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be clean shaved, smell neutral or lightly good, well aligned, white teeth, healthy gums, and smile all the time, dress very well, in a noticeably clean and chic way, have nice clean skin, manicure your hands, keep your hair well cut and combed. All of these details will have a positive impact
January 17, 2017
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this product for many years and my dentist attributes my healthy gums to this fact. Thank you. A.W. My sincere apologies to those dental professionals who have chosen to stop buying or promoting the Sulcabrush to their patients, as a result of unacceptable (for lack of a better term) marketing
May 30, 2003
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bacterial loads in relatively healthy patients -- then you are probably right, it is a scam. On the other hand, if they honestly believe that the treatment results in healthier gums for their patients and have the results to prove it, are they wrong to provide that service? Intent is something
March 19, 2014
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assume your brother is in Nashville. PM me if you want. I am just curious, there are alot of overzealous dentists in that area. Some really good ones, but also bad...Same thing happened to my aunt. 58 years old, pretty healthy gums, said she needed SRP full mouth treatment. Over $2000 total. She
February 23, 2014
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trismus and couldn't even open wide enough for a PA. I told him then he needed a comp exam and S&RP, but he's not interested. Do you have xrays? HAHAHAHA. Sandra's Xray uploading machine is broken. She has no X-rays. Ever. So Brad, I bet her husbands teeth and gums look pretty healthy now
February 05, 2016
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, which take much less time. I haven't had a patient ask me about it, and the only conversations I've overheard with the hygienists have been of the I can't believe people would do that type. I think that if DR OZ said that bathing in or eating Bat shit was a healthy thing to do, there would
April 08, 2014
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. Meditate at least two times a day It’s very important to have a clear head when you go to sleep, especially when making attempts at lucid dreaming for the first time. Meditation is something that promotes a healthy mindset all around. for everyone, as it transcends into other avenues of life
September 01, 2015
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using or offering this unproven treatment to ALL patients is the problem. There is no Doctoring going on, just profiting.Come on...we all know there are a lot of bull shit treatments out there. Stuff more for a profit center than for making people healthier and looking better. We've all had patients
March 19, 2014
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. At our initial conversation about this, I asked him, was it LANAP? It was an honest question. He said maybe... sounded familiar... but, he wasn't sure. When we (dentists) hear about laser gum treatment these days, it's usually LANAP. I'll ask you this: Are you aware of any OTHER laser gum treatment
March 18, 2014
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policy to take care of my family just in case. Sign me the hell up! $10M is a good trade for teeth. I'd probably even do it without conventional dentures. Some people tell me they eat steak just fine with their gums. I knew this comment was coming!! Hell to the yes. Physics forceps and then all
May 12, 2018
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expecting a text from somebody telling me they won't be in that day. Only old guys know what you are talking about. Well, shit. I guess I'm old, then. Does anyone know when they stopped making iron dental implants? 1 day ago 46subscribers Is it even healthy to put iron screws in your mouth
April 11, 2023
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. I remember I'd be chewing gum while walking into the gross lab. Instantly, the gum would taste like formaldehyde and dead people. I couldn't spit the gum out quick enough. I will be donating my body to science after I die. I may be a cadaver. If so, immediately after I die I will request
January 16, 2014
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. I explain to her that it will be easier to clean, tissue will be healthier, less likely to be sensitive or need endo etc... etc. This is a patient that has lost teeth because of perio. She said she might to see her periodontist for a second opinion. Fine. Go ahead. I'm sure he is all in favor
April 17, 2017
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and did not sleep well that night. The bucal gingiva seemed very swollen and you could tell the her cheek was also slightly swollen. She was pointing ant the molar and could tell that this was the tooth hurting her. She had used some gluma on the gums to calm down the pain but it caused her a burning
January 22, 2018
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I like kimchi..Agree it stays with you though Naw Brah! You just need to start activating your taste buds. chew mint gum and spray yourself w/ Axe...from top to bottom You'll feel fresh and spicy at the same time. I tasted both. They taste the same. Sir, that is quite interesting. I wonder how
January 23, 2024
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and quantity used then give some more time... To the patient that we saw for a new patient exam last January and recommended getting on the schedule for a cleaning, who just called at 4PM the day before we leave for Christmas, complaining of gum pain she has been experiencing since AUGUST, begging to come in because her gums hurt so bad she can't sleep. We will see you next Monday when we return to the office, or better yet, Call Someone Else!
December 23, 2025
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today who was referred to us by a local periodontist. She hasn't been back to see him for over a year, and obviously doesn't clean under her mandibular anterior bridge. Chief complaint - her gums are sore. What a shock! Loads of calculus on the tissue side of the pontics, and the tissue looks
July 23, 2008
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This... This is what happens when you are nice and give people the benefit of the doubt. Some days I swear I just want to bang my head against a wall. Middle age couple wants second opinion as they are concerned about their gums. They have been seeing the same dentist for umpteen years
July 31, 2017
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My yearly health premium will increase to $35,785.44 in 2024 for a family of FIVE. Thankfully, we are ALL healthy. The plan is Blue Shield Silver PPO with a family Yearly deductible of $10,800. Is there a better way?...... This is just wealth distribution. Is that deductible per person? Because
December 10, 2023
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and/or photos. Makes no sense. I don't know if this really fits, but certainly bizarre. Guy comes in, he's very long winded. The first visit he was here for a limited and it took us 3 hours to get him out of the office. CC today, gums bleed when brushing. We look and food is completely packed in all
May 23, 2025
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it to your table ???? !!!!!!!! you are just awesome Some parents are so stupid. Family of 3 kids. The 12 year old brags that he has had 11 cavities. The 10 year old is ok (now) but right after finishing pulls out a huge wad of bubble gum from what looks like a pouch of chewing tobacco
March 31, 2016
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if the rest of the car is pristine. I also tell 'em to clean every tooth at the gum line, and everything else will get cleaned too. But, probably none of that would work on this angel of a child. WW I just had one I wanted to punch. 58 yo man comes in complaining of a toothache on the LL. #20 is broken
September 24, 2013
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. But, it could have been a 1st recall visit. MikeLook at it this way, at least he wasn't told he needed full upper/lower dentures to prevent gum disease. LOL I swear I heard a D Bag tell a pt madam you need all of your teeth extracted and get dentures to prevent gum disease. That was the day I knew I
February 26, 2014
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months later. Oh and my front tooth is doing so much better. Not loose and gums not puffy anymore. I think it's because i switched toothpastes. Smack self in face. I told her i'd like to take some credit for that since we did do a deep cleaning to fix the gum problems on that tooth. Patient
January 06, 2014
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. I explained that I didn't agree withhis logicand that they was no diagnostic reasoning for such treatment. I asked the endodontist why he would do RCT's on healthy teeth and he told me that the patient wanted it. UGH! Patient moves onto some other dentist out of the area. Fast forward
August 24, 2016
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at least for the exam....and still has to wait for the only treatment he needs right now. Yeah...I can bill a prophy...but it sure ain't no prophy. So, the new Delta mantra is, If you are healthy we will pay, if you aren't healthy, one must remain unhealthy for at least 6 months. Cheers! PS, maybe
May 15, 2014
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out about things from before I ever got into the operatory. Here are some quotes: Pt: Is this going to cut my gums? My husbands gums were bleeding and hurt really bad after his cleaning because you cut them. Me: No, but your gums are very irritated and inflamed from all the bacteria and tartar
September 11, 2015
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just don't want to hear it. Guy in for yet another consult, severe perio, up to 8mm pockets. Wants me to just do the fillings and crowns, doc. Him: I didn't have gum problems before! Me: you've never been 57 years old before. His wife stiff the periodontist with so many no shows that they kicked
September 13, 2013
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something year old son still leaving at home. Thats messed up. I'm in the middle of something similar. His complaint about the top denture is 1. Can't chew with it (he has no mandibular posterior teeth....) 2. is the funny part, he is upset because the teeth don't come out of my gums
May 21, 2020
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was ridiculous!! I used a carp of Lido. She didn't need THAT for some damn exfoliating teeth. Several times I checked to see if she was numb with my explorer and she didn't know I was even pressing in on her gums. I used the back of my mirror and pushed in once and she said Oooooh it hurts so bad
July 15, 2015
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for disability. And this is all while I'm still healthy and with no health problems. It's outrageous. I am shocked. Shocked that I am paying significantly more. $4k/mo just for medical for a family of 4. It also goes up every year. It is a gold plan. Disability and life $2k/mo (there is some whole life
March 26, 2025
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. She teaches people how to balance their bodies to stay healthy. She is not into conventional medicine anymore... She tried to sell me some form of holistic BS. And yet, here she is falling apart at the age of 70. She is going to regret this in a few more years. I cannot understand how people do
June 13, 2018
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David, I work on X-ray gear most every day. My wife quit complaining about the glow years ago. She just got one of those eye masks for sleeping. It does keep the dog awake tho.... It's just a nice healthy glow. It's green of course, soothing color.I was hoping xrays would make me into the hulk
June 11, 2018
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loss, radiographic subg calculus, and deep pocketing. I recommend SRP prior beginning cancer tx, RN called me and said they recommend holding off on SRP until after cancer tx this was my convo with her: Me: Hi, yes I saw the patient today. He has severe gum disease and should get it treated prior
January 09, 2025
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. Each time I tell her she needs to go back to the endodontist for a followup, she never goes. She comes in today. Her gums are hurting right between 30 and 31. She says that she wants me to take the crown off 31 and replace it for free. I look, and 30 doesn't look right. There is a crown
January 30, 2014
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don't go giving away my secrets, Toof. Pretty soon, all of the city boys will make all this pretty country into the suburbs. Which town, Toof? So this 50 year old woman comes in for a checkup for gum disease. seen at another dentist who prescribed her metronidazole for when her gums hurt Exam
September 17, 2013
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and become loose immediately so they will not work if they don't stay glued on your teeth. As I am recommending a removable spring aligner to wear at night when the gums are healed, the whole thing feels like de ja vu. Oh that's right, you were here last week with braces on your lower teeth from
April 03, 2012
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never had a cavity in my life and my teeth were perfect, with zero cavities. It's worth getting a second opinion! Do not let them drill into perfectly healthy teeth. Maybe there was a second opinion, maybe there wasn't. If there was one I can only hope that it was either a blind dentist or one
March 17, 2015
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-- change it! Patients that drive me batty! Patients that ruin my day! Patients that I hate! Whatever!! But I think that it is fine, and HEALTHY to have a place to let it out. It keeps us sane.I was just excited to read 40 funny posts of stories that bring me down to earth and remind me I'm
January 04, 2012
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to numb the teeth and gums; Restore decayed primary (deciduous) and permanent teeth with standard filling materials; Protect the vitality of teeth from extensive decay by pulp capping primary and permanent teeth; Remove the pulp from primary teeth to treat tooth infections or fractures; Extract
February 25, 2017
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me she wanted 2 things out of her new dentures: white teeth and chew gum. Her face looked like a leather bag and she wore flannel shirts so I'm not sure why she cared about white teeth. I told her I can do white teeth but I'll NEVER promise gum. Every week she'd talk about wanting to chew gum
March 14, 2014
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it back to her: To Whom It May Concern: Mr. X has been treated for melanoma. Sun exposure should be limited for everyone. Common methods to minimize sun exposure include sunscreen and wearing a hat and long sleeves. Sincerely, Dr. ToofBravo. Just....excellent. Emergency exam today: CC: my gums
September 25, 2017
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But that is not the same thing, they ate the $100 bag of food, and probably enjoyed it. They ate with the crown, but they did not enjoy that crown. So they should not have to pay for it. David Patient: I don't have gum disease. Me: Your receded gums disagree. Yeah, and I bet the $100 bag
September 09, 2013
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incisor. There was nothing but a residual root and the gingiva had closed over it, leaving an opening the size of the post. Can't you just glue it back in? No. There's no tooth left to hold it. It's decayed down beneath the gums, to the bone. The tooth is unrestorable. Your options are _______
August 11, 2017
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leave for one of our RDHs. She was strange AF. Told people not to bother flossing, would nit pick the healthiness of people's lunches, and just be overall unagreeable. One day, she was very sad and sullen looking. I asked her if she was ok or if a patient said something to her. Nope...her cat died
April 15, 2021
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rematch. Dammit. :-( Packers are my number 2 team after the Chiefs though, so I hope they destroy the Pats or the Steelers after the Falcons. Packers fans will love this quick little video. Watch with the sound on, or there's not point. :-) your wisdom tooth has barely made it out of your gums
January 18, 2017
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of the imagination. My practice has a healthy amount of competition. I don't need to compete with my dental school. I've referred indigent patients there, but it's not exactly convenient to get care there. Also, it's not all that cheap. I think they take Medicaid, though. I don't like the marketing of Affordable
November 04, 2016
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to murder him by pumping a fatal dose of fluoride into his gums during a routine filling in 2009. This case isn’t Dix’s first brush with the law. He served nearly two years in jail for threatening to kill Ted Turner after CNN lampooned his “Floss Ring” invention. &ldquo
November 13, 2014
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you had this practice? Surely there's SOME way, some verbal skill that would convince a high enough minority of their perio needs that they'd stay and let you do the treatment. Incredible. That's EXACTLY what i did. You know the old guy's been watching this i think we may have a gum issue on our
March 26, 2014
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mildly easier when one of them is on vacation so they can't set each other off as much, but it still comes up most days. Ugh. Any tips on how to shut people down when they won't leave a topic alone? I've tried telling them they look great, telling them it's not healthy to be negative and focus
August 04, 2014
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