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I use it every morning and it's great! You feel sooo much cleaner afterwards and don't have stinking breath.
Anyways, good luck!
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OasiS.oasis
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+ Show Spoiler + I use it every morning and it's great! You feel sooo much cleaner afterwards and don't have stinking breath. Anyways, good luck! | ||
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iamperfection
United States9641 Posts
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Zorkmid
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However, sounds like you're going to need a root canal. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On August 04 2011 22:46 OasiS.oasis wrote: If you have trouble with / don't like cleaning your tongue with a toothbrush and toothpaste, use one of these: + Show Spoiler + I use it every morning and it's great! You feel sooo much cleaner afterwards and don't have stinking breath. Anyways, good luck! What is that? How does it work? | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On August 04 2011 23:47 Zorkmid wrote: Dentists in general are money grubbers that will do unnecessary work whenever they can to pay for their Z3s. However, sounds like you're going to need a root canal. Yeah, they get plenty of money from me anyways. I think the new guy who suggested taking my wisdom teeth out was unaware how much I give to these people. | ||
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Grettin
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Classysaurus
United States78 Posts
Looks like a tongue scraper. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On August 05 2011 02:12 Grettin wrote: I'm not happy with me teeth either. | ||
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Servius_Fulvius
United States947 Posts
On August 04 2011 13:52 Torte de Lini wrote: They haven't seen me in years, so they don't know my condition. I told them it was in poor shape, but the secretary knows nothing and she said: "well we'll see with the cleanings" and stuff. :/ I feel your pain, for the most part. My mouth hates me. I used to go long brushing periods, and then long periods completely without. Almost every time I got back in a good routine all the problems started. Started brushing again for months in high school? Great, you need 9 fillings and a root canal! This has happened a lot. The most recent was late December when my crown (got that a year after the root canal when the tooth fell apart) got infected. Within a month of brushing again two teeth started falling apart. I have insurance (read: BAD insurance), so footing the bill has been a rewarding wakeup call.... Anyhow, if you're in pain they'll probably want to take xrays. I don't know why they'd waste their time with a cleaning when you clearly have more issues. I went to the dentist in December after the abscess appeared and all they did was xray! The dentist also recommended $7000 worth of treatment, so clearly when she saw my mouth she saw a European vacation! I went to a different dentist and the guy turned out to be amazing! He's working with my insurance, only working on what needs immediate attention, and forming long term plans. Yeah, there is a business side to dentistry, but like any decent medical professional he put my well-being first. Anyways, if you don't like one dentist's treatment plan there's nothing stopping you from getting a second opinion (the old office will even mail over xrays!). However, one of the worst things you can do is let it sit. Root canal, crown, extraction, filling, material, etc.....all of this is essentially a medical decision, so you're best consulting with the medical professionals. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On August 05 2011 03:22 Servius_Fulvius wrote: I feel your pain, for the most part. My mouth hates me. I used to go long brushing periods, and then long periods completely without. Almost every time I got back in a good routine all the problems started. Started brushing again for months in high school? Great, you need 9 fillings and a root canal! This has happened a lot. The most recent was late December when my crown (got that a year after the root canal when the tooth fell apart) got infected. Within a month of brushing again two teeth started falling apart. I have insurance (read: BAD insurance), so footing the bill has been a rewarding wakeup call.... Anyhow, if you're in pain they'll probably want to take xrays. I don't know why they'd waste their time with a cleaning when you clearly have more issues. I went to the dentist in December after the abscess appeared and all they did was xray! The dentist also recommended $7000 worth of treatment, so clearly when she saw my mouth she saw a European vacation! I went to a different dentist and the guy turned out to be amazing! He's working with my insurance, only working on what needs immediate attention, and forming long term plans. Yeah, there is a business side to dentistry, but like any decent medical professional he put my well-being first. Anyways, if you don't like one dentist's treatment plan there's nothing stopping you from getting a second opinion (the old office will even mail over xrays!). However, one of the worst things you can do is let it sit. Root canal, crown, extraction, filling, material, etc.....all of this is essentially a medical decision, so you're best consulting with the medical professionals. Thanks for the heads-up, I feel we're on the same boat. Maybe I will get a second opinion. I don't know much about doctors and such since I've been seeing the same dentist for years and I've only seen the doctor when I came to Canada. | ||
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ranshaked
United States870 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On August 05 2011 06:58 ranshaked wrote: I have one bad tooth. It's the last tooth bottom right. It's basically half a tooth. It doesn't hurt but it needed to be crowned or whatever but it was going to coat me a lot of money. Basically I brush twice a day and try to take care of them. I'd go get it taken care of before it gets really bad like a meth addict Thanks for the heads-up :3 | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
Good luck man  They wont be mad haha, I guess just try not to cough while hes sculpting your new tooth xD | ||
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
On September 12 2011 02:01 Torte de Lini wrote: Just a small update. I'm going in on the 13th (in two days). Do you think they'll be mad if I'm sick as hell (congestion and headaches, a bit of coughing)? Go regardless. The dentist wears a mask and if your teeth are that bad, don't delay it. They might postpone treatment if you have an open herpetic lesion (cold sore). | ||
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Vlare
748 Posts
In a sense it's nice knowing I'm not the only one who has to deal with this kind of stuff. But at the same time, I know just how much it sucks, so I feel for you. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
Vlare: cheers, yeah sucks balls and the insurance is up the roof soon. | ||
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SpoR
United States1542 Posts
I have something like this but it doesn't look insane. Its basically like a plastic spoon where 1 side has 'teeth' and the other side just is just a raised lip or 1 long tooth, and it even has a tooth pick at the end of the handle. 90% of the time when I use this thing I get tons of the yellow/white nasty tongue film off of my tongue and you can taste it coming off. yuck lol ironic insane picture, but this is what it looks like but pink. ![[image loading]](http://0.tqn.com/d/healing/1/G/h/O/1/gi-tongue-scraper.jpg) first thing I do when I wake up, even if I don't brush my teeth right away is use this thing and my mouth feels so much cleaner lol. Then when I brush my teeth, I still brush my tongue with brush and paste and my mouth is extra fresh feeling. PS- I recently acquired apendicitis and am waiting for MSI to kick in. The bonus is that MSI will cover dentist stuff too. So now I can finally go to the dentist, but I need a lot of work done.. It's gonna be shitty but I'm excited. | ||
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