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7 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Had quite a workout this afternoon….. an hour and a half in the dentist’s chair while he was grinding away  on two of my molars for the temporary crowns.
Jaw is still numb as a politician’s brain.

Been around ten years since I finally gave up and admitted my teeth have always been pure rotten shit. I think I was at 11 or 12 crowns and looking at another two or three plus some of the old ones rotting out underneath... I went and had all 25 remaining teeth yanked in one marathon day and put 4 titanium screws implanted in top and four in the bottom (called "all on four") and next morning screwed in the newbies. That same day, I ate an apple or three for lunch along with a damn nice Ruben. Never had a second's worth of problems, never looked back, best damn dental decision ever made.

I did look like someone who'd been kicked in the face about fifty times by Tommy Nobis - but that only lasted a week or so. 

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15 hours ago, Tex Long said:

Been around ten years since I finally gave up and admitted my teeth have always been pure rotten shit. I think I was at 11 or 12 crowns and looking at another two or three plus some of the old ones rotting out underneath... I went and had all 25 remaining teeth yanked in one marathon day and put 4 titanium screws implanted in top and four in the bottom (called "all on four") and next morning screwed in the newbies. That same day, I ate an apple or three for lunch along with a damn nice Ruben. Never had a second's worth of problems, never looked back, best damn dental decision ever made.

I did look like someone who'd been kicked in the face about fifty times by Tommy Nobis - but that only lasted a week or so. 

What did that cost?  I think I'm headed the same way in 5 to 10 years.  No amount of brushing or flossing keeps my teeth from falling apart, and my dad was the same way. 

My smile is fine, but almost everything in the back is crowned, and some of those are starting to need to be replaced, and I'm just about ready to say hell with it, do it all.

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