Dental experiences with O.City

[O.city]

Had a pretty interesting day today at the office. Morning was pretty normal, drill and fill, check hygiene, extract a tooth etc. Nothing too out of the ordinary.

Pretty normal lunch. Trolled around on CP, ate an apple and a handful of wheat thins.

Then the afternoon hit.

I see inmates from the county jail here in town if they have a tooth ache or something, sheriff or deputy will call up and bring them up in shackles and the whole bit. It's not big deal, most of them are just happy to get out of pain and it's not a problem. So dude comes in, my assistant goes in to ask the normal "which tooth is bothering you, let me get an xray, blah blah". I was in the lab doing something so I wasn't really paying attention. She comes in and says "doc, you will need to come look at something" to which I responded "he need a tooth out, which tooth is hurting"?

"All of them". Huh, ok, weird response but lets go check it out. Sure enough, continued meth use pretty much causes things to not go so well intraorally, so he was pretty much decayed out and most teeth were broken off to the gumline (google meth mouth if you want to see it, i'm not messing with photos). Asked if I could extract all 26 teeth he had left in the 30 minute block we had on the schedule for him.

I laughed, said "nah, which one hurts the worst, we'll take that out". He pointed to one, I numbed it up, used an elevator to take it out, about 30 seconds worth of pressure and it was pretty lose. 2 teeth next to it are super mobile and infected (which starts draining as I get this one out, that smelt nice) so I told him he was getting 2 free extractions since he was already numb in that area and they were loose and I was right there, no harm no foul.

It's always fun when we see the inmates, the Sheriff comes up and sits in the room with them all serious, then when I come in the room we talk about hunting or why the Chiefs always break hearts or something.

He breaks down and starts crying thanking me, that he already felt better (if you saw the amount of infection I drained, you'd see why) and asked if he could make an appointment for when he got out. "Sure, how long you think you'll be in this predicament".

"I figure 4 or 5 years, you scheduling ahead that far yet"? Told him nah, just take care of himself and come see me when he gets out.

Next patient is an amish guy (we have a fairly big amish community near us), super nice guy, needs a crown. Asks if he can barter instead of pay, I ask what is in it for me, said he'd bring me a dozen eggs every week for 6 months (they have chicken barns or something) or I could have a quarter of one of the cows they're butchering. Sold, eggs and beef for a crown, sign me up.

Only problem with that is he scheduled an appointment for himself, but brought 4 other family members who all needed work done.

So we had a waiting room full of inmates and Amish this afternoon. Thought that might be a good name of a band or something.

[tooge]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

If you could do a standard root canal on any animal, what animal would it be?

You, you sexy animal

[O.city]

I'd probably pick a tiger. Monster teeth, huge canal space. Not much to screw up.

I saw an article where they did root canals and crowns on a tiger in a zoo somewhere, put gold crowns on it's canine teeth or "fang" teeth. Pretty cool looking.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/102370...pping-canines/

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by O.city

I'd probably pick a tiger. Monster teeth, huge canal space. Not much to screw up.

I saw an article where they did root canals and crowns on a tiger in a zoo somewhere, put gold crowns on it's canine teeth or "fang" teeth. Pretty cool looking.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/102370...pping-canines/

I remember a story about a lion in Africa eating several people because he had an abscessed tooth and was pissed.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by O.city

via GIPHY

Ha...but it was a serious question.

[tooge]

Originally Posted by O.city

I'd probably pick a tiger. Monster teeth, huge canal space. Not much to screw up.

I saw an article where they did root canals and crowns on a tiger in a zoo somewhere, put gold crowns on it's canine teeth or "fang" teeth. Pretty cool looking.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/102370...pping-canines/

One of the reasons I went to dental school was a root canal on a tiger. I was a biology major at SDSU. Was thinking marine bio. I stopped by the bio building to check on a test score one evening after a night class. The dentist for the SD Zoo was there doing a presentation for the pre dental club on veterinary dentistry. He showed two cases. One was a root canal on a bengal tiger, and the other was working with a ceramist to restore the end of the beak on a toucan (he pinned it btw and used zoe cement, lol)

[lewdog]

Idea for new practice name.

Dental Dam

Motto: we let noting get past us!

[Stanley Nickels]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

Speaking of Amish, supposed to be some place in SWMO where they sell cheap, cheap pies, cookies, pretzels, etc. that are incredible. Can’t put my finger on the name but I’ve been meaning to check it out

I know there's an Amish baked goods stand sometimes at the River Market in KC

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by O.city

I'd probably pick a tiger. Monster teeth, huge canal space. Not much to screw up.

I saw an article where they did root canals and crowns on a tiger in a zoo somewhere, put gold crowns on it's canine teeth or "fang" teeth. Pretty cool looking.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/102370...pping-canines/

Tiger seems good. For some reason I think they would have better breath than chimpanzees. A whale would be pretty cool too, though I don't know which whales have teeth and which have those baleen things. But it seems like standing in the mouth you're working on would be a great story at dental conferences.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by tooge

You, you sexy animal

I get that from my own dentist a lot. I'm not sure that last filling was even necessary. And then she carved her initials in it.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by loochy

Ha...but it was a serious question.

It does seem to be that type of girl that goes to school for that i guess. One of mine is middle aged, one is younger.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by lewdog

I take good care of my teeth. I still wear the bottom retainer, from when I was 17 and got my braces off, EVERY night. I got a mouth-guard for my upper teeth a few years ago because I was grinding, and I wear it EVERY night. I brush my teeth 2-3 times per day. I absolutely won't start or end my day without brushing my teeth. I just can't.....that bad smell/taste in there. It has to be gone first thing in the morning before I do anything and also right before bed. No matter how drunk I get, I always brush my teeth before going to bed.

I like going to the dentist too. Give me a deep cleaning every time, I won't complain even if my gums bleed. It kind of feels good.

Thank you O-city. I wish you were my dentist.

Love ya brother (no homo), I hadda...

[O.city]

Had an employee text me last thursday night that she was quitting. No two week notice, no helping me til i find another one. Just out.

Thankfully i have an awesome staff here so they're helpiing us get thru and hire a new one, but damn it. I hate people sometimes.

Sorry, vent over. Anyone wanna talk about anything dental today?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by O.city

Had an employee text me last thursday night that she was quitting. No two week notice, no helping me til i find another one. Just out.

Thankfully i have an awesome staff here so they're helpiing us get thru and hire a new one, but damn it. I hate people sometimes.

Sorry, vent over. Anyone wanna talk about anything dental today?

Do you provide dental insurance for your employees, or do you just do it? Are there dental things that you can't do that would make it better for them to have dental insurance?

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Do you provide dental insurance for your employees, or do you just do it? Are there dental things that you can't do that would make it better for them to have dental insurance?

I just do it. If they need something I can't do (implant placement or surgical wisdom teeth extraction etc) I send them to the specialist and they do it usually for nothing. General dentist are where they get their patients so they treat us pretty good if we return the favor.

I don't charge them or their immediate families anything for work. If it includes a lab fee ( a crown or retainer or something) I just let them pay the lab fee.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by O.city

I just do it. If they need something I can't do (implant placement or surgical wisdom teeth extraction etc) I send them to the specialist and they do it usually for nothing. General dentist are where they get their patients so they treat us pretty good if we return the favor.

I don't charge them or their immediate families anything for work. If it includes a lab fee ( a crown or retainer or something) I just let them pay the lab fee.

We should consider a deal. You give my employees free dental work and I give your employees free market and demographic research.