A question for PH Dentists
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My dentist has recommended that i have a gum clean (Chronic Perio?). I have been told i will need anasthetic.
I have never had this done before, just the usual scrape and clean.
I don't mind going to the dentist but i hate pain - am i going to feel like my mouth has been raped by a barbed fence post when the drugs have worn off?
I have never had this done before, just the usual scrape and clean.
I don't mind going to the dentist but i hate pain - am i going to feel like my mouth has been raped by a barbed fence post when the drugs have worn off?
Ozone said:
PintOfKittens said:
its the actual cleaning bit thats f
king painful
Definately anasthetic for me then. I can see me ripping the arms off the chair otherwise king painful
Nothing todo with the fact that I need 3x the doseage of anesthetic to work, my body dosent respond well to it
Edited by PintOfKittens on Wednesday 3rd November 09:57
Really? Have you tried flossing regularly (ie, twice a day) for a month?
Your gumes will bleed a lot initially, but they will improve rapidly.
As an aside, EVERYONE on here should be flossing regularly. Keeps gums and teeth healthy and significantly lowers bad breath. Just fyi.
Next time you go to kiss someone who doesn't floss, you can have the mental picture of licking the corner of a compost bin...
Your gumes will bleed a lot initially, but they will improve rapidly.
As an aside, EVERYONE on here should be flossing regularly. Keeps gums and teeth healthy and significantly lowers bad breath. Just fyi.
Next time you go to kiss someone who doesn't floss, you can have the mental picture of licking the corner of a compost bin...
PintOfKittens said:
Ozone said:
PintOfKittens said:
its the actual cleaning bit thats fking painful
Definately anasthetic for me then. I can see me ripping the arms off the chair otherwise king painfulNothing todo with the fact that I need 3x the doseage of anesthetic to work, my body dosent respond well to it
Edited by PintOfKittens on Wednesday 3rd November 09:57
deep scaling needs local too...otherwise not done properly.
Polish dentists are not better than British..I've witnessed their work.
MacGee said:
PintOfKittens said:
Ozone said:
PintOfKittens said:
its the actual cleaning bit thats fking painful
Definately anasthetic for me then. I can see me ripping the arms off the chair otherwise king painfulNothing todo with the fact that I need 3x the doseage of anesthetic to work, my body dosent respond well to it
Edited by PintOfKittens on Wednesday 3rd November 09:57
deep scaling needs local too...otherwise not done properly.
Polish dentists are not better than British..I've witnessed their work.
Iv witnessed both british and polish dentist's work - no mercury fillings in poland (or anywhere else in europe for that matter), no charging 80 f
king quid to have a look at a tooth, no charging 30 quid for a £1.25 xray, no "Im gunna have to pull the tooth out", trying to pull it out, it getting stuck half way then sending me out the door with the tooth half sticking out of my mouth with a handwritten note to goto A&E because he had other patients, no "Im gunna drill a bit now, come back next week, drill a bit then, come back the week after, and the week after" st - Spent 4 months, week after week, getting ONE filling done, no waiting 6 months on a waiting list to see a dentist.Cactussed said:
Really? Have you tried flossing regularly (ie, twice a day) for a month?
Your gumes will bleed a lot initially, but they will improve rapidly.
As an aside, EVERYONE on here should be flossing regularly. Keeps gums and teeth healthy and significantly lowers bad breath. Just fyi.
Next time you go to kiss someone who doesn't floss, you can have the mental picture of licking the corner of a compost bin...
Yes, just as i told my dentist - everyday - honest Your gumes will bleed a lot initially, but they will improve rapidly.
As an aside, EVERYONE on here should be flossing regularly. Keeps gums and teeth healthy and significantly lowers bad breath. Just fyi.
Next time you go to kiss someone who doesn't floss, you can have the mental picture of licking the corner of a compost bin...
It might explain why my dads dog keels over when i breath on him...
PintOfKittens said:
I need 3x the doseage of anesthetic to work, my body dosent respond well to it
So do i strangely. Then by the time i get home i can't feel my head!!
Edited by Ozone on Wednesday 3rd November 11:08
Is your dentist doing it themselves?
When I treat a patient for chronic perio......
The most important thing is: You!
Your home care regime, making sure you keep your teeth absolutely spotless in between appointments, checking your plaque control techniques. Otherwise debridement is pretty much pointless.
I use local about 80% of the time, some people would rather not. Middle-aged men have the lowest pain threshold IMO, so they get enough to perform a lobotomy
Might ache a bit after treatment, usual headache painkllers are enough to control.
When I treat a patient for chronic perio......
The most important thing is: You!
Your home care regime, making sure you keep your teeth absolutely spotless in between appointments, checking your plaque control techniques. Otherwise debridement is pretty much pointless.
I use local about 80% of the time, some people would rather not. Middle-aged men have the lowest pain threshold IMO, so they get enough to perform a lobotomy
Might ache a bit after treatment, usual headache painkllers are enough to control.
PintOfKittens said:
MacGee said:
PintOfKittens said:
Ozone said:
PintOfKittens said:
its the actual cleaning bit thats fking painful
Definately anasthetic for me then. I can see me ripping the arms off the chair otherwise king painfulNothing todo with the fact that I need 3x the doseage of anesthetic to work, my body dosent respond well to it
Edited by PintOfKittens on Wednesday 3rd November 09:57
deep scaling needs local too...otherwise not done properly.
Polish dentists are not better than British..I've witnessed their work.
Iv witnessed both british and polish dentist's work - no mercury fillings in poland (or anywhere else in europe for that matter), no charging 80 f
king quid to have a look at a tooth, no charging 30 quid for a £1.25 xray, no "Im gunna have to pull the tooth out", trying to pull it out, it getting stuck half way then sending me out the door with the tooth half sticking out of my mouth with a handwritten note to goto A&E because he had other patients, no "Im gunna drill a bit now, come back next week, drill a bit then, come back the week after, and the week after" st - Spent 4 months, week after week, getting ONE filling done, no waiting 6 months on a waiting list to see a dentist.Rach* said:
Is your dentist doing it themselves?
When I treat a patient for chronic perio......
The most important thing is: You!
Your home care regime, making sure you keep your teeth absolutely spotless in between appointments, checking your plaque control techniques. Otherwise debridement is pretty much pointless.
I use local about 80% of the time, some people would rather not. Middle-aged men have the lowest pain threshold IMO, so they get enough to perform a lobotomy
Might ache a bit after treatment, usual headache painkllers are enough to control.
agree Rach...specia;ists reckon you cant do chronic perio without local...100%...unless you're tough like bloke above!!!!When I treat a patient for chronic perio......
The most important thing is: You!
Your home care regime, making sure you keep your teeth absolutely spotless in between appointments, checking your plaque control techniques. Otherwise debridement is pretty much pointless.
I use local about 80% of the time, some people would rather not. Middle-aged men have the lowest pain threshold IMO, so they get enough to perform a lobotomy
Might ache a bit after treatment, usual headache painkllers are enough to control.
Phil Ower says he never uses LA and doesn't advocate hyg's using it either.
He spends up to 18 months getting the oral hygiene perfect though, doesn't pick up a scaler, which sees pretty much most pocketing resolve anyway.
I think it was Bernie Keiser who wrote a paper concluding that sub debridement is un-necessary, that 100% perfect OH is enough to treat and control perio, I would agree with that.
Luckliy compliance isn't that good in practice so I keep my job
He spends up to 18 months getting the oral hygiene perfect though, doesn't pick up a scaler, which sees pretty much most pocketing resolve anyway.
I think it was Bernie Keiser who wrote a paper concluding that sub debridement is un-necessary, that 100% perfect OH is enough to treat and control perio, I would agree with that.
Luckliy compliance isn't that good in practice so I keep my job
So how do you clean your teeth properly then?
I'm not entirely sure I've ever been taught, but what I do seems to work.
O/T I went to see an emergency dentist as I'd chipped the corner of a tooth off and was shredding my tongue to bits. She thought I was amazingly brave to not have an local whilst having it fixed. I didn't have the heart to tell her I have no feeling in the tooth
I'm not entirely sure I've ever been taught, but what I do seems to work.
O/T I went to see an emergency dentist as I'd chipped the corner of a tooth off and was shredding my tongue to bits. She thought I was amazingly brave to not have an local whilst having it fixed. I didn't have the heart to tell her I have no feeling in the tooth
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