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think positive Libra

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:38 am
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yeah ive got friends who have been to thailand for root canals, and boob jobs (the guys generally stick with the dentist work!) but its not for me! Hubby had all his top teeth out a few weeks back, his new ones should be here this week (thankgod, can you imagine? he cant talk properly and i cant hear properly!) havet got a bill yet, not game to ask! my dentist is pretty good though, very reasonable with the charges, lovely Indian lady, doesnt bullshit or do stuff you dont need.

if youve got pain David, get to the dentist, leaving it just makes it worse when you eventually get there.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:55 am
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^ I don’t have any pain, thankfully, but I’m not sure it’s a good idea to wait until I do!

To give you some idea of the magnitude of my irresponsibility, the last time I had a dental check-up was probably around the date under my avatar on the left. Embarassed I would have been going regularly if it wasn’t for the dread of my bank balance being decimated (and yes, I know the longer you leave it the worse it gets...)
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:24 am
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David wrote:
^ I don’t have any pain, thankfully, but I’m not sure it’s a good idea to wait until I do!

To give you some idea of the magnitude of my irresponsibility, the last time I had a dental check-up was probably around the date under my avatar on the left. Embarassed I would have been going regularly if it wasn’t for the dread of my bank balance being decimated (and yes, I know the longer you leave it the worse it gets...)


In the age of fluoridated water your teeth may be ok, but it’s the hygienist who might get you. Dentists are extortionate but hygienists are ideological. They have no mercy. It could get very bloody.

I think free basic dentistry is the kind of thing a wise government should provide, rather than the self-aggrandising frippery in which modern government specializes.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 5:21 pm
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I neglected my chompers for a fair while through my 20s and 30's until things started to go wrong in my early 40s. So I made sure the private health insurance covered dental and took the plunge.

Found a (very) good dentist, went in and asked if he could save them or was it time for falsies. He voted to save them and I'm glad I did. Would have spent $15k on them over the past 10 years including 2 root canals, couple of crowns and a veneer over the top ones, insurance has covered probably $9k of that.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:08 pm
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I'm still laughing at the title of this thread! Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:41 pm
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^ I know, I can see your teeth from here.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 5:38 am
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In the age of fluoridated water your teeth may be ok, but ...

I think free basic dentistry is the kind of thing a wise government should provide, rather than the self-aggrandising frippery in which modern government specializes.


Age and place. I believe only parts of the UK have (deliberately) fluoridated water. (Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is another question.)

On the title question, dental appearances are one way to tell Brits and Americans apart. (Presumably there are easier ways if you can get them to speak Wink .) Whether the actual health differs behind the US facade of straightening and bleaching is not entirely clear to me. And where Oz lies on the spectrum is another question.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:32 am
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ill be an ozzie come wednesday night about 7pm, will i suddenly get better teeth??
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:58 am
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Too late!
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think positive Libra

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ah well, they are pretty good anyway!!
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So you understand. Good. Well that's okay. Who, specifically, good are?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:59 pm
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think positive wrote:
ill be an ozzie come wednesday night about 7pm, will i suddenly get better teeth??


No, but how would you feel if you suddenly got boobs like Sam Fox?

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stui magpie wrote:
think positive wrote:
ill be an ozzie come wednesday night about 7pm, will i suddenly get better teeth??


No, but how would you feel if you suddenly got boobs like Sam Fox?

that happened when i hit menopause, she can have em back!

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:38 pm
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I'll resist the temptation to Google "Sam Fox"... (Who is Sam Fox?)
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jeezus fricken christ r u young or...not that theres anything wrong with that!
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