Scheduled Maintenance

[bjarvis]

I had two fillings in my upper left jaw replaced this afternoon. The anaesthetic has long since worn off and while my teeth don't hurt per se, my cheek & jaw ache from the repeated stretching, pushing & prodding. Ow.

The replaced fillings weren't causing me any problems. My dentist decided from recent x-rays and based on the age of the fillings (20+ years) that they should be replaced. Since when do dental fillings have a best-before date?

I'm wondering if my dear dentist simply had a boat payment coming up soon...

Ow.

Comments

[oolongindc.livejournal.com]

Yes, they have an expiration date. THose things aren't *permanent*. Every 20 or so years they have to either be replaced or risk cracking one and then replacing it.

[urbear]

Poor baby. The boat payment idea isn't too far-fetched. When I moved to Boston the first dentist I tried (a big ol' faggot with a high-end practice) told me that all my fillings needed to be replaced. What he didn't know is that my mom worked as a dental assistant for 30 years. She knows teeth. There was nothing wrong with my fillings aside from the phantom dollar signs visible only to the dentist.

I switched dentists forthwith. The current guy replaced ONE filling in the last ten years.

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

my cheek & jaw ache from the repeated stretching

that's the first time I've heard YOU complain about having your jaw stretched too much.

(and where would be the fun in a blowjob if you've got a mouth also full of novocaine?)

[bearfuz.livejournal.com]

Most of the fillings that I had done as a kid have fallen out within the last ten to fifteen years, since they were never meant to last more than 20 years anyway. Or something like that. It's a bitch, but one by one I am having to replace them with crowns. Good thing you replaced yours before they fell out, helped by (say) a corn nut or something else crunchy -- when they do, they often take a piece of the tooth with them, which forces the need for repair work. I'm still waiting for the funds to get some of my needed dental repair.