[Humour] Horrific dental experience

[MJsGhost]

So i went in for a ‘simple extraction’

Well, let’s just say I was in the chair for an hour and a half - covered in blood with a snapped tooth and shrapnel left in my jaw that all manner of Homebase tools failed to remove. I’ve had stitches and, you know what, I feel like shit.

Apparently I have curved roots - thus removing my teeth is like pulling up a 250 year old beech with a garden spade.

Anyone else had a similar experience... ? I ended up with two dentists in the room - at that point I was about ready to cry. They were panic stricken - I actually thought; I’m going to throw up... man! that sucked.

Actually I think I’m about to cry now.

Similar story.

I was referred to the maxillofacial surgeon at the Royal Sussex County by my regular dentist to take out 2 wisdom teeth.

A lovely, chatty guy, said it was his last day at RSCH. I immediately hoped that it wouldn't be like one of those movies where an old cop has a REALLY bad last day (usually after he's handed in his gun) and said as much to the surgeon, who took it a bit literally and said he still had all of his drills...

The local anaesthetic worked its magic and he began, chatting away as he went (a mostly one-sided conversation as you can imagine). As time went on, the chat reduced and was replaced by a few grunts, hmmmmms and "sorry about this - it's proving a bit tricky". Several changes of drill, grips with pliers and him pretty much with a knee on my chest for leverage later, still no joy. The spatter of blood across his clear visor when he was in close at one stage was a little disturbing, as was his increasingly apologetic tone. He asked if I was ok to carry on - he thought he was nearly there, but was having trouble with a curved root that was very firmly in place (he had snapped off the top and had to drill out and pull any remaining fragments as best he could). He called a colleague in and between them, they got there in the end. He said he wouldn't put me through it again for the 2nd tooth and that he recommended booking in for a general anaesthetic for the other, which had an equally curved root.

I was only in there for half an hour apparently, but when I walked out to meet my girlfriend in the waiting area, I was as white as a sheet and a bit wobbly on my feet.

The only good thing was that I was given a load of tramadol for the pain, so spent the next few days off my t|ts

I feel your pain Kosh, but enjoy the meds!!

 

[Bry Nylon]

...it was a bit disconcerting having a bloke sweating and tugging at something in my face

Are you sure he was a real dentist, H?

 

[Jack Straw]

So i went in for a ‘simple extraction’

Well, let’s just say I was in the chair for an hour and a half - covered in blood with a snapped tooth and shrapnel left in my jaw that all manner of Homebase tools failed to remove. I’ve had stitches and, you know what, I feel like shit.

Apparently I have curved roots - thus removing my teeth is like pulling up a 250 year old beech with a garden spade.

Anyone else had a similar experience... ? I ended up with two dentists in the room - at that point I was about ready to cry. They were panic stricken - I actually thought; I’m going to throw up... man! that sucked.

Actually I think I’m about to cry now.

What time was your appointment?

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Wow - again that sounds horrific... glad you recovered.

Thanks - I had to drive home which was interesting... ermmm borderline dangerous. Actually it’s the first time I’ve been grateful for a face mask, as I walked through town to my car hiding my swollen jaw and drool...

They were like; are you okay? (errrmm no I’m not really) but I HAD to get out of there ... £100 lighter too ... paying for torture really isn’t my bag !!

I also had to pay for the privilege, about $500 from memory as my dental plan had already coughed up for the failed root canal

Somehow it really adds insult to injury doesn't it?

 

[dazzer6666]

What time was your appointment?

Very good......

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

So i went in for a ‘simple extraction’

Well, let’s just say I was in the chair for an hour and a half - covered in blood with a snapped tooth and shrapnel left in my jaw that all manner of Homebase tools failed to remove. I’ve had stitches and, you know what, I feel like shit.

Apparently I have curved roots - thus removing my teeth is like pulling up a 250 year old beech with a garden spade.

Anyone else had a similar experience... ? I ended up with two dentists in the room - at that point I was about ready to cry. They were panic stricken - I actually thought; I’m going to throw up... man! that sucked.

Actually I think I’m about to cry now.

Hopefully this'll cheer you up. One of the funniest sketches to come from the Carol Burnett show. Stick with it, I could only find the original length version.....
https://youtu.be/9IUSM4EKcRI

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I hate going to the dentist since I had a root canal at the age of 18. The pain was the worst I'd ever encountered - well until I had a kidney infection many years later. I moved dentists after but still sweated every time I went and hated going even for a checkup - I only went because the dentist was cute. When that practice kicked me out - due to the government changing their contracts and so they went private only, as I couldn't get into another NHS place, I didn't ( and still haven't ) bother going to a dentist again. That was years and years ago and two years ago I ended up in ICU with two teeth extracted and a drain in my chin. I still haven't had the courage to find a new dentist but I'm extremely grateful to the NHS for saving my life ( and they did say the situation was life threatening - I didn't know as I was on morphine - GREAT stuff - but that's what they told Mrs WS ). I'm told by Mrs WS there is a GREAT dentist on here but I'll let him identify himself rather than dump in it.

EDIT - I also remember some extractions as a kid using gas - awful smell !

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xBJERznOgA

Very similar to my dentist, only mine produces a bill at the end so Hoffman should think himself lucky really.

 

[Questions]

I had a surgical extraction where they had to cut a bit of the jaw bone. I now look like a local in the film Deliverence because ai am so shittt scared of dentists

Another one was having a 3 rooted wisdom tooth out the day before we played at Withdean for the first time beating Mansfield 6-0
I was still spitting blood out at the match.

 

[maltaseagull]

Some horror stories here!

I went to a dentist in Preston drove around 86/7.
He convinced me to have all my wisdom teeth out in case they moved as they would impact on the teeth next to them. Better to do it when convenient rather than later.

I agreed and had a full anaesthetic so wasn't aware of what he did.

Last year, I had a routine check up and clean and mentioned that I had had some soreness at the back of my mouth.

She took an x ray and told me that the wisdom tooth was quite near the surface and that might be sensitive but no need to remove!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Now filed under: Things I wish I'd never read.

This, absolutely. Dentist with his KNEE ON YOUR CHEST trying to get your tooth out? FvckTHAT for a game of soldiers

 

[VAL1850]

Had similar, being top row near back the tooth was close to ear so had the sound of cracking tooth in full surround sound dolby stereo

 

[TugWilson]

Very similar , i had to have a big molar lower left at the back extracted. Halfway through the tooth snapped with a very loud crack , level with the gum line . In trying to lean down and into the tooth to wedge it out he slipped and the pick went into my gum , issuing lots of lovely red stuff the nurse`s face said it all . The dentist cut the gum with a scalpel removed the remaining segment of tooth and stitched it up in what can only be described as Lamptey style pace . I don`t mind admitting i was very shook , but knew staying perfectly still gave the guy the best quickest time to sort it out , he didn`t let me down . I am due another appointment , and have every faith in him , in the end i think it bothered him as much as it did me poor bloke .

 

[Norman Potting]

Saw thread title and assumed it was another band that HWT had just discovered.

 

[Kosh]

Thanks guys - the horror stories have made me realise this is far from a rarity and the more humorous elements, well, they’ve made me chuckle.

I’ve taken shit loads of drugs and some pain killers.

(hilarity prevails)

I think I’ll kick back and listen to some Crazy Horse or something...

Cheers to all

 

[lawros left foot]

When I was in hospital on the Cardiac care unit , the fella in the next bed to me had been in for a couple of months. His problem had started when he went to the dentist to have a run of the mill filling. All went well till he went home and started feeling a bit off, breathless, sweaty, etc. By the time the ambulance got to him , he was unconscious, he had 3 cardiac arrests on the way to hospital, and another 6 when he was on the operating table. He was dead for 7 minutes, and , by the time I met him, he had spent 6 weeks in an induced coma. He’d lost four stone in weight, and the day I went into hospital, was his first time to go home for a couple of hours, cos it was his birthday.

I left hospital after about 10 days, he still had another 2 months, if things went well.

He had got an infection in his heart from his dental treatment, apparently it’s not as rare as you would think.

 

[Kosh]

When I was in hospital on the Cardiac care unit , the fella in the next bed to me had been in for a couple of months. His problem had started when he went to the dentist to have a run of the mill filling. All went well till he went home and started feeling a bit off, breathless, sweaty, etc. By the time the ambulance got to him , he was unconscious, he had 3 cardiac arrests on the way to hospital, and another 6 when he was on the operating table. He was dead for 7 minutes, and , by the time I met him, he had spent 6 weeks in an induced coma. He’d lost four stone in weight, and the day I went into hospital, was his first time to go home for a couple of hours, cos it was his birthday.

I left hospital after about 10 days, he still had another 2 months, if things went well.

He had got an infection in his heart from his dental treatment, apparently it’s not as rare as you would think.

Christ ! That’s cheered me up.

Poor bloke, hope he made it out.

Yeah, just the tonic - lol. Thanks

 

[AmexRuislip]

I paid extra for a specialist to split the root of a tooth and then try and pull it out, I'm sure he had his leg up on the table for more leverage at one point

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I've had four wisdom teeth out in two sittings, really uncomfortable.
I'd be amazed, because the average age of NSCers on here, that they don't post their teeth to the dentist

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

ive got 2 impacted wisdom teeth which ive had for 30 years. every 6 months or so the sods move a little and im in pain for about a fortnight. however i tolerate it because my dentist told me back then that the teeth are so far back in my mouth, and like the OP the roots are not grown straight, that they would have to break my jaw and cut open the back of my throat to access the teeth ( i can feel the top one in the top of my throat!) .i'd then be in traction for a few weeks and have a really painfull throat and might need to eat puried food and drink with a straw!

So s0d that i continue to put up with the pain ...

 

[zefarelly]

That’s why it’s so important to use a good dentist . One you trust and have used for a long time .

I didn't go to the dentist for 20 years, found a good one . . . So far so good . . . That was 8 years ago now.

I ****ing detest going to the dentist . . . . But do so religiously now, with minimal pantshittery . . I pay through the nose, and so far so good . . . . If I even get a whiff of profiteering , I'm out..