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u/Trick-Goat-3643 15d ago
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u/ZookeepergameNo2613 15d ago
Image that growing through your gums as a kid.
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u/ConstableBlimeyChips 15d ago
Imagine one corner starts coming through, then a bit more, then a bit more again, and then the rest of the gums just split open in one big go to expose the rest of the tooth.
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u/cityshepherd 14d ago
I was having such a nice time in this thread until I read your comment. Thanks.
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u/Juttisontherun 15d ago edited 14d ago
Wouldn’t he be tooth-ing, if that were the case?
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u/DriedUpSquid 15d ago
How can you tell the toothbrush was made in West Virginia? Because if it was made anywhere else it would be called a teethbrush.
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u/Fievels_good_trouble 15d ago
Like a shit coming out sideways
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u/xp14629 14d ago
Damnit you. I am reading this taking my mor ing shit and just thought about what it would be like to have one come out sideways. Then my adhd mind went to what it would be like if we shit like wombats and made cubes. Then my mind wondered farther to what our plumbing pipes would look like if humans shit hard solid cubes all the time, would they need to be bigger, or different types of joints and seams so a couple cubes didn't didn't wedge inside a joint and create a major blockage?
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u/AngletonSpareHead 14d ago
I too have a brain like this. Congratulations/may god have mercy on our souls.
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u/ExpectedFuckingValue 15d ago
IT'S A TEETH
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u/DeSiGNer-OctANE 15d ago
Mornin! Ok just a sec I gotta brush my toof.
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u/Guilty-Nobody998 14d ago
Do you know how I know the toothbrush was invented in Mississippi? Because if it were invented anywhere else it would've been called a teethbrush.
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u/_Choose_Goose 15d ago
"I hate flossing, I wish I just had one long curvy tooth. They didn’t have to make separations for me."
- Mitch Hedberg
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u/r4zorsoft 15d ago
gorgonichthys and dunkleosteus did it correctly with gnathal plates in the Devonian Period (370 mya)
we have become so very lost.. 😔🙏🏻
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u/Salvador147 15d ago
Thanks I hate it
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u/Ghostdusterr 15d ago
Unmmm because if you get a tooth ache it’s over you lose it all lol. Also different teeth do different things front cut through meat and back grind it down to be swallowed
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u/RumpEater5000 15d ago
Everybody look at captain tooth nerd over here. Like biting much? Mouth dork.
This is sarcasm.
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u/CalamitousVessel 15d ago
Imagine how painful it would be to break one of those teeth
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u/PleaseCallMeTeddy 15d ago
I bet the dentist was so fucking excited to do this. This is what they live for sometimes. Most people are teeth cleanings and not much more. But a buildup of that much tarter. Dude that dentist is trying so hard to not show how incredibly excited they are to do this and stay professional probably.
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u/Earlybirdsgetworms 14d ago
About 15 years ago, I went to the dentist for the first time in a long time of not having insurance. When the hygienist was done cleaning my teeth, I said they felt weird on the inside. She said, “do they feel like individual teeth?” I laughed so hard and still think about it when I’m flossing.
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u/Temelios 14d ago
Same. Mother was a lazy shitbag, so I didn’t go to the dentist as a kid from age 10-18. When I finally went as an adult at age 20, I went because I wanted them to do something about how brown my teeth were. They spent over an hour breaking off all the built up calculuses. After, my teeth were normal looking for the first time I could remember. Felt weird having individual teeth again too.
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u/baltinerdist 14d ago
I didn't go to the dentist for nearly 30 years. When I finally went, they had to spend forever doing the cleaning, but when it was all over, also no cavities. If there's any silver lining to having that much calcification, it's that it legitimately protected my teeth for decades!
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u/tobeorniobe 14d ago
I went to the dentist after not going for 10 years. My hygienist was visibly disappointed that I didn’t have much build up. “Wow, you must take really good care of your teeth” in the most dead pan voice followed by a sigh. I was done in 15 minutes 😂
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u/RoseyDove323 14d ago
I drink 2+ green teas daily, so mine had to buff out a few tea stains after it had been a while since a dentist visit.
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u/FrankieAK 14d ago
I always get a tiny amount of build up on my bottom two front teeth and I asked my hygenist if she loves removing it and she said it's so fun like pimple popping.
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u/Cepy-Deer1738 13d ago
This is completely normal as there is a saliva gland near there (so I was told by dentist) so... most people get the biggest build up just there
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u/Romy_xd 15d ago
I imagine it feels like archeology and you just found a T-Rex footprint you are trying to uncover
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u/pixeldust6 15d ago
I'm sure the dentist would be exponentially more excited if they did find a T-Rex footprint under there
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u/Nautisop 14d ago
He also expects the patient to come very regularly after this because this stuff pushes your teeth flash down and it won't come back up and if its low enough, you get all kinds of issues including falling out tooth and this case is probably worst case scenario for multiple teeth :(
edit: just saw thaat this seems to be a bridge already so I guess this issue is not as relevant
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u/deephurting66 15d ago
Serious question, how the fuck does that happen??
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u/Ill-Bullfrog-5360 15d ago
Fear of the dentist but someone who makes lots of calcium in their spit. If I remember right downs peeps have this issue
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u/Agitated-Contact7686 15d ago
This is the answer I was looking for. Because everybody can forget to floss here and there, but growing a Brazil nut size piece of tartar in your mouth is noot normal
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u/eisenhorn_puritus 15d ago
Noot noot
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u/DiceAndMiceGamer111 15d ago
Brazil nuts used to be my favourite. Thanks, I guess?
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u/3163560 15d ago edited 15d ago
I've always been too poor for the dentist, went last year for the first time in ages, got a full clean etc.
Went back like a month later with brushing/flossing twice a day, did everything the dentist said to do.
She told me the build up I had that quickly was impossible and that I had "super saliva". So now I also brush at lunch times as well. She said said some people just have saliva that builds plaque easier.
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u/andrew_1515 15d ago
Worst superpower ever!
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u/varateshh 15d ago
No, it's a great superpower to have! The number one cause for dental issues in the modern world is acid damage or caries. His mouth is basic and his saliva acts as a super buffer that neutralizes acids that you find in almost every food and drink.
If he didn't have this genetic quirk it is likely that he would have had to spend thousands on crowns and dental implants. You have to go more often to the dentist to clean calculus but the trade-off is generally worth it. I have the same (though not as severe) and it has been a great boon.
Note that he said plaque, but from context it was obviously about calculus.
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u/Crepuscular_Tex 15d ago
Plaque Man... They're not the hero we need... Like ever...
My super power is hyper mucous and phlegm response... Came in handy in my twenties during the nineties... My nostrils and sense of smell made it through somehow lol
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u/Normal_Helicopter_22 15d ago
My superpower is eyelashes tangle, I'm the envy of all ladies, and at the same time I have to use eyelids cleaner solution daily otherwise a thick deposit builds up on the eyelids.
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u/Spinax22 15d ago
my superpower is being allergic to the live-saving drug!
Penicillin causes me to have a severe reaction complete with hives and insanely high fever.
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u/Traumagatchi 14d ago
Me too! I found that out on my 17th birthday when I had my wisdom teeth removed and they put me on penicillin. Spent the rest of my birthday in the ER
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u/aurortonks 15d ago
I have that problem, too. And I'm allergic to mint so regular toothpaste isn't something I can use. I just brush after every meal in addition to before & after sleeping. It's helped a lot. My dentist says it's genetics, as I also have had weak enamel my whole life. Thanks grandma (who had all her teeth pulled at 22 and used dentures for 75 years)!
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u/flyingthroughspace 15d ago
Crest makes cinnamon toothpaste. It tastes just like the gum!
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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme 15d ago
What about getting some prescription toothpaste? It’s a bit pricey, but my gosh, do my teeth feel extra clean using it. It makes me want to brush more frequently because the effect is so satisfying. And I had less buildup once I’d been using it for a while.
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u/Miktieuner 15d ago
Ive only met 2 types of people: people that easily form plaque or cavities.
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u/haydukelives83 15d ago
Can confirm, I build plaque like crazy, but have never had a cavity at 43 years old. I have to really stay on top of flossing and brushing constantly or my dentist visits are no fun
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u/Deady2X 15d ago
And high pH spit in general. The same people interestingly enough have less cavities because bacteria thrive in more acidic environments. Source: I have dentist friends and am one of those people who need a cleaning every so often and in 27 years of life, I have never had a cavity
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u/heybochicha 15d ago
Oh shit yeah this is me. Never had a cavity but I need a cleaning every six months. Haven’t smoked in years, rarely drink coffee, just produce a lot of tartar.
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u/Steerider 14d ago
I'm not sure why, but "this person has Downs" was my first impulse.
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u/Bombacladman 15d ago
I develop this, the dentists have said multiple times thats its because I have a very alcaline mouth. So I have low risk of developing caries but I develop tartar very easily. Do I need to go to the dentist every 6 months
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u/vexamarant 15d ago
Salivary glands under the tongue empty right in that area, which leads to a buildup of calculus. Those aren’t natural teeth either, looks like a continuous 8-unit bridge from premolar to premolar, which means they’re all connected and can’t be flossed like regular teeth and don’t flex, so you get a big chunk built up like that because nothing’s moving or being disrupted.
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u/zyphelion 15d ago
Wait, the teeth are actually connected? I thought they were just extra encased in calculus.
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u/vexamarant 15d ago
If you look closely, you can see that the ‘teeth’ have an unusually opaque and consistent coloration, and if you look in between, they’re all connected. The unusual coloration and opacity is because they’re made of porcelain. This is called a dental bridge. It’s a means of replacing missing teeth. Teeth on each side of the gap have the outsides ground down and are crowned. These are called abutment teeth and they serve as ‘pylons’ for the pontic (fake interconnected teeth) which serve as the ‘bridge deck’ in the bridge metaphor. If you google dental bridge diagrams, you can get a good idea of what it looks like. :)
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u/icarusrising9 15d ago
Oh no, not the dreaded build-up of calculus
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u/vexamarant 15d ago
It’s what it’s called ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/icarusrising9 15d ago
Ahahaha, I thought it was a funny typo, didn't realize that it's actually called that lol
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u/dilib 15d ago
Calculus means "pebble" in Latin, "calculate" and other related words come from abacus and other ways of using pebbles to do arithmetic.
But in this case the sense is of a literal pebble.
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u/Delicious-Hand-7111 15d ago
I had it happen after like 15 years of solid depression from bad life choices causing poverty. I wanted to go to the dentist, but eating and / or rent always took priority. Im great now, but I remember finally getting my teeth cleaned again. The sensation of feeling my tongue on the grooves of my teeth after so long was wild. I also stopped slurring after a while because my mouth actually had room for my tongue again.
Nowadays im religious about dental care.
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u/SilencioPeroRuidos 15d ago
Had this happen (not nearly as bad but still rough) one time in college. Never again.
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u/Ryuj123 15d ago
And how did it happen?
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u/SilencioPeroRuidos 15d ago
Simply not brushing my teeth/flossing for days at a time. I was in a bit of a rough state and let go of my oral hygiene; Went to the dentist after a year and a half and they had to cut a bunch of the plaque off.
With real teeth, buildup like this will slowly push your gums down so when they remove it, it is as painful as you can imagine. Couldn’t eat anything for a couple days and it hurt to drink.
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u/Ryuj123 15d ago
Oof. That sounds really rough. Thank you for sharing. I’m glad you got to the dentist and I hope things are generally better for you
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u/jda404 14d ago
Yeah I used to have an intense fear of dentists. I hated the dentist my parents took me to growing up, I always found him to be rude and hated going, wouldn't be able to sleep the night before an appointment just awful experience I had with my childhood dentist, and so when I turned 18 and could make my own choices I stupidly instead of looking for a new dentist just decided I wasn't going to go a dentist anymore.
Fast forward 8 years from then and had a tooth problem that I had no choice but to go and many of my teeth were in bad shape. Thankfully found a dentist that was kind and she made me feel comfortable/safe something I never felt with my childhood dentist. Got a full deep cleaning/debridement, fixed a bunch of cavities and now I go regularly. I'll never judge someone's teeth as I know how hard it can be to go to the dentist whether it's the fear or the cost.
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u/After_Control1744 15d ago
No.
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u/titsmcgee4real 15d ago
Is anyone else concerned that they only have tooth and not teeth? It's just one big solid tooth that's bumpy along the edges ... Not individual teeth. Is this an alien?
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u/Healthy-Tumbleweed42 15d ago
Are those already fake teeth ???
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u/Sieze5 15d ago
Yeah. This ain’t their first rodeo at the dentist.
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u/GloomyLingonberry509 15d ago
Could be their second
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u/Hullabaloobasaur 15d ago
I just spent WAY too long scrolling through this sub lmao
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u/tongfather 15d ago
Yes for me the teeth should be way more yellowed and disgusting for someone who apparently never brushes or flosses. Must be vaneers
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u/LeCouchSpud 14d ago
Craziest looking rounded off mickey mouse looking veneers I have ever seen though
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u/aheinouscrime 15d ago
I was wondering the same because how are you that bad at brushing your teeth and still have this color of enamel?
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u/MothChasingFlame 15d ago
Fun fact: Horses can't vomit.
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u/Large-Oil-4405 15d ago
One of the most shocking mad men scenes
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u/SCinDC1969 15d ago
When that chunk finally broke off, I felt a flush of relief.
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u/Stereo-soundS 15d ago
Probably hurt if anything.
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u/ShawnyMcKnight 15d ago
Yeah, I would imagine it would be a similar shock to having your coat ripped off on the middle of winter. Just suddenly being exposed to the elements and that water isn’t exactly warm.
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u/Stereo-soundS 15d ago
Not just your teeth but the gumline. Hard to imagine they hadn't fused to some degree.
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u/hogey989 14d ago
The chunk falling out, no, but it's definitely raw and needs to reheal after those teeth get separated again. If they're real teeth
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u/Cayumigaming 15d ago
Same, very satisfying. I almost wanna grow a chunk of my own just to have it removed
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u/r4zorsoft 15d ago
I cannot imagine the stench.. 🤮
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u/ShawnyMcKnight 15d ago
It’s interesting that something so pale in color could smell so bad but I hear it’s bad.
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u/ChessieChessieBayBay 15d ago
People asking “HOW does this happen?!” Dental anxiety/phobia, being poor, prioritizing other things over dental health, all the obvious answers. I had a dental procedure in my teens and as a redhead, the dentist didn’t believe me when I told them I could feel everything that they were doing. It was such a traumatic experience that I didn’t go back to the dentist for 7 years. I didn’t have nearly the issues that this person did but it wasnt good. The one and only panic attack I’ve ever had was in the dentists chair my first time back.
Redheads and the MC1R gene is an interesting google. We need about 20% more anesthetic but more sensitive to temperature variance. May be because of our lack of souls who knows…
Just saying, I feel for this person as it weighed on me and caused stress every single day for seven years but dread kept me away.
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u/kungfu_kickass 14d ago
HOLY FUCKING SHIT I didn't know this was a genetic thing!!
I am almost 40 and have been trying to tell dentists my whole life that the local isn't working, my teeth are wildly sensitive to temperature, etc. I just got done yesterday with 3 root canals and 3 crowns (lucky me, Jesus my teeth fall apart despite brushing and flossing) and I told them this ahead of time and they gave me what ended up being a antianxiolytic and I'm like brooooo you misunderstand me I am NOT anxious, I am tired of feeling every single thing you are doing in explicit detail!!
I DIDNT KNOW IT WAS A GENETIC THING WHAT
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u/Dadskander 14d ago
Yeah my wife has these gene and is maybe 120lbs soaking wet. She apparently takes the same dose from the Anesthesiologist as a 250lb man over the course of a dental procedure.
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u/ToughCookie1008 14d ago
ChessieChessieBayBay.. thank you for sharing! I just looked up the gene and it starts to make sense.. i dont have red hair but it runs on my maternal grandparents side. That makes a lot of things make a lot of sense.. TIL!
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u/bbaaammmm 15d ago
The redhead thing is no joke! My kids are redheads. When they were very little and needing general anesthesia for a procedure, a nurse warned me that they’d need more anesthesia compared to others. She also warned that some mental health meds wouldn’t work, and they’d be more likely to have adverse reactions to Benadryl (true: it spikes their energy instead of making them drowsy, and doesn’t help with allergies at all). She explained that medical professionals in our area “should” know this (apparently we have a higher than average redhead population?), but if we moved elsewhere and our kids needed anesthesia, we’d need to advocate for them to get more.
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u/FuriousFurbies 15d ago
This is true information, and more medical professionals need to understand it!
It's especially bad for female redheads with chronic pain conditions to have their pain taken seriously, let alone be medicated properly!
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u/ChessieChessieBayBay 15d ago
So true!! My sister had a biopsy the other day and she didn’t remind the doctor about the redhead thing and she said she could feel the needle three times before she said “I’m a redhead!!” And the doctor quickly adjusted and apologized after saying that she had heard that but they were so distracted getting her prepped it slipped her mind. My dentist understands me now and I trust her implicitly and so so so thankful for her
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u/secretly_opossum 15d ago
My dentist was already aware of this (he is awesome) and apparently also had experience with some redheads being MORE susceptible and needing a lot less local anesthetic than usual. I typically get the regular amount but it wears off early and I have to get a little booster.
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u/GoyoMRG 14d ago
What kind of weird ass sorcery is this?!?
Are you redheads some sort of descendants of an eldritch god/horror with multiple superpowers or Buffs?!?
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u/Busterlimes 15d ago
My uncle was my dentist growing up and I absolutely HATE the dentist because of the torture he put me through just cleaning my teeth. Guy had no care for his patients, family or not. Now that Im an adult I see hes just a massive piece of shit elitist who legitimately doesnt care about anyone. But yeah, I 100% sympathize with your trauma. I need to go, in for a checkup, its been 5-6 years but Im also good about brushing and flossing.
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u/ChessieChessieBayBay 15d ago
Total piece of shit human and I’m sure he was a dick at every family function 🙄. I have a few 10 min meet and greets with oral surgeons scheduled as I need my wisdom teeth removed and need to look them in the eye first and have the ginger talk. Dental trauma is real af
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u/GobbleGobbleChew 15d ago
Did he see Little Shop of Horrors when he was growing up and think "That's perfect!"
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u/gamemaniax 15d ago
I have something like this. One day a chunk of it just plop on table while i was doing things. Being a dumbfuck i went to the dentist to complain and blamed her for not doing a good job when she did dental filling a while ago, fucking thing plop right off i said. Turns out its just my overgrown tartar. Im so embarrased i never went to see her again switched to another dentist.
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u/Borkato 15d ago
Bro you couldn’t torture this info out of me 😭
Also where was it?! Like where in your mouth like how did it not get in the way
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u/Amateur-Dog-Walker 15d ago
Gingervitis is serious, and what's worse is you can pass it on to your kids.
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u/Agheratos 15d ago
Okay, but how much tartar sauce can you make with all that?
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u/furiant 15d ago
I honestly feel like that joke is the reason they changed the name of tartar buildup. No joke, they call it "calculus" now.
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u/rust-e-apples1 15d ago
"I got so much tartar, I don't gotta dip my fish sticks in anything!"
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u/thatG_evanP 15d ago
How do teeth get this bad without rotting first? I'm asking as a person who regularly brushes twice a day and has still had many cavities and root canals. I'm honestly a little jealous.
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u/Bombacladman 15d ago edited 14d ago
Alkaline mouths form tartar, acidic ones form caries and rot.
I have an alcaline mouth and its much better since its just about cleaning these mineral deposits, having caries involves expensive procedures
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u/Tonyclap 15d ago
Does getting a root canal hurt? I haven’t really looked it up but I have to get one in a few months so I’ve been wondering.
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u/someone_77 15d ago
During the root canal? No, not in my experience anyways. In the hours after when the numbing wears off and the nerves that were cut below the teeth start to regain feeling? Yeah....possibly the worst pain I've ever felt. It only lasted 24 hours before it started to subside however. I have only had one root canal so I can't say this is the definitive experience and the end result was much better than the pain and sensitivity I was dealing with before the procedure.
Incidentally, did you know you can safely take the max dose of Tylenol and Advil at the same time since they suppress pain in different ways?
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u/CuackDuck 15d ago
Really? Ive had 3 root canals and the sensation once the numbing wears off was more of an annoyance than actually painful
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u/Narissis 15d ago
Honestly depends how good your dentist is and whether they're patient enough to thoroughly anesthetize and give the numbing adequate time to work.
Mine is very good; I had a root canal on a giant molar and barely felt a thing.
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u/TheWalkingDead91 14d ago
I’m convinced it’s genetics tbh. I’ve seen people go through a depressive episode or rough time in their lives for a couple of months and neglected their teeth as a result and end up having serious dental issues. Meanwhile, although I never let them get nearly as bad/dirty as in this video, I neglected my teeth for almost a decade (depression) straight….starting the year after I was told I had a couple of cavities…..have yet to get those cavities filled in even years after getting better (can’t afford it yet)…and my teeth feel fine, no darkening, no sensitivity, no weakening or teeth falling out. Not saying they’re in perfect health because I realize there could still be issues I just can’t see or feel, and plan on getting in to see a dentist sooner than later, but just saying, im fairly certain most folks who treated their teeth the way I treated mine for so long would be dealing with far more urgent issues.
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u/chinky_cutie 14d ago
Don’t be jealous. This person has already lost their teeth. Looks like they might have a denture on implants.
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u/BudgetPipe267 15d ago
I bet that person’s breath smelled like someone took a shit in their mouth 🤣🤦🏻♂️
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u/burnrobe 15d ago
Do they have a phobia of toothbrushes or something? Who is even letting it get this bad? Is your tounge not attached to your brain? I have so many questions.
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