X…you mentioned that people like me usually go to the dentist when they need dentures…like I said I’ve never been to the dentist…never had anything in my mouth bug me…everyone in my family goes…I just don’t because my teeth don’t bug me, I floss everyday, brush…everything feels alright. Isn’t the dentist kinda like the doctors? You only go if something feels off?
[quote]rasturai wrote:
X…you mentioned that people like me usually go to the dentist when they need dentures…like I said I’ve never been to the dentist…never had anything in my mouth bug me…everyone in my family goes…I just don’t because my teeth don’t bug me, I floss everyday, brush…everything feels alright. Isn’t the dentist kinda like the doctors? You only go if something feels off?
[/quote]
My wife didn’t go for years, had a check up this year, nothing wrong.
I didn’t go for years until I had a tooth chip off, due to bad decay. I had no signs anything was wrong till that happened. This was like 2.5 yrs ago.
I recently had about 4 cavities filled this year, that I had no clue I had. No problems, but the x-ray showed them.
One cavity got so bad about 1 yr ago I needed a root canal.
take it from me, at least get a check up
I’m actually surprised a dentist would do that. I would have thought that since he has no way of knowing how your going to react, and he’s got a mini power tool in your mouth that he’d be more concerned about you spazzing, and him dragging the drill across the other teeth in your mouth while you shake your head around in a fit of pain. I can see staples at the hospital and that kind of thing (where by the time you feel the pain, they’re already done), but for dental work, it just seems like alot of risk for the dentist.
I’m not all that familiar with dental drills though so maybe there isn’t that much risk of unneccesary damage if you pussy out while he’s in there. It just doesn’t seem worth it to me if there were.
[quote]rasturai wrote:
X…you mentioned that people like me usually go to the dentist when they need dentures…like I said I’ve never been to the dentist…never had anything in my mouth bug me…everyone in my family goes…I just don’t because my teeth don’t bug me, I floss everyday, brush…everything feels alright. Isn’t the dentist kinda like the doctors? You only go if something feels off?
[/quote]
I know that’s directed at Prof. X, but no.
Other than the professional cleaning and all that, there’s a few things they’ll do that will extend the life of your teeth. Laquer coatings for wear protection and all that jazz.
All can say is that I had two cavities drilled withaout aneshtisia and that I am covinced that anyone doing that on purpose is mentally ill.
Having said that, if my dentist would recommend it again because he was afraid to damage some nerve in my jaw I would do it again
But just for the heck of it?
Hell, no.
[quote]rasturai wrote:
X…you mentioned that people like me usually go to the dentist when they need dentures…like I said I’ve never been to the dentist…never had anything in my mouth bug me…everyone in my family goes…I just don’t because my teeth don’t bug me, I floss everyday, brush…everything feels alright. Isn’t the dentist kinda like the doctors? You only go if something feels off?
[/quote]
Do you get check ups from your doctor? do you get physicals? Even IF you don’t think something is wrong, why not check to make sure? And why wouldn’t you want to prevent something bad from happening to you? In the grand scheme of things… that is why you go to the dentist in the first place… to prevent your teeth from falling out.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
I’m going to guess that you’ve never experienced a significant amount of pain in your life, thus you feel the need to “test yourself.”
People that have actually been through shit don’t feel the need to do this.
I used to do the same thing. Then I went through some shit. Now I don’t feel the need. Maybe if I get older and feel I’m getting soft I’ll do it again, just to make sure I still can. I understand the desire completely though.[/quote]
Dude, I was on my way to write the exact same shit.
People who go through shit don’t feel the need to test themselves like this. This is the action of someone sheltered.[/quote]
Please, dude. Lighten up, for God’s sake.
What’s the difference between refusing anesthesia at the dentist and refusing to stop deadlifting/benching, etc when the doctor says it will cause further damage?
Because it’s stupid? Many would say picking up heavy things is stupid.
Because it’s unnecessary? Why keep lifting if it hurts? Why push yourself?
Because it’s “the action of someone sheltered?” Seriously? Then encourage them to go for it! Experience some “shit” as tough guys like to call it. I dunno, maybe jump on a grenade or get in a knife fight in Harlem. Unshelter yourselves, be men! How about some positive input once in a blue moon, man?
Sounds like if you had it your way, everyone but you, or everyone who didn’t go through the “shit” you went through the way you went through it, is somehow lesser in every way.
Maybe someone has a legitimate fear of needles(Trypanophobia, if you like).
Why do any of us–particularly us on this website-- do any of the things we do, regardless of and sometimes in spite of the pain and cost?
To reach goals? To find something out about ourselves? To test our mettle? Simply because we want to?
I appreciate your input as a dentist, but the rest of your comments speak to something else.
Sheltered, indeed.
[quote]Humbert wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
I’m going to guess that you’ve never experienced a significant amount of pain in your life, thus you feel the need to “test yourself.”
People that have actually been through shit don’t feel the need to do this.
I used to do the same thing. Then I went through some shit. Now I don’t feel the need. Maybe if I get older and feel I’m getting soft I’ll do it again, just to make sure I still can. I understand the desire completely though.[/quote]
Dude, I was on my way to write the exact same shit.
People who go through shit don’t feel the need to test themselves like this. This is the action of someone sheltered.[/quote]
Please, dude. Lighten up, for God’s sake.
What’s the difference between refusing anesthesia at the dentist and refusing to stop deadlifting/benching, etc when the doctor says it will cause further damage?
Because it’s stupid? Many would say picking up heavy things is stupid.
Because it’s unnecessary? Why keep lifting if it hurts? Why push yourself?
Because it’s “the action of someone sheltered?” Seriously? Then encourage them to go for it! Experience some “shit” as tough guys like to call it. I dunno, maybe jump on a grenade or get in a knife fight in Harlem. Unshelter yourselves, be men! How about some positive input once in a blue moon, man?
Sounds like if you had it your way, everyone but you, or everyone who didn’t go through the “shit” you went through the way you went through it, is somehow lesser in every way.
Maybe someone has a legitimate fear of needles(Trypanophobia, if you like).
Why do any of us–particularly us on this website-- do any of the things we do, regardless of and sometimes in spite of the pain and cost?
To reach goals? To find something out about ourselves? To test our mettle? Simply because we want to?
I appreciate your input as a dentist, but the rest of your comments speak to something else.
Sheltered, indeed.[/quote]
Yes, sheltered indeed…and no one wrote that this was wrong. You ASSUMED something negative…which speaks more to your own insecurities. Everything I have ever accomplished in life was a result of pushing my own limits to see if I could do it from the military to riding a motorcycle.
Maybe you need to look into whatever “else” caused you to feel like such a victim while ONLY responding to me when the previous poster wrote the exact same shit.
[quote]rasturai wrote:
X…you mentioned that people like me usually go to the dentist when they need dentures…like I said I’ve never been to the dentist…never had anything in my mouth bug me…everyone in my family goes…I just don’t because my teeth don’t bug me, I floss everyday, brush…everything feels alright. Isn’t the dentist kinda like the doctors? You only go if something feels off?
[/quote]
People don’t always FEEL cavities so why would you wait until something “felt off”? I see patients daily with massive periodontitis (bone loss/gum disease) who claim they don’t feel anything wrong. These are usually the types who wait until the only choices to treat a tooth are “thousands of dollars worth of restoration” or “extraction”…because they waited past the point where it would need a very small much cheaper filling or simply prevent the thing in the first place with regular cleanings and sealants.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Humbert wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
I’m going to guess that you’ve never experienced a significant amount of pain in your life, thus you feel the need to “test yourself.”
People that have actually been through shit don’t feel the need to do this.
I used to do the same thing. Then I went through some shit. Now I don’t feel the need. Maybe if I get older and feel I’m getting soft I’ll do it again, just to make sure I still can. I understand the desire completely though.[/quote]
Dude, I was on my way to write the exact same shit.
People who go through shit don’t feel the need to test themselves like this. This is the action of someone sheltered.[/quote]
Please, dude. Lighten up, for God’s sake.
What’s the difference between refusing anesthesia at the dentist and refusing to stop deadlifting/benching, etc when the doctor says it will cause further damage?
Because it’s stupid? Many would say picking up heavy things is stupid.
Because it’s unnecessary? Why keep lifting if it hurts? Why push yourself?
Because it’s “the action of someone sheltered?” Seriously? Then encourage them to go for it! Experience some “shit” as tough guys like to call it. I dunno, maybe jump on a grenade or get in a knife fight in Harlem. Unshelter yourselves, be men! How about some positive input once in a blue moon, man?
Sounds like if you had it your way, everyone but you, or everyone who didn’t go through the “shit” you went through the way you went through it, is somehow lesser in every way.
Maybe someone has a legitimate fear of needles(Trypanophobia, if you like).
Why do any of us–particularly us on this website-- do any of the things we do, regardless of and sometimes in spite of the pain and cost?
To reach goals? To find something out about ourselves? To test our mettle? Simply because we want to?
I appreciate your input as a dentist, but the rest of your comments speak to something else.
Sheltered, indeed.[/quote]
Yes, sheltered indeed…and no one wrote that this was wrong. You ASSUMED something negative…which speaks more to your own insecurities. Everything I have ever accomplished in life was a result of pushing my own limits to see if I could do it from the military to riding a motorcycle.
Maybe you need to look into whatever “else” caused you to feel like such a victim while ONLY responding to me when the previous poster wrote the exact same shit.[/quote]
No one on this board with a decent grasp of English would interpret what you said as anything other than belittling others with a different viewpoint. I stand by every word I typed.
I don’t feel victimized at all; I rather feel that you and the other poster(whose quote I included and referred to as well) were attacking the OP.
Don’t dodge the issue, either. Why not encourage the OP to get it out of his system? Invite him to your own office for some pain-intensive dental care, for goodness’ sake. Would it not seem logical that your own insecurities cause you to attack others ceaselessly?
Just. Lighten. Up.
Ah, I agree with the Prof. I experienced and extraordinary amount of pain once which required a drug induced coma to get through while healing took place.
I feel no need to experience pain on purpose when there is an easy and commonly practiced alternative.
Sheltered is not necessarily a bad thing, it is just sheltered. To use a phrase that most people hate- It is what it is.
[quote]Humbert wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Humbert wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
I’m going to guess that you’ve never experienced a significant amount of pain in your life, thus you feel the need to “test yourself.”
People that have actually been through shit don’t feel the need to do this.
I used to do the same thing. Then I went through some shit. Now I don’t feel the need. Maybe if I get older and feel I’m getting soft I’ll do it again, just to make sure I still can. I understand the desire completely though.[/quote]
Dude, I was on my way to write the exact same shit.
People who go through shit don’t feel the need to test themselves like this. This is the action of someone sheltered.[/quote]
Please, dude. Lighten up, for God’s sake.
What’s the difference between refusing anesthesia at the dentist and refusing to stop deadlifting/benching, etc when the doctor says it will cause further damage?
Because it’s stupid? Many would say picking up heavy things is stupid.
Because it’s unnecessary? Why keep lifting if it hurts? Why push yourself?
Because it’s “the action of someone sheltered?” Seriously? Then encourage them to go for it! Experience some “shit” as tough guys like to call it. I dunno, maybe jump on a grenade or get in a knife fight in Harlem. Unshelter yourselves, be men! How about some positive input once in a blue moon, man?
Sounds like if you had it your way, everyone but you, or everyone who didn’t go through the “shit” you went through the way you went through it, is somehow lesser in every way.
Maybe someone has a legitimate fear of needles(Trypanophobia, if you like).
Why do any of us–particularly us on this website-- do any of the things we do, regardless of and sometimes in spite of the pain and cost?
To reach goals? To find something out about ourselves? To test our mettle? Simply because we want to?
I appreciate your input as a dentist, but the rest of your comments speak to something else.
Sheltered, indeed.[/quote]
Yes, sheltered indeed…and no one wrote that this was wrong. You ASSUMED something negative…which speaks more to your own insecurities. Everything I have ever accomplished in life was a result of pushing my own limits to see if I could do it from the military to riding a motorcycle.
Maybe you need to look into whatever “else” caused you to feel like such a victim while ONLY responding to me when the previous poster wrote the exact same shit.[/quote]
No one on this board with a decent grasp of English would interpret what you said as anything other than belittling others with a different viewpoint. I stand by every word I typed.
I don’t feel victimized at all; I rather feel that you and the other poster(whose quote I included and referred to as well) were attacking the OP.
Don’t dodge the issue, either. Why not encourage the OP to get it out of his system? Invite him to your own office for some pain-intensive dental care, for goodness’ sake. Would it not seem logical that your own insecurities cause you to attack others ceaselessly?
Just. Lighten. Up. [/quote]
Look up the word “masochism”, doofus.
Some of you whine way too damn much while ONLY focusing in on what I type alone even if several people before me write the same exact thing.
The real question is why Steal Nation can write what he did and NONE of you will respond to him but I can write damn near the exact same thing and you get butt hurt over it.
Yeah, I’m thinking if you are that fucking sensitive, why are you in the gym? People that weak don’t make much progress.
Man up.
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
Steve Martin was funny until he started doing movies about being a lame middle-aged white guy.[/quote]
Lawl. I could imagine ProfX humming that at work.
[quote]Humbert wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Humbert wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
I’m going to guess that you’ve never experienced a significant amount of pain in your life, thus you feel the need to “test yourself.”
People that have actually been through shit don’t feel the need to do this.
I used to do the same thing. Then I went through some shit. Now I don’t feel the need. Maybe if I get older and feel I’m getting soft I’ll do it again, just to make sure I still can. I understand the desire completely though.[/quote]
Dude, I was on my way to write the exact same shit.
People who go through shit don’t feel the need to test themselves like this. This is the action of someone sheltered.[/quote]
Please, dude. Lighten up, for God’s sake.
What’s the difference between refusing anesthesia at the dentist and refusing to stop deadlifting/benching, etc when the doctor says it will cause further damage?
Because it’s stupid? Many would say picking up heavy things is stupid.
Because it’s unnecessary? Why keep lifting if it hurts? Why push yourself?
Because it’s “the action of someone sheltered?” Seriously? Then encourage them to go for it! Experience some “shit” as tough guys like to call it. I dunno, maybe jump on a grenade or get in a knife fight in Harlem. Unshelter yourselves, be men! How about some positive input once in a blue moon, man?
Sounds like if you had it your way, everyone but you, or everyone who didn’t go through the “shit” you went through the way you went through it, is somehow lesser in every way.
Maybe someone has a legitimate fear of needles(Trypanophobia, if you like).
Why do any of us–particularly us on this website-- do any of the things we do, regardless of and sometimes in spite of the pain and cost?
To reach goals? To find something out about ourselves? To test our mettle? Simply because we want to?
I appreciate your input as a dentist, but the rest of your comments speak to something else.
Sheltered, indeed.[/quote]
Yes, sheltered indeed…and no one wrote that this was wrong. You ASSUMED something negative…which speaks more to your own insecurities. Everything I have ever accomplished in life was a result of pushing my own limits to see if I could do it from the military to riding a motorcycle.
Maybe you need to look into whatever “else” caused you to feel like such a victim while ONLY responding to me when the previous poster wrote the exact same shit.[/quote]
No one on this board with a decent grasp of English would interpret what you said as anything other than belittling others with a different viewpoint. I stand by every word I typed.
I don’t feel victimized at all; I rather feel that you and the other poster(whose quote I included and referred to as well) were attacking the OP.
Don’t dodge the issue, either. Why not encourage the OP to get it out of his system? Invite him to your own office for some pain-intensive dental care, for goodness’ sake. Would it not seem logical that your own insecurities cause you to attack others ceaselessly?
Just. Lighten. Up. [/quote]
CREA-RAGE!
[quote]Hog Ear wrote:
So yesterday I had to have fillings, told them I wanted to do it without anesthetic. The dentist started drilling and said “Oh, this is deep decay!”, not what I wanted to hear. But it wasn’t that bad, she told me I could just raise my hand if I needed it to stop and get the shot.
When I was a kid I saw Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man, and have always wondered…The sensation was intense but brief. When the nerves were drilled I felt strong heat, and got some red/orange visuals. Dentist was impressed, said she’d never seen anyone not flinch for drilling this deep. Anyone prefer to not get the shot? I’ve always hated the dead mouth feeling when you leave the dentist from the drugs. Nothing exceptional about me, I think it’s all in your head, if you expect it to be terrible it probably will.
[/quote]
I can’t even imagine doing that. I didn’t even think it was possible for anyone to do that.
Suppose some people are so insensate they can do that…amazing.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Humbert wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Humbert wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
I’m going to guess that you’ve never experienced a significant amount of pain in your life, thus you feel the need to “test yourself.”
People that have actually been through shit don’t feel the need to do this.
I used to do the same thing. Then I went through some shit. Now I don’t feel the need. Maybe if I get older and feel I’m getting soft I’ll do it again, just to make sure I still can. I understand the desire completely though.[/quote]
Dude, I was on my way to write the exact same shit.
People who go through shit don’t feel the need to test themselves like this. This is the action of someone sheltered.[/quote]
Please, dude. Lighten up, for God’s sake.
What’s the difference between refusing anesthesia at the dentist and refusing to stop deadlifting/benching, etc when the doctor says it will cause further damage?
Because it’s stupid? Many would say picking up heavy things is stupid.
Because it’s unnecessary? Why keep lifting if it hurts? Why push yourself?
Because it’s “the action of someone sheltered?” Seriously? Then encourage them to go for it! Experience some “shit” as tough guys like to call it. I dunno, maybe jump on a grenade or get in a knife fight in Harlem. Unshelter yourselves, be men! How about some positive input once in a blue moon, man?
Sounds like if you had it your way, everyone but you, or everyone who didn’t go through the “shit” you went through the way you went through it, is somehow lesser in every way.
Maybe someone has a legitimate fear of needles(Trypanophobia, if you like).
Why do any of us–particularly us on this website-- do any of the things we do, regardless of and sometimes in spite of the pain and cost?
To reach goals? To find something out about ourselves? To test our mettle? Simply because we want to?
I appreciate your input as a dentist, but the rest of your comments speak to something else.
Sheltered, indeed.[/quote]
Yes, sheltered indeed…and no one wrote that this was wrong. You ASSUMED something negative…which speaks more to your own insecurities. Everything I have ever accomplished in life was a result of pushing my own limits to see if I could do it from the military to riding a motorcycle.
Maybe you need to look into whatever “else” caused you to feel like such a victim while ONLY responding to me when the previous poster wrote the exact same shit.[/quote]
No one on this board with a decent grasp of English would interpret what you said as anything other than belittling others with a different viewpoint. I stand by every word I typed.
I don’t feel victimized at all; I rather feel that you and the other poster(whose quote I included and referred to as well) were attacking the OP.
Don’t dodge the issue, either. Why not encourage the OP to get it out of his system? Invite him to your own office for some pain-intensive dental care, for goodness’ sake. Would it not seem logical that your own insecurities cause you to attack others ceaselessly?
Just. Lighten. Up. [/quote]
Look up the word “masochism”, doofus.
Some of you whine way too damn much while ONLY focusing in on what I type alone even if several people before me write the same exact thing.
The real question is why Steal Nation can write what he did and NONE of you will respond to him but I can write damn near the exact same thing and you get butt hurt over it.
Yeah, I’m thinking if you are that fucking sensitive, why are you in the gym? People that weak don’t make much progress.
Man up.[/quote]
For the second time: I quoted both Steel Nation’s post and your reply in my post. The difference? While critical, Steel Nation did say that he understood the desire completely. I’ll bet he thought about what he was writing there and added that last part so as not to offend. You, however, just don’t seem to have that ability. Just look at your last post, man. You’re trying to find any way possible to offend. Is it MY fault yet again if I assume that being called sensitive and weak is negative?
Maybe the OP is a masochist. That explains a lot. Everyone that comes home from the gym so sore he can’t move the next day but keeps going back fits that definition.
This is getting silly. When you’re always offensive to people, don’t be surprised if someone “mans up” once in a while.
Friends?
[quote]Humbert wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Humbert wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Humbert wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
I’m going to guess that you’ve never experienced a significant amount of pain in your life, thus you feel the need to “test yourself.”
People that have actually been through shit don’t feel the need to do this.
I used to do the same thing. Then I went through some shit. Now I don’t feel the need. Maybe if I get older and feel I’m getting soft I’ll do it again, just to make sure I still can. I understand the desire completely though.[/quote]
Dude, I was on my way to write the exact same shit.
People who go through shit don’t feel the need to test themselves like this. This is the action of someone sheltered.[/quote]
Please, dude. Lighten up, for God’s sake.
What’s the difference between refusing anesthesia at the dentist and refusing to stop deadlifting/benching, etc when the doctor says it will cause further damage?
Because it’s stupid? Many would say picking up heavy things is stupid.
Because it’s unnecessary? Why keep lifting if it hurts? Why push yourself?
Because it’s “the action of someone sheltered?” Seriously? Then encourage them to go for it! Experience some “shit” as tough guys like to call it. I dunno, maybe jump on a grenade or get in a knife fight in Harlem. Unshelter yourselves, be men! How about some positive input once in a blue moon, man?
Sounds like if you had it your way, everyone but you, or everyone who didn’t go through the “shit” you went through the way you went through it, is somehow lesser in every way.
Maybe someone has a legitimate fear of needles(Trypanophobia, if you like).
Why do any of us–particularly us on this website-- do any of the things we do, regardless of and sometimes in spite of the pain and cost?
To reach goals? To find something out about ourselves? To test our mettle? Simply because we want to?
I appreciate your input as a dentist, but the rest of your comments speak to something else.
Sheltered, indeed.[/quote]
Yes, sheltered indeed…and no one wrote that this was wrong. You ASSUMED something negative…which speaks more to your own insecurities. Everything I have ever accomplished in life was a result of pushing my own limits to see if I could do it from the military to riding a motorcycle.
Maybe you need to look into whatever “else” caused you to feel like such a victim while ONLY responding to me when the previous poster wrote the exact same shit.[/quote]
No one on this board with a decent grasp of English would interpret what you said as anything other than belittling others with a different viewpoint. I stand by every word I typed.
I don’t feel victimized at all; I rather feel that you and the other poster(whose quote I included and referred to as well) were attacking the OP.
Don’t dodge the issue, either. Why not encourage the OP to get it out of his system? Invite him to your own office for some pain-intensive dental care, for goodness’ sake. Would it not seem logical that your own insecurities cause you to attack others ceaselessly?
Just. Lighten. Up. [/quote]
Look up the word “masochism”, doofus.
Some of you whine way too damn much while ONLY focusing in on what I type alone even if several people before me write the same exact thing.
The real question is why Steal Nation can write what he did and NONE of you will respond to him but I can write damn near the exact same thing and you get butt hurt over it.
Yeah, I’m thinking if you are that fucking sensitive, why are you in the gym? People that weak don’t make much progress.
Man up.[/quote]
For the second time: I quoted both Steel Nation’s post and your reply in my post. The difference? While critical, Steel Nation did say that he understood the desire completely. I’ll bet he thought about what he was writing there and added that last part so as not to offend. You, however, just don’t seem to have that ability. Just look at your last post, man. You’re trying to find any way possible to offend. Is it MY fault yet again if I assume that being called sensitive and weak is negative?
Maybe the OP is a masochist. That explains a lot. Everyone that comes home from the gym so sore he can’t move the next day but keeps going back fits that definition.
This is getting silly. When you’re always offensive to people, don’t be surprised if someone “mans up” once in a while.
Friends?[/quote]
He loves to fight, sees someone attacking him all the time, for no good reason. Its called the X-factor here.
[quote]Headhunter wrote:
He loves to fight, sees someone attacking him all the time, for no good reason. Its called the X-factor here.
[/quote]
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From what I read…I’ll go with the advice and go for my first dental appointment in September. I guess it’s right that it can’t hurt to go get my mouth checked. I rather not waste time/energy on getting a major precedure done instead of just getting a filling/whatever else needs to be done (cleaning etc).
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]rasturai wrote:
X…you mentioned that people like me usually go to the dentist when they need dentures…like I said I’ve never been to the dentist…never had anything in my mouth bug me…everyone in my family goes…I just don’t because my teeth don’t bug me, I floss everyday, brush…everything feels alright. Isn’t the dentist kinda like the doctors? You only go if something feels off?
[/quote]
People don’t always FEEL cavities so why would you wait until something “felt off”? I see patients daily with massive periodontitis (bone loss/gum disease) who claim they don’t feel anything wrong. These are usually the types who wait until the only choices to treat a tooth are “thousands of dollars worth of restoration” or “extraction”…because they waited past the point where it would need a very small much cheaper filling or simply prevent the thing in the first place with regular cleanings and sealants.[/quote]
What would you suggest as regular check up/cleaning schedule?