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  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,538
    Upper jaw abscess is the worse pain known to man. It actually killed Hugo Boss.
    I had a few hours in the chair with one a few years ago, very painful but I'm made of better stuff than old Nazi Hugo.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 13,677
    Toothache can bring the strongest of men to their knees.

    I remember one particularly bad case a few years ago which resulted in an extremely painful root canal to sort. Now either the dentist didnt use enough anasthetic or something else, but the pain was so bad, I was literallty squeezing the (extremely hot) assistants hand for support. It was then I contorted up so much I farted out loud like a banshee whilst crying on the chair.
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,538
    edited October 7
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  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 6,446
    edited October 7
    So far @LargeAddick is the only one who shares my view of avoiding this operation. I’m looking for those of you out there that have got broken teeth yet have survived years without their face becoming the size of a balloon and ending up in A and E. 
    Mine’s been broken in stages over the last 30 odd years so it might be better to leave well alone. I could go ahead with the op and get a post op infection. Or they could bugger my sinus as it’s very close. 
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 28,596
    We're only thinking of you Arsene, and giving honest opinions, but you must do what you feel is best for you mate...
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,989
    edited October 8
    Get it sorted @Arsenetatters. They wouldn't be offering you the op if it wasn't necessary. And I'm saying this as a nervous patient - I had a bunch of teeth out at Guys Dental School pre Covid, one of which probably wouldn't have needed to come out if I hadn't have been putting off dealing with the neighbouring tooth for a while. 

    ETA For an alternative to the Marathon Man clip there's this, the memory of which caused me to get a fit of the giggles while the gas and air was kicking in during one of the sessions, which took some explaining to the dentist 
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 6,446
    aliwibble said:
    Get it sorted @Arsenetatters. They wouldn't be offering you the op if it wasn't necessary. And I'm saying this as a nervous patient - I had a bunch of teeth out at Guys Dental School pre Covid, one of which probably wouldn't have needed to come out if I hadn't have been putting off dealing with the neighbouring tooth for a while. 

    ETA For an alternative to the Marathon Man clip there's this, the memory of which caused me to get a fit of the giggles while the gas and air was kicking in during one of the sessions, which took some explaining to the dentist 
    They did say there was two choices- leave it or take it out. They said some choose to leave it. 
    Sadly I’m not able to have sedation as there’s a risk it could trigger a manic episode and I really do t want another stay in the nut house. 
    Another thing they said was that the filling in the adjacent tooth ‘might pop out’. I’m just at the ‘leave well alone stage right now. 
    Thanks for your thoughts folks x
  • Silverdreammachine
    Silverdreammachine Posts: 390
    AddickUpNorth said:
    Have a morbid fear of dentists and haven't been for so much as a check up since I was seventeen. I'm three weeks off forty! Stems from the bastard devil dentist I had as a kid. At seven I had to have five teeth out and nearly choked on my own blood. Then at eight when needing a filling he did the procedure without anaesthetic and to top it all he cuffed me round the head when I squealed cos he hit the nerve. Left me scarred I tell you. He eventually had a breakdown and last I heard he was an alcoholic wreck. No excuse for the hell he put me through though.
    As there has been no league football involving Charlton for the last few weeks I had a scan through the topics recently. I came across this beauty. Was sorry to hear of your experience mate, but it gave me and the Mrs our best laugh for ages, still get a picture of an angry Dentist slapping a painridden youngster (nowadays he would have been struck off). Thanks again mate brilliant contribution!
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,547
    Arsenetatters said:
    So far @LargeAddick is the only one who shares my view of avoiding this operation. I’m looking for those of you out there that have got broken teeth yet have survived years without their face becoming the size of a balloon and ending up in A and E. 
    Mine’s been broken in stages over the last 30 odd years so it might be better to leave well alone. I could go ahead with the op and get a post op infection. Or they could bugger my sinus as it’s very close. 
    I don’t think @LargeAddick ( or myself for that matter) is the person to be taking advice from on this. Neither of us has even ever had one filling. We’re specialists on foot problems but not teeth.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 8,178
    Not even Foot and Mouth?

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