I've just had the best ever experience at the dentist.
Just a check up & clean, but why didn't anybody ever tell me before about this anaesthetic gel they put on your teeth& gums before a clean?
The hygienist tells me it's been around for ten years or more. I've always had awful pain in that process but this was beautiful.

And are the dentists getting younger or am I getting older? Fair dinkum, she looked about 18 and gorgeous with it.

I hate the descale and clean.

It is the worst part of visiting the dentist, imo.

I'll have to ask about the anesthetic gel next time i go!



My regular dentist retired recently, and yes, the new guy is/seems very young,    ....but he seems very competent.

But so 'babyfaced'.    

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 11:51am:


Yadda's dentist also serves as his proctologist and phrenologist.

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 11:51am:






greggery,

Years ago, i visited Yemen.    [...true]

And i think i remember that guy, in Aden.


He was a stone mason by day.

Dentistry must have been his night job.

Yadda wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 2:02pm:


"night job"?

They sound like very busy, hard working people.

When do they get time to make bombs?

Gordon wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 2:10pm:


Well, dentists rarely do the cleaning.

She would have been a dental hygienist.

They do three years training.

So, she might have been twenty.

Way too old for Mr Trump.

I havent got any teeth.

thehermit wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 2:52pm:


Expect a PM from Sir Booby soon.

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 4:08pm:


Oh yeah, that was with a whitening, and a rub'n'tug.

Gordon wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 2:21pm:


Gordon and its ilk are blatant hypocrites seeking cut price dental services overseas while complaining that free trade agreements are costing Australian jobs.

Put your mouth where your money is Gordon.

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 6:37pm:


Only joking about the rub. The top Thai dentists and hospitals are simply amazing. I spent a night in the best hospital in Bangkok for a severe bout of food poisoning.....5 star.

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 6:45pm:


Same offer... Show me one single post where I've ever complained about FTA.
Wanna put a $1000 Cancer Council donation on it?

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 6:50pm:


I'd laugh it was from anyone other than the blue turd.

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 4:08pm:


I'd never pay a cent to a private health fund in Australia. The value just isn't there. I'm perfectly happy with the public system.

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 7:00pm:


Yup that's all.  In Sydney all health insurance gets you is a nice room.

Gordon wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 6:49pm:


I don't save your posts. They're mostly bloodlusting and mentally toxic.

I think I have had about 4 to 6 teeth removed from the back of my mouth since I first attended a dentist in a long time -- since primary school. In 2014, I had dental surgery at the hospital to remove the last 3 molars. Two molars previously had fillings that had fallen out over the years due to tooth decay. Basically, my teeth were in desperate need of dental work. And I had to wait until 2010 before anyone could see me after a lengthy waiting list.

Unfortunately, the last trip to dental surgery was a few days before my new driver's licence photo was needing to be updated. I was scheduled to go in and get my 3 molars extracted a month beforehand. But, due to someone having a reaction/near death at the hospital, my surgery was rescheduled to a month later. I had trouble sleeping the night before and only managed a few hours sleep. Post surgery, they pumped me with some kind of wake up drug. But that was not enough to keep me awake for long. I was asleep again in the recovery room for the next hour.

My main problem was that my teeth were crowded up front. But I had waited 20 years too long to do any real good for the uncrowding process. Did not help my driver's licence photo either. I actually prefer the old one.

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 21^st, 2016 at 7:04pm:


Very astute Greg. I suspect you're not that old, but come the day when you need a hip or knee replacement or a pacemaker or some such service, you won't be waiting for 18 months to get it. And you'll be in the hands of the very best surgeons.

bogarde73 wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2016 at 9:52am:


Indeed.

Check out these fees: http://www.stjohnambulance.com.au/ambulance-and-health-services/metro-ambulance-...

All covered under my health insurance.

The free dental checkups, glasses, and bonus comes to about $800 per year (no charge to me).

I'm happy with my cover.