Remember having 'gas' as a kid some 60 years ago. Administered by an anaesthetist. Who wasn't part of the practice, but was used by several, on different days.
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[OT] Dental crowns
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The 'glue' can just fail - usually when eating something very sticky like toffee.
Or the tooth where the crown meets it rotting away.
No. Get it done properly. But it may not be possible. 40 years is a very good life for a crown.
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Quite a few different dental products are cured with UV light nowadays. I think it started with the quartz/resin composite white fillings, probably 30 or more years ago.
My dentist was explaining to me a while back that a key property which is essential for all materials used in teeth is that they have to have the same coefficient of thermal expansion and heat conduction as the teeth themselves, or they would come apart when you took a mouthfull of ice cream or hot coffee.
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I had a large filling fall out a few years back and it wasn't convenient to go the dentist immediately, so I used a little waterproof plumbers epoxy repair putty. Did the biz for several months, although the dentist wasn't impressed (miserable so-and-so)!
For the OP, some while ago, a relative had an endoscope put down their throat for a stomach examination, and to reduce gagging the specialist applied an anesthetic spray to the back of their mouth and throat. I'm sure dentists are able to do something similar if requested. They must meet the problem from time to time.
As for crowns, go for gold. Being metal, it's much tougher than porcelain so less likely to crack up, gums take to it better I believe, and at the back of the mouth, they're not obvious. Mine were the same price as porcelain. Don't know a lot about zirconia, but I assume it's the yttria-zirconia composite often used in engineering ceramics and sometimes caller 'ceramic steel'.
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That's interesting.
Anyway - I can pick up the prescription for some valium tomorrow and turn up for the deed on Monday. Only had vlaium once in my life but I think it will do for me without a total zonk out.
Just spoke to the surgery - they use zirconia too. It's not *much* more expensive than what they call "composite" except the composite can be tuned with grinding which is why they are less bothered about the impression being perfect.
Oh well - this'll lighten the wallet. Along with the optician's visit on Thursday when she's already told me it's varifocals time (I'm doing the old man shit of taking my specs off every 5 mins to look at stuff close up).
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They're great until you try to work on ceilings. ;-)
Chris
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Maybe I can put them on upside down like that snooker bloke?
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You'd probably do as well with a few stiff drinks. Actual effects are similar. And you probably know any side effects of that.
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On 19/03/2015 10:47, stuart noble wrote: ...
My partner had recurring problems with a temporary crown she had. I found that the repair kits with pre-mixed cement were fairly useless, but Toofypegs has a cement you need to mix with water and that worked very well.
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Possibly - only I don;t think the dentist would like it as his chart of "blah injection is compatible with Y drug" probably does not include alcohol :)
It's his valium prescription - I'm happy to go with that...
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On 19/03/2015 14:40, Tim Watts wrote: ...
You should be very happy once you've taken it :-)
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Not the easiest stuff to use. "Mix it with one drip of water and use immediately" the instructions say. Certainly goes off quickly
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I do hope so...
Failing that a timely spliff from the local weed farmer :)
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Wouldn't a real man use a hot glue gun?
Or a Paslode nailer?
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This is my worldview of going to the dentist:
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What he said.
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But why such long tongs? Did she have halitosis?
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Things have come on a lot since then. Keep your chin up and you'll be fine, as the specialist who did my root canal shared with me with
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As I live in Dunstable and could do with a decent dentist pray tell where the practice is Andrew.
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My dad told me that one of his forebears could remember when the tooth puller came round with the fair, and the band might have played a little louder to drown out any cries of pain.
Chris