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Posted: 6/20/2001 4:37:10 PM EDT

I just got home from having a tooth pulled and am sitting here browsing the board with a bloody guaze stuffed in my mouth. Hey, I am addicted to AR15.com, what can I say? What irks me though is that I had this tooth filled 3 months ago and it abscessed last week. I wasted some good ammo money on the filling just to lose the tooth today.

Posted: 6/20/2001 4:40:33 PM EDT

[#1]

Went through that twice in the last year. The worst part is the bloody gauze constantly makes you want to yak. Just take tomorrow off with a couple of vicodins and enjoy the day. [:)]
Hope you feel better.

Posted: 6/20/2001 5:16:11 PM EDT

[#2]

Heck, I'm bleeding like a stuck pig. It has been 2 hours and I still go out in the yard and spit out blood like I'm chewing tobacco. I am starving, but don't want to eat just yet. I haven't missed a days work in 7 years. The last tooth I had pulled, I left work and had it pulled, then returned to work and even put in OT.

Posted: 6/20/2001 6:33:38 PM EDT

[#3]

Know the feeling. Only difference was I had 31 stitches in 3 fingers and still managed to post! Missed the first N. GA AR15.com shoot though. [:(]

Posted: 6/20/2001 8:16:23 PM EDT

[#4]

Root Canal wasn't an option?

Posted: 6/20/2001 8:21:16 PM EDT

[#5]

For me: root canal $2,000. Extraction: $120 bucks. No dental insurance. I figured I had 31 others.

Posted: 6/20/2001 8:55:49 PM EDT

[#6]

Had my wisdom teeth taken out right before I got out of Active duty AF in March. That was the worse thing! Hell, I just had a bone chip come out this week.

Posted: 6/20/2001 9:52:24 PM EDT

[#7]

I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled 3 weeks ago this Friday, & holy shiite what an experience! The bottom 2 were impacted so I had a mouthful of stitches for a week. Lost 7 pounds. I feel your pain, my brother, it definitely sucketh.

Posted: 6/20/2001 10:42:52 PM EDT

[#8]

OUCH...!!!

Posted: 6/21/2001 9:17:04 AM EDT

[#9]

Just ignore absceses, the pain and swelling goes away in a couple weeks.

Posted: 6/21/2001 11:46:12 AM EDT

[#10]

Yeah, Imbroglio. That is, if the infection doesn't spread and kill you first! [;D]

I had my wisdom teeth pulled in boot camp. During marksmanship training at Edson Range, to boot! That is, the day before qualification. They gave me some Tylenol 3 with codeine, and I was still able to shoot. I haven't shot that good since, because I was sooooooooo relaxed.

I hit the bull with all my rounds at 500m, though I blew away a few on the rapid fire to bring me down to Sharpshooter. (I like the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor better than crossed rifles, anyway...)

Semper Fi!

Ken Little

Posted: 6/21/2001 11:53:23 AM EDT

[#11]

Hey, in boot camp they yanked my teeth for free.(I would have rather payed!)

Posted: 6/21/2001 12:25:43 PM EDT

[#12]

This is why you brush your teeth three or four times a day, plus FLOSS!!
Drink your milk too.
c-rock

Posted: 6/21/2001 12:37:03 PM EDT

[#13]

Dentist: Mr. M, you need a root canal.
Me: OK, boss, how much is it gonna cost?
Dentist: $1000. You got any dental insurance?
Me: No! How much for an extraction?
Dentist: $35.
Me: Pull it!
Dentist: But I can save that tooth.
Me: OK. Then you pay for it.
Dentist: I don't think so, but you really should save it.
Me: I'll make you a deal. You pull it and I'll save it on a chain. You can wear it around your neck.
Dentist: If I pull that tooth, the others will migrate.
Me: Where the hell they gonna go? Guatemala?
Dentist: You want novocaine?
Me: Is that extra?
Dentist: No, it's included.
Me: Then why the hell did you ask? I'm poor, not a masochist! How about you throw in some Nitrous for my trouble.
Dentist: Shut up and lay back.
Me: Nice pick up line. Did that work on you?
Nurse: You better shut up becasue I'm the one with the needle.
Me: Yes Ma'am.

Posted: 6/21/2001 12:45:04 PM EDT

[#14]

I guess there is a lot of white trash folks on this site. Or missing teeth is a good thing to have down south. Maybe the trailer park women go for that shit.............
[;)]
BUT I RATHER OWE 2 large or such for my TEETH!! YOU cant get anymore. Try eating a apple or such without them. Can't bite titties without them either!
c-rock

Posted: 6/21/2001 1:24:25 PM EDT

[#15]

The tooth I lost was a molar way back in there. It can't be seen even when I smile like a cheshire cat. I had the option of getting an expensive root canal (and not buying that AR-15 next weekend that I have been saving for) or a somewhat cheap extraction ($75). I would have fought like hell to save it if it was visible. I certainly don't want to look like a pumpkin. The way I look at it, the dentist filled it 3 months ago and said it would be okay. What makes him so sure that the root canal would work? I might have wasted my money on that too and be worse of financially than I am now. My wife had a root canal years ago and it went bad and had to be extracted. I think I made a wise decision.

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