Dream Weaver

Bollocks - title should read Visit to the dentist

[Edited by Dream Weaver - 9/2/2002 5:16:05 PM]

Dream Weaver

Carl - your are correct with the false teeth bit - forgot to add that in (though I do know someone who didnt bother - just had the small posts showing)

Lol a Nimbus

Pete - lets just hope DocJock is joining Scoobyshop as a Gold member

DW

[Edited by Dream Weaver - 9/2/2002 6:48:33 PM]

Dream Weaver

Further to my recent thread asking for advice on dental care, I have just returned from my visit to the emergency dentist. They have patched me up for now, and given me three options for what I can do with my front teeth.

The one that will be the most successful is to have Titanium implants (pretty cool sounding IMHO), but they cant be done on the NHS. And the cost for 2 new front implants???

£80 consultation fee, then £1500 EACH!!! £3080!!!! Thats Three Thousand and Eighty Great British pounds!!!!

I could buy a bloody new (trackday/runabout) car for that. [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Where can I sign up for dentist training

DW

ChrisB

In fact,

Dream Weaver

£3080 - I still cant believe it!!!

carl

Last time I looked (some time ago) you could get new teeth actually screwed into your jawbone for about £1,000 each.

Dream Weaver

Carl - that is the same thing.

They screw titanium plugs into your jawbone (ouch!!), a bit like when you use rawl plugs in a wall. You then have to wait 6 months, hilst walking around with titanium pins sticking out ya mouth.

They then screw crowns onto the titanium poles. Sounds pretty cool, but not for £3k. WOnder if they do special "Subaru-sponsored" crowns, you can screw in yourself!!

DW

carl

I thought the deal was that while the 'sockets' were setting in your jaw for 6 months you wore some false teeth over the top?

Apparently lots of the top models have had this done (I was considering it when I damn nearly knocked a tooth out after an argument with a lorry -- fortunately it stayed in and still appears to be 'alive' 10 years later)

Nimbus

What!! You want to look like this....

Pete Croney

Si

Can't Docjock do you a better price?

Brun

So what are the other two options?

Claudius

Good luck

P20SPD

iTrader: (1)

There are, IIRC, only a few that can actually do this in the country. Lets just say people pay alot of money for their teeth fixing.

oh and

Dream Weaver

The other two options are tricky:

1. Grind down 2 perfect teeth and bridge accross them. Problem here is that one of the good teeth has a pretrusion on it (another small tooth sticking out the back of it), which may hold a nerve as well. Hence grinding it may lead to similar problems to what I have now.

2. As above, but stick bridge to other teeth with metal wings ( ) - they tend to fall off apparently.

So anyone fancy sponsoring me for something - bike ride, trackday, bungee jump? I could always film the operation and broadcast it on the web £5 a view anyone?

DW

south-star

Has anyone here got,or know of anyone who has these titanium implants.Myself,i lost my front 4 teeth in an accident about 15 years ago and have a plate.Not too keen on it though.Have heard about implants but would like to know from anyone who has them or knows of anyone.

Apparaently you have to maintain a high level of mouth hygene.

I know David Bowie has them at the front.They do look a little on the big side IMO.

Thanks
SS.

Dream Weaver

Does that mean I will start singing Bowie songs if I have them

south-star

hades

I have a friend who had a titanium post. It then bent, and she had to spend several appointments getting the bent one out of the jaw and replaced with a second titanium post. She didn't overly enjoy that, apparently - no idea why She didn't mention hygiene issues over and above what the dentist will normally tell you when you have fillings etc.

I thought paying £300 each for a pair of root canal treatments was bad enough, but £3k. To quote everyone else

AndiThompson

Rip em out, the gap'll make you look 'ard

Claudius

There are less painful ways than implants to sort that type of problem. I know people who have that type of thing. Unfortunately, I cant tell you about it or I get flamed by an English dentist...

DocJock

I would Pete but I don't do implants.
Personal experience is the failure rate is too high for my liking.


Go on......enlighten the poor man. Fill him in on ths wonder treatment which isn't availabe through "poor" UK dentists.
Oh and FYI, I am SCOTTISH, the *Jock* part is a clue so that morons like you don't get it wrong.

Off to work now

Claudius

You know, looking at your island from here, it's all the same to me, Doc. But you're right, I should have said British.

Have fun at work