A wasted weekend.

[FullCircle]

Well,
I have been dentophobic for most of my adult life, but yesterday was the first major visit to the tooth engineer for 14 years (with any success). I had to have IV sedation, and he managed to extract two teeth and other stuff which is tantamount to a large opening of the wallet.

I am sat here wondering whether he swapped Tyson for the sweet looking young lady passing the tissues after I went under, or maybe he used my mouth as a woodwork vice. Today my whole lower face feels like a colregs incident, and not a near miss either.

Second, and probably more important is that I was too nervous to go sailing yesterday, and am prevented 'from operating heavy machinery' or driving today, therefore I cannot go sailing today either.

Thirdly, I just blew my entire Kiwiprop fund on the torture bill and have no idea how many more trips to see the dentist bloke before I can start to have a 'normal' dental servicing pattern.
I am therefore looking around the garage, shed and attic to see what can be lobbed onto ebay to get the Kiwiprop fund back into some form of fiscal balance.
I can't even drag up the energy to go to the Kent Boat Jumble today, so it must be bad. Thats one of my favourite ways of spending a non sailing day.

Only positive thing is that I have Lynn to thank for researching, booking and cajoling/wrestling me into actually sorting out the long overdue work required. She is an absolute diamond. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

I hope you all have had a better weekend than me........


Jim

 

[landaftaf]

I feel in the same condition, and thats after an excellent trafalgar night dinner.

however I know all I need do is be patient and I will recover.

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[MacW]

Re: A wasted weekend.re; jimdew

Heartfelt commiserations! been there(haven`t we all!).Seem to have spent a good deal of my life in a dentist`s chair (crap tooth enamel ).Came out the last time without any teeth!.
The only thing I can promise you about the intensive repair session you have started is that on the next visit you will feel less nervous, and on the next visit after that you will have become much more pragmatic about the whole thing. I found that the key to dealing with it was the adoption of a certain state of mind, where the mind is firmly in charge, and that this is GOING TO BE DONE, and that the `organism` ( the part of you that does the squealing ) had better get bloody used to it !
Hope this helps a little,
Pete

 

[Guest]

Wrong dentist .....

My Dentist is approx. 35 yrs old, slim and rather tasty .... SWMBO is a good friend of hers and allows me to talk to her ... just.
Just had 2 fillings renewed and a general polish up job .... £15 all in ..... private patient rate.

SOD UK rates and stuff ... mate - all modern app. / methods at local prices ..... and no problem if you are a visitor ... they appreciate cash settlement ......

I used to have Denplan - £14 a month ..... for covering my 2 visits a year ..... once I cottoned on to the system here - Denplan was cancelled immediately. OK so I thought - what happens if I need real emergency treatment in UK etc. - no problem - Hospital does it !! Or just sit out the few days till back here .....

 

[mikebees]

Hungarian Dentists?

Having just started the late middle age syndrome of extractions and fillings, my sympathy to Jim is heartfelt!
Nigel is lucky living where he does. My experience here in England is that local NHS dentists are in fact not that difficult to find and register with but are only willing to do extractions and fillings, are usually inexperienced and sometimes cannot speak English very well. British private dentists are often superb but unbelievably greedy as regards fees.
I am thinking of going to Budapest for implants and crowns as their charges are about 1/3 of UK prices but who to choose there? If any forumites can recommend a good foreign dentist who can do implants etc I for one would be grateful.

 

[Guest]

Easyjet / Ryanair .... then ??

Given cheap flights and cheaper fees in various places now - it is feasable to get treated for less than the fee course in UK ....

Just a thought ... !

 

[powerskipper]

I have teeth that the dentist looks at and see pound signs, after about 5 root filling, I have now mastered the dentists chair, I just fall asleep, and will be woken with the words either "keep your mouth open" or ?"ouch". Second one is rather satisfying /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Danny_Labrador]

Great sympathy with you – just been though similar after coming back from holiday with bad tooth ache – first visit for many years – so lots of grovelling – then the… “it will have to come out!” followed by a compulsory course with the hygienist…. they know how to make money.

And the names they give stuff - it was touch and go apparently at one point as to whether I needed “root planeing” the name still sends shivers down my spine and I managed to avoid it!

 

[Powersalt]

I can't even drag up the energy to go to the Kent Boat Jumble today, so it must be bad.

I went and it wasent that good. So you most likely saved your petrol.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Jim,

You need to do more sailing on a 1970's boat..... the booms are low enough that sooner or later you'll knock all your teeth out on it, and save the hassle...

 

[Kilter]

Hey Jim,

sorry to hear you so 'down in the mouth' (ouch! couldn't stop myself! sorry!) Hope you're feeling better by now. I'm dentophobe too and went for the massive 'put it all right' 8 years ago and forced myself to go every 6 months since...well worth it and my dentist is brill. He even stops from time to time to remind me to breathe (I still get so tense I stop breathing).
Final good thought...you get one shot at your teeth and many as you need on a new prop!
All the best,

Open wide... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif ahhh lovely!

 

[Gin]

Console yourself, the Kent Boat Jumble was a complete waste of time, compared to 2003 when I was last there. Small number of stalls dominated by the usual hopefuls trying to sell rubbish.

I went armed with a pocket of full of cash and a shopping list and came home £14 lighter!

 

[landaftaf]

hopefully your gob job has now faded into the realms of 'a bad memory', and future visits will result in no more than a tit massage to the back of your neck by the hygenist. she may even show you how to floss.

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[marklamond]

Re: Hungarian Dentists?

Hello, my wife and I saved a small fortune by getting her teeth done over in Budapest enough for a sailing trip to the Ionians. Look up www.innodc.com on the web, Susan the dentist speaks excellent English.