it safe?" in a german accent while pulling my molars… John T |
Jo Jo the Idiot Circus Boy | 13 May 2015 7:18 a.m. PST |
Ouch. I feel your pain, Armintrout. Like most folks, I hate dentist visits but I also had to get a chipped tooth fixed recently. As some know, I do armoured medieval full contact fighting. It does get a bit rough and tumble at times. (punch "Battle of the Nations" into the Youtube search feature to see what I'm talking about) A couple of weeks ago I got into a grapple with an opponent after we came to close quarters and were unable to use our polearms. I had dropped my polaxe and was groping for my dagger when he gave me a hard right cross punch to the side of my head. It knocked me down and I came away with a chipped tooth and a bloody lip. (my helmet was not strapped down tight enough…oops!) Like I said, it gets a bit rough at times. But it's a blast. I assume the cause of your chipped tooth was less dramatic/violent? ;-) Martin |
Editor in Chief Bill | 13 May 2015 9:28 a.m. PST |
I assume the cause of your chipped tooth was less dramatic/violent? So dramatic that I didn't notice the chip until later… |
Legion 4 | 13 May 2015 3:28 p.m. PST |
I'm happy if my dentist doesn't say "Is it safe?" in a german accent while pulling my molars…John T
LOL !!!!! That scene in Marathon Man still freaks me out !!!!!!!!!! And Bill, as the saying goes, "Get Well Soon ! |
rmaker | 13 May 2015 7:53 p.m. PST |
Broke a corner out of a molar a couple of weeks ago.Bites. No, it doesn't, that's the problem. |
Jakse375 | 13 May 2015 8:42 p.m. PST |
oschmidt, my dental coverage does. up to 2500 a year. Everything except braces. |
Great War Ace | 13 May 2015 8:43 p.m. PST |
Go fake, it's the only way. Of course, you have to have the sorry excuses for teeth removed first, and that really is unpleasant, both the experience and the cost, at least it's the last time you'll have to pay for work on your teeth. Whew! glad I've got that behind me…. |
Howler | 13 May 2015 8:56 p.m. PST |
Had a root canal today. Painless. Dental work is why I could never become a spy. All they'd have to do is throw me in a dental chair and crank the drill a time or two. "Now, comrade, shall we begin?" That's all it would take…blab, blab, blab. I'd tell them anything they'd want to know plus a little extra to get out of that chair. |
The Angry Piper | 14 May 2015 10:35 a.m. PST |
(says the guy that had FIVE pulled in January) Yikes! Sympathies, Murphy!!!! |
14Bore | 14 May 2015 4:20 p.m. PST |
A month ago I had to get a cap, porcelain and made while you wait. The Dentist took some kind of 3D photo of something and a machine makes it out of a block of porcelain. The machine has rotating files and under liquid carves it out. In around a half an hour its done and He put it in. Around 300$ with insurance. |
Tango India Mike | 14 May 2015 4:34 p.m. PST |
Forget the rest. NHS best. |
Jemima Fawr | 15 May 2015 6:29 p.m. PST |
What on earth was LG doghoused for? |
Editor in Chief Bill | 16 May 2015 8:41 a.m. PST |
One personal attack, and one vulgar word |
Jemima Fawr | 16 May 2015 11:09 p.m. PST |
That was in no way, shape or form, a 'personal attack'. |
janner | 21 May 2015 11:46 a.m. PST |
My father was called Walter or Walt for short. |
Londongamer | 22 May 2015 11:40 p.m. PST |
Jemima, Thank you; for what it is worth, I tried to persuade Bill to release you when you were recently imprisoned. I have to say that I find the enforcement of what are jokingly described as the "rules" around here somewhat bizarre and idiosyncratic. |