Dental experiences with O.City

[O.city]

Had a pretty interesting day today at the office. Morning was pretty normal, drill and fill, check hygiene, extract a tooth etc. Nothing too out of the ordinary.

Pretty normal lunch. Trolled around on CP, ate an apple and a handful of wheat thins.

Then the afternoon hit.

I see inmates from the county jail here in town if they have a tooth ache or something, sheriff or deputy will call up and bring them up in shackles and the whole bit. It's not big deal, most of them are just happy to get out of pain and it's not a problem. So dude comes in, my assistant goes in to ask the normal "which tooth is bothering you, let me get an xray, blah blah". I was in the lab doing something so I wasn't really paying attention. She comes in and says "doc, you will need to come look at something" to which I responded "he need a tooth out, which tooth is hurting"?

"All of them". Huh, ok, weird response but lets go check it out. Sure enough, continued meth use pretty much causes things to not go so well intraorally, so he was pretty much decayed out and most teeth were broken off to the gumline (google meth mouth if you want to see it, i'm not messing with photos). Asked if I could extract all 26 teeth he had left in the 30 minute block we had on the schedule for him.

I laughed, said "nah, which one hurts the worst, we'll take that out". He pointed to one, I numbed it up, used an elevator to take it out, about 30 seconds worth of pressure and it was pretty lose. 2 teeth next to it are super mobile and infected (which starts draining as I get this one out, that smelt nice) so I told him he was getting 2 free extractions since he was already numb in that area and they were loose and I was right there, no harm no foul.

It's always fun when we see the inmates, the Sheriff comes up and sits in the room with them all serious, then when I come in the room we talk about hunting or why the Chiefs always break hearts or something.

He breaks down and starts crying thanking me, that he already felt better (if you saw the amount of infection I drained, you'd see why) and asked if he could make an appointment for when he got out. "Sure, how long you think you'll be in this predicament".

"I figure 4 or 5 years, you scheduling ahead that far yet"? Told him nah, just take care of himself and come see me when he gets out.

Next patient is an amish guy (we have a fairly big amish community near us), super nice guy, needs a crown. Asks if he can barter instead of pay, I ask what is in it for me, said he'd bring me a dozen eggs every week for 6 months (they have chicken barns or something) or I could have a quarter of one of the cows they're butchering. Sold, eggs and beef for a crown, sign me up.

Only problem with that is he scheduled an appointment for himself, but brought 4 other family members who all needed work done.

So we had a waiting room full of inmates and Amish this afternoon. Thought that might be a good name of a band or something.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

When a dentist is scared to go to the dentist...well, yeah, that says a lot. LOL

I think it's worse knowing what is actually going on.

[Peter Gibbons]

Originally Posted by O.city

I think it's worse knowing what is actually going on.

Agreed. I fully enjoy my blissful ignorance.

[luv]

In September my dentist drilled down a tooth that was cracked and put a temporary crown on (top right molar). I had a tooth extracted on 10/17 (bottom left molar). Had to go to the oral surgeon. It was broke right at the gum line, so he had to get the drill out in order to break it up to get it out. I'm going in for a root canal (top left molar) at a specialist on 11/15 (my birthday, yay) since he has to go through an existing crown. Second root canal (top right next to temporary crown) with my regular dentist schedule for 11/28. It is broke off, but he's trying to save the tooth. Depending on how that goes, the temporary crown will come off and I'll either have two crowns or a bridge put on.

I still have the stitches from the extraction. They're supposed to dissolve. They feel all loose, but I'm afraid to try to do anything to them.

[O.city]

If I have to hear one more person say "Oh I can't lay back at all for you to work on me" I'm gonna lose my shit.

"How do you sleep".

"Well....I lay flat....but I can't do it here".

Oh ok....get out.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by O.city

If I have to hear one more person say "Oh I can't lay back at all for you to work on me" I'm gonna lose my shit.

"How do you sleep".

"Well....I lay flat....but I can't do it here".

Oh ok....get out.

What if they said yep I can lay back and then unzipped their pants.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by O.city

If I have to hear one more person say "Oh I can't lay back at all for you to work on me" I'm gonna lose my shit.

"How do you sleep".

"Well....I lay flat....but I can't do it here".

Oh ok....get out.

If it were me, I'd be like "Cool. But I'm legally obligated to inform you that I have to stand on my head to clean your teeth, I'm 86.7% more likely to jam this sharp ass thing into your gums. You know, rules and all. You ready?"

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by O.city

If I have to hear one more person say "Oh I can't lay back at all for you to work on me" I'm gonna lose my shit.

"How do you sleep".

"Well....I lay flat....but I can't do it here".

Oh ok....get out.

Get that a lot as well , I always find it funny when they ask if they have to take their shoes off when I ask them to take their pants off , one day I’ll stay in just to see how they take their pants off with their boots on.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Monticore

Get that a lot as well , I always find it funny when they ask if they have to take their shoes off when I ask them to take their pants off , one day I’ll stay in just to see how they take their pants off with their boots on.

At first, I read that as you are also a dentist. But then when you said you ask them to take their pants off........uh......say what?

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by Lzen

At first, I read that as you are also a dentist. But then when you said you ask them to take their pants off........uh......say what?

Don’t have a thread on ultrasound adventures, but I’m sure I could come up with a few , saw my first fractured penis last week lol.

[TambaBerry]

if our gums bleed when we floss am i dying?

[kcpasco]

Bruxism sucks. I hate sleeping with a night guard. I’m probably going to just grind all my teeth away.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Monticore

Don’t have a thread on ultrasound adventures, but I’m sure I could come up with a few , saw my first fractured penis last week lol.

I know I'm going to regret asking buuuutt............how?

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

If it were me, I'd be like "Cool. But I'm legally obligated to inform you that I have to stand on my head to clean your teeth, I'm 86.7% more likely to jam this sharp ass thing into your gums. You know, rules and all. You ready?"

I've started just saying I won't do it.

I'm not wrenching my back standing on my head for an hour to do shitty work that you'll then bitch at me about when the crown doesn't seat or the filling is sensitive.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by kcpasco

Bruxism sucks. I hate sleeping with a night guard. I’m probably going to just grind all my teeth away.

Try to get an anterior deprogrammer. Do you have any TMJ discomfort

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by O.city

I've started just saying I won't do it.

I'm not wrenching my back standing on my head for an hour to do shitty work that you'll then bitch at me about when the crown doesn't seat or the filling is sensitive.

It’s not as funny as ****ing with them but probably the right move.