I hear ya Shatzy. And coming from a familly that really didnt do much in the way of "hey go brush and floss your tetth before bed youngster or your grounded" I came from a family that has spent many hours under the airplane landing lights of the dentist chair. Except in my smal town we had only one dentist and he did more of his own drugs then I think he gave his patients. I dont think he could find a cavity if it bite him in the ass.
Asshow one day while wrestling with a girlfriend who was trying to tickle me I grabbed her hands and wouldnt let go. By the time I did she was sooooo mad that she jerked her hands out and her elbow hit my front teeth causing an absess in one of my upper teeth. By the end of the day I would have paid any farmer $100 just to pull the damn thing out with his John Deer.
Needless to say I had to visit the dentist.He stated I needed a root canal in my tooth. It hurt so bad I never felt him numb it up. What was to follow was enough for me to want to give him my first born. He drilled it and releaced the absess. It was sooooooooo relieving that I was almost jumping for joy. He packed it and told me to return the nexy day after it continued to drain.
On the appearance of going the day with the thought that these guys arent actually that bad of people I prop myself up in his chair with a big smile and howdy. He begins working. Ohhh look good. We are now going to remove the rest of the root.... reflect the gum line and clean it out.. blaa blaa. All I remember was he ran somethign down the hole that looked like a wire brush going in and felt like hot neddles tapped to a baseball bat. He ran that around a few times and then figuring I wasnt having enough fun he then cuts my gum about 1 inch (1 slit on both side of the tooth) and then prys it up front and back. clean clean clean . By now I have a full grasp upon his chair as he has my undivided attention. He then says he is finished and needs to run a needle thru the gum to stitch it back up. Not sure if that was the needle that broke the camels back (no pun intended) or if it was the novicain wearing off but as soon as I heard a creek and then SNAP as the arm on his old dentist chair broke off. He looked at me and said "HMMMM you want some more novicain?" as I am bleeding from the mouth and ready to punch him square in the head. [img]mad.gif[/img]
He puts a temp filling in it and wraps it up as he could tell wasnt keeping me there a min longer then needed.
He stated to come back in a month so we could see if the tooth lived or not. WHAT? LIVED? You just did all that crap and you arent sure it will live.Ya right buddy Screw you. Didnt matter anyhow. Was eating lunch 2 weeks later and bit into the food and snapped the tooth right at the gum line. Too short to build up and it was a front tooth so cant really run around with it gone. HMMMMMMMM $2000 I now have a bridge and many hours more in the dentist chair. Do I love them anymore? No!! But at least the one I have now shut up after she told me "you need to keep good care of these teeth. They need to last you a life time. Brush, floss, blaa blaa blaa" Well after my last experiance with the dentist I brush and floss so much that I get crap for that now. So I told her.. Ya I ride motorcycle.. FAST too, and take many many track days. I am pretty sure they dont have to last too long... I smiled and walked out knowing it pissed her off. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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