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OK...This is going to sound really random, but anyway. At the minute I've got a filling for a small cavity I had last year. I left it for ages til I saw the dentist again, and now he's told me I have to get another one. :banghead:
I absolutely DETEST having the one in my mouth, it feels nasty, I hate everything about it and the fact I have to get another one put in makes we want to puke. I hate the injection, watching all the tools he uses...etc.
I'd much rather he take the tooth out (it's a molar, as is the one with the filling already in it.)
Would I be a fool to suggest he take the tooth out and be done with it, rather than get another filling?
I absolutely DETEST having the one in my mouth, it feels nasty, I hate everything about it and the fact I have to get another one put in makes we want to puke. I hate the injection, watching all the tools he uses...etc.
I'd much rather he take the tooth out (it's a molar, as is the one with the filling already in it.)
Would I be a fool to suggest he take the tooth out and be done with it, rather than get another filling?
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BTW, does it hurt 'cos there's something wrong with it, or will the next one be exactly the same?
My thoughts exactly.
having said that, i have to go to the dentist in half an hour, and have all my fillings removed and re-done cause the last dentist did a shoddy job and there are cavities underneath
the only thing worse than needing 10 fillings done is having to pay £110 for the priviledge :mad:
*has heart attack* I wish I could get 10 fillings for that W/o insurance its about 120-150 for one. Gotta love the UK health stuff.
That's insane, please tell me the point of that! You don't like having an injection yet you don't mind lots of pain having a root canal! :shocking:
Yeh if you have it taken out there are going to be consequences, your teeth will start to move around and other problems will arise that will have to be sorted out. If you have the option to keep your teeth, then take it! You do need them you know!
Thats quite cheap for 10 can i have your dentist please!
Sounds very Old Skool way of doing it to me! I'm sure my dentist wouldn't let his patients endure unneccersary pain these days, especially how sensitive nerves are! Makes me :shocking: just thinking about it.
If I had that happen and then they tried to pull off that excuse, that would be a very quick lawsuit.
yeah, not bad, is it? they're all the silver ones, but you can't really see them, and the white ones are £30 each
my old (alledgedly NHS) dentist charged me £70 for a check-up, and one silver fillings, and everyone was like 'my god, daylight robbery!'
i didn't know any better, so i googled, found this page and decided they were quite right.