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BAZ - get it fixed. Life is too short to be dealing with half broken teeth in your mouth.
Due to a quack dentist when I was younger, I now have 3 implants in my mouth. The first one sucked and cost a fortune and took tons of time. 2 different dentists. Then I found the one I am using now, everything done in one place latest tech etc.. He 3D mapped my mouth and made the crown while I was in the office. One crown has a root canal under it with a post the other is just a post with a crown both printed in the office while I sat int he chair, 2 hours in and out. Yes, about 4K per tooth is about what I paid as well. I can chew and eat normal. Get it done.
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Baz tooth implant she just paid over 500. For 180 degree xray with insurance.
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I can attest to that sitting here with no shoulder after having the replacement removed due to staph (MSSA) infection. All I did was have a filling replaced and no antibiotics given. So, at this point, if you believe in hospital bills on the surface, I have a $350,000 tooth.
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Got the extraction done today. It went well, so charged the lower end of price schedule - $180.
They wouldn't let me take the tooth with me so I took some pics. ![]() The filling came out about 3 weeks ago, which is why the middle of the tooth is missing. Now dealing with some ache so took 800mg Ibuprofen. Gauze comes out in 1 hour - can't wait!
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Remember, no smoking, drinking through a straw, booze, or heavy exertion for at least a week.
Congrats. . . you are in your way to recovery
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Thanks - hopefully it'll heal up properly!
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I am about 6 months in with a new implant system. I didn't think it would make a difference, but I has. Covid forced me into having the missing tooth longer than I expected, then I lived with just the screw for longer as well. I got used to eating off the other side, but I would experience some soreness as the teeth adjacent to the void got worked over. the day after the fake tooth went in, all minor soreness went away. I still favor chewing on the real side, but I am readjusting.
I have mastered flossing around the post. there is a giant space underneath that can hide lots of food. I scrub it clean with floss and blast it with the Waterpik. I am not losing another.
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nice job BAZ/ no smoking. I don't know what a dry socket is..but apparently you don't want one.
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i had a top molar pulled after and intoxicated (really) dentist botched a root canal job. he has since lost his license and my teeth are ok
if anyone comments on your gap, just tell them you broke it on a piece of coral surfing Pipeline fyi- i recently was eating some clams casino and bit into a piece of shell. i cracked both opposing teeth. both were repaired with crowns ....i wonder why yours couldn’t be. |
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oh BAZ. this thread was perfectly fine without pics
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![]() But I like yours better on the missing tooth! Wouldn't quite work with the car, I guess. ![]() I asked my dentist if the tooth could be saved and he said too much gum disease down below. Hey I tried! Ha ha - sorry man. Thought it might be educational for some, but I see your point. ![]()
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The whole drinking, smoking, exertion, straw thing is a bunch of horse hooey. Been there, did all of that.
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Seriously. Two occasions, 4 wisdom at 21yrs, then 1 molar just months ago. Who doesn't get a milk shake from Whataburger on the way home? Then have a smoke, and enjoy the evening knocking back cold ones all doped up. It'll loosen you up, and make you want to organize the garage.
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Going through it now.
Got teeth cleaned and I pointed out if I bit down just right on a seed or something I get a little pain in a bottom molar. Come back and dentist grinds out a small crack and fills it. Now it really hurts when I bite down. Dentist grinds it all down and puts a cap on it. Now it hurts wayyyy more! Taking advil and not chewing on that side for 3 weeks to see if it heals itself. Ya, next visit will be for a route canal. Really sucks.
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Don't forget there are a few products on the market that help numb the area of pain. I used them periodically while I was going through this. Here's the most popular one but there are also generic versions - also with 20% benzocaine - which is the active ingredient that does the work for you:
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