Life Dental experiences with O.City - Page 30

O.city · 12-04-2019, 09:02 PM

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.

burt · 04-21-2021, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Yeah, note to self: Bobcats don't make good house pets.

Cats named Bob, however, do.

Sofa King · 04-21-2021, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Yeah, note to self: Bobcats don't make good house pets.

This has been going around the internet. It's hilarious. Funnier every time I watch it.

Mennonite · 04-21-2021, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sofa King

This has been going around the internet. It's hilarious. Funnier every time I watch it.

Somebody dubbed in the famous "Wilhelm scream" sound effect.

O.city · 04-22-2021, 01:40 PM

Dentist day from hell

Surgical extraction this am took for ****ing ever to dig 2 root tips out. Cut bone, break tooth, cut more bone, kept breaking. Finally got it out.

Talked into another extraction this afternoon "dont' worry doc it's already loose, it'll come right out you can do it" he say's.

Nope. hour later it's still in there after I've hacked away for a while. Yeah, go to the Oral Surgeon when I tell you.

tooge · 04-22-2021, 03:04 PM

I hardly take teeth out anymore.

cooper barrett · 04-22-2021, 06:18 PM

I had a wisdom tooth pulled 2 years ago. Popped right out. Sweet work for the $485 he billed for Xrays and having me out the door in less than a half hour.

O.city · 04-22-2021, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tooge

I hardly take teeth out anymore.

I’ve scaled way back on it but I tend to get talked into it and immediately regret it

O.city · 06-01-2021, 03:44 PM

Gonna vent here a little bit.

Had a lady come in a year or so ago wanting to take all the rest of her teeth out and get dentures. "That'll fix all my problems".

I explained that no it won't, it's just a different problem and it's nothing like what you're expecting. You'll hate them blah blah.

She shows up a month later with no teeth ready for dentures. Ok, well here we go. I make her a set and surprise surprise, she hates them.

"I can't taste my food, I feel like I have a mouth full of plastic, I can't chew like I used to".

Well, no shit. You do have a mouth full of plastic and you now have about 30 percent of normal function. At best. I had a prosthodontist in school always say "dentures are a replacement for no teeth, they aren't a replacement for your teeth".

Anyway, her insurance pays half and she owes the other half for them (bout 1k). She says "I'm not paying until I am happy". Uh, sorry, but thats not how this works.

Anyway, being the nice guy I am and all, I do like 4 adjustments and a full reline on them at no charge and take up chair time for the past month.

She has her mom drop the old dentures off today with a letter that not only will she not be paying her half but that she wants reimbursed the insurance money for the other half.

The letter I'm sending back isn't likely to be pleasant.

htismaqe · 06-01-2021, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by O.city

Gonna vent here a little bit.

Had a lady come in a year or so ago wanting to take all the rest of her teeth out and get dentures. "That'll fix all my problems".

I explained that no it won't, it's just a different problem and it's nothing like what you're expecting. You'll hate them blah blah.

She shows up a month later with no teeth ready for dentures. Ok, well here we go. I make her a set and surprise surprise, she hates them.

"I can't taste my food, I feel like I have a mouth full of plastic, I can't chew like I used to".

Well, no shit. You do have a mouth full of plastic and you now have about 30 percent of normal function. At best. I had a prosthodontist in school always say "dentures are a replacement for no teeth, they aren't a replacement for your teeth".

Anyway, her insurance pays half and she owes the other half for them (bout 1k). She says "I'm not paying until I am happy". Uh, sorry, but thats not how this works.

Anyway, being the nice guy I am and all, I do like 4 adjustments and a full reline on them at no charge and take up chair time for the past month.

She has her mom drop the old dentures off today with a letter that not only will she not be paying her half but that she wants reimbursed the insurance money for the other half.

The letter I'm sending back isn't likely to be pleasant.

People are so dumb.

**lewdog** · 06-01-2021, 03:58 PM

The worst part of working anywhere in healthcare is people thinking there’s a magic wand to get them back to “normal.”

Sorry Ocity, unrealistic expectations are the worst.

Eureka · 06-01-2021, 04:53 PM

She has no teeth and her MOM dropped off the letter? I usually think of people with no teeth as older.

Her smile had to look better with the dentures. And what is she going to do with no teeth?

**Buehler445** · 06-01-2021, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by O.city

Gonna vent here a little bit.

Had a lady come in a year or so ago wanting to take all the rest of her teeth out and get dentures. "That'll fix all my problems".

I explained that no it won't, it's just a different problem and it's nothing like what you're expecting. You'll hate them blah blah.

She shows up a month later with no teeth ready for dentures. Ok, well here we go. I make her a set and surprise surprise, she hates them.

"I can't taste my food, I feel like I have a mouth full of plastic, I can't chew like I used to".

Well, no shit. You do have a mouth full of plastic and you now have about 30 percent of normal function. At best. I had a prosthodontist in school always say "dentures are a replacement for no teeth, they aren't a replacement for your teeth".

Anyway, her insurance pays half and she owes the other half for them (bout 1k). She says "I'm not paying until I am happy". Uh, sorry, but thats not how this works.

Anyway, being the nice guy I am and all, I do like 4 adjustments and a full reline on them at no charge and take up chair time for the past month.

She has her mom drop the old dentures off today with a letter that not only will she not be paying her half but that she wants reimbursed the insurance money for the other half.

The letter I'm sending back isn't likely to be pleasant.

Hire Mac to go go rough her up a bit.

Meth head?

displacedinMN · 06-01-2021, 08:16 PM

Who took out her teeth if you didnt?

**notorious** · 06-01-2021, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by displacedinMN

Who took out her teeth if you didnt?

Her boyfriend.

She’d already been told once......

Skyy God · 06-01-2021, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Eureka

She has no teeth and her MOM dropped off the letter? I usually think of people with no teeth as older.

Her smile had to look better with the dentures. And what is she going to do with no teeth?

Gumjobs.

12-04-2019, 09:02 PM
O.city In Search of a Life Join Date: Jul 2009 Casino cash: $1094064	Dental experiences with 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.
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04-22-2021, 01:40 PM	#439
O.city In Search of a Life Join Date: Jul 2009 Casino cash: $1094064	Dentist day from hell Surgical extraction this am took for ****ing ever to dig 2 root tips out. Cut bone, break tooth, cut more bone, kept breaking. Finally got it out. Talked into another extraction this afternoon "dont' worry doc it's already loose, it'll come right out you can do it" he say's. Nope. hour later it's still in there after I've hacked away for a while. Yeah, go to the Oral Surgeon when I tell you.
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04-22-2021, 03:04 PM	#440
tooge MVP Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liberty, MO Casino cash: $2164112	I hardly take teeth out anymore.
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04-22-2021, 06:18 PM	#441
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06-01-2021, 03:44 PM	#443
O.city In Search of a Life Join Date: Jul 2009 Casino cash: $1094064	Gonna vent here a little bit. Had a lady come in a year or so ago wanting to take all the rest of her teeth out and get dentures. "That'll fix all my problems". I explained that no it won't, it's just a different problem and it's nothing like what you're expecting. You'll hate them blah blah. She shows up a month later with no teeth ready for dentures. Ok, well here we go. I make her a set and surprise surprise, she hates them. "I can't taste my food, I feel like I have a mouth full of plastic, I can't chew like I used to". Well, no shit. You do have a mouth full of plastic and you now have about 30 percent of normal function. At best. I had a prosthodontist in school always say "dentures are a replacement for no teeth, they aren't a replacement for your teeth". Anyway, her insurance pays half and she owes the other half for them (bout 1k). She says "I'm not paying until I am happy". Uh, sorry, but thats not how this works. Anyway, being the nice guy I am and all, I do like 4 adjustments and a full reline on them at no charge and take up chair time for the past month. She has her mom drop the old dentures off today with a letter that not only will she not be paying her half but that she wants reimbursed the insurance money for the other half. The letter I'm sending back isn't likely to be pleasant.
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06-01-2021, 03:58 PM	#445
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06-01-2021, 04:53 PM	#446
Eureka C Chiefs once a year! Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Cali Casino cash: $566097	She has no teeth and her MOM dropped off the letter? I usually think of people with no teeth as older. Her smile had to look better with the dentures. And what is she going to do with no teeth?
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06-01-2021, 08:16 PM	#448
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