Biker Dentist!

[Renne]

My morning started out "just great"! After a LONG night of aching pain I managed to score an appointment with a "new" dentist this morning. My problem was, I had a crown put on a molar and the #*@!!&st dentist didn't get all the decay and now I was faced with a root canal and a crown re-do for another $1k! Decision time,,,,extract! I mentally prep'd my self and submitted to what I thought would be just an easy 15 minute visit,,,,YA WELL!!!!!! I had what they call "cowboy" roots (!) lucky me! Procedure,,,,,remove the crown and adhesive, split the tooth, remove the rear roots, then the front and then dig out the tips! YEOW!!!!

 

My new dentist is a biker! been riding/racing almost as long as me, knew all the fun bikes we had in the 50's and 60's,,,Bultaco's, Royal's, Ariel's, Gold Star's and Sprints,,,we're sharing all this as the novocaine is doing it's thing!!!! I think we yak'd bikes 30 of the 45 minutes I was in the chair! He was painless! REALLY! ,,,,,,Ha! Maybe I'll schedule a cleaning soon!

 

The up-side,,,,,,,,I got lotza Vicodin! LALALALALALALA!!! NOW I NEED A NAP!

 

Renne....................(pain free)

[Guest scarylarry]

I'm sweating just reading this, I have one root canal in my life and I think I would rather them pull it.

First time I ever had novacaine and I thought my heart was going to explode, almost 50 yrs. old and 1 root canal isn't half bad..

[Monty]

Why take a nap and waste all that Vicodin?

 

I had one pulled in December, rather than suffer through the 3 visits it would have taken to have a root canal.

[Grandpagak]

1 WORD... DESTINEY!!!!!!

[Cougar]

extract! Just went through that, my problem is that I get crowns and then they leak. then the decay starts all over.

I also love root canals myself. they don't seem to be a big deal to me. all I know is that my tooth don't hurt anymore after it is done

[1 Canuck]

Root canal...don't go there! I paid 1K to have one molar done and after 6 weeks the tooth was still pounding with either hot or cold temperatures, so I went to a dental specialist. He found that the dentist missed one of the roots, in which he would charge me $1200. to fix it properly.

 

I went back to the dentist which made the excuse that it wasn't her fault she had missed it and informed me that Dentists use a magnifying glass to locate the nerve; the dental specialist uses a microscope. She also said she had done nothing wrong, offered no compensation and it was now my problem. (Too bad I wasn't told this before she had done it.)

I then had to pay another 3 hundred to different dental specialist to have it removed. Should have done that in the first place! Never again!

 

 

[Midrsv]

Oh root canals! In August of '08 I went in for a routine root canal and ended up spending 10 days in the hospital in Lexington followed by 5 days at the Mayo Clinic and ended up with a feeding tube in my stomach until November. Routine my ass!

 

Dennis

[wes0778]

Root Canals, I've had 4.

Turn up the GAS and bring me down when you are finished.

[BigBoyinMS]

I've had one root canal and enjoyed the heck out of it. The dentist was a pretty, well endowed female in her mid 30's... and she gave me nitrous. Man, it was great!

[Renne]

So far, I've submitted a detailed file to the Mn state dental board, I've contacted the States Attorney Generals office and next week will be meeting with a lawyer to start proceedings for malpractice on the issue! Dentists have a nice tidy little circle of security that I'm destined to disrupt in this state. If all goes planned, I'll have her license revoked and a tidy sum of change to squander on my scoot! ( I'm just one of 22 others that have filed on this dentist) I recommend to all, go on line to your state dental board home page and research your dentist for complaints filed! Public records are available as to actions taken, how many and for what! I wish I had known this before I "HIRED" her!

 

 

Renne....................(serious here!)

[Condor]

Root canals... What a PITA. I've had 4 or 5?? And so far have lost 3 of them... So I paid to have the roots and crowns... the last crown was gold and it lasted a year..., then paid to have the extractions, then they wanted me to pop for a bridge..... I told them to take a hike. What they fail to tell you is the tooth will deteriorate over time and the root isn't permanent. I think it's a scam... Next time I need something done I'm going to La Paz Mex.

[Guest seuadr]

man, i guess i am lucky. i had a root canal on tuesday and between the valium and no2, i don't remember much of it. i fell asleep during the surgery apperantly i was snoring pretty loud. my wife thought it was hilarious.

 

2 days later and i'm pain free. once in a while i get a twinge, and take a motrin 800 or whatever it was they gave me, but they gave me a whole bottle and i've taken 2. i guess it just depends on the quality of the dentist..