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JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Wrangler-Rick said:
We moved so I have a new Dentist and she is replacing all of my old worn out amalgam fillings. She said she will use fillings where she can, but I‘m going to end up with some crowns out of the deal. But, compared to you, I think I’ll be only minor royalty. ;)
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So, I know the old amalgams turned out to be very bad for us, but the white composites are garbage by comparison. They don’t last nearly as long; and every time they need replacing, you lose more of the natural tooth structure, thus weakening the overall integrity of the tooth.

You’re cowboy royalty. That’s not minor.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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JenniferS said:
I think Google (not me!) just called you old.

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Damn you Google that is a freaking lie. They were Caps and they changed to Crown because the dental groups found it easier to sell up calling it a crown instead of a cap. I don't call them caps anymore, because the name changed, however that doesn't stop me from knowing why they changed it. They didn't continue to call it a cap because that was to low a class name and crown made it sound almost royal. At the time it was changed only blue collar workers wore Caps. Socially it sounded a lot better calling it a crown AND they could charge more for it. A win for everyone except the consumer and poor people that could no longer afford what was once a reasonably priced cap. Socially it also made it easier to tell the difference between the well off and the lower class. The lower class were the ones with no teeth.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Goofyernmost said:
Damn you Google that is a freaking lie. They were Caps and they changed to Crown because the dental groups found it easier to sell up calling it a crown instead of a cap. I don't call them caps anymore, because the name changed, however that doesn't stop me from knowing why they changed it. They didn't continue to call it a cap because that was to low a class name and crown made it sound almost royal. At the time it was changed only blue collar workers wore Caps. Socially it sounded a lot better calling it a crown AND they could charge more for it. A win for everyone except the consumer and poor people that could no longer afford what was once a reasonably priced cap. Socially it also made it easier to tell the difference between the well off and the lower class. The lower class were the ones with no teeth.
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I’m sort of old too, I guess. I always assumed caps were for front teeth, and crowns were for molars and bicuspids.

I had my first molar crowned in 1990, and it was called a crown then, so it’s not recent nomenclature.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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My history with dentists has not been the best. As a teen my mother decided what Dentist we were going to go to. She had only one requisite for her Dentist. He had to have nice wavy hair. So we went to him. He had later stage Parkinson and his hands shook like crazy he also had a talent for hiring Dental Hygienists that had to have worked in a Nazi prison camp. I never bled so much as when I had my teeth cleaned. Then the military and the two fillings that even I knew I didn't need, but they didn't give many people a choice. It was so bad that it was a number of years before I went to a dentist again. When I did go to one in Vermont the first thing the Dentist said to me was "you're not from around here are you". When I asked what he meant the reply was, "local people have terrible teeth and you are from someplace that had fluoride in the water aren't you?" I had to admit I did. The state (NY) I grew up in from birth to 15 years old, did indeed have fluoride.

After that until recently I had some pretty good Dentists, but a couple years ago something happened at my long time dentist that upset me to the core. That morning was the first time it was acknowledged that I was having serious problems with my spine I had a morning appointment with my Primary Care person where they took 14 viles of blood to try and see what my problem was. I had a Dentist appointment on the same day but later in the day. When I got there my BP was sky high and I was feeling awful. The BP wouldn't come down so they couldn't do the actual cleaning (which is why I went) but did find that they could have my Dentist come in and look over my mouth. She decided that I had two loose fillings and even though they weren't going to do it that day, she ran a quote for me to tell me how much it was going to cost. All most $600 dollars. It wasn't that I didn't believe her but I was sick as a dog and they weren't able to do anything except present me with a future bill. I considered it thoughtless procedure or what was called awful bedside manner for medical things. To make matters worse they charged me for the full process even though they only did the easy half and when I went back to get the cleaning done they charged me for that half again.

I had moved about 20 miles away from the practice before that happened but it made me make the move to a more local one for me. In my initial appointment with the new one, I didn't say anything about the filling problem and they poked and explored my mouth for what seemed like hours and not a single word was mentioned about the fillings. The next appointment, 6 months later, I specifically asked if the fillings were all in good shape and they explored a little more and said... everything is fine. What happened I don't know. I just know that the other Dentist picked the worse day of my life, health wise, to try and sell me a procedure that now a year and a half later is still not a problem. I realize that this had nothing at all to do with the very serious situation of Cap vs. Crown.

Rant over!
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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JenniferS said:
I’m sort of old too, I guess. I always assumed caps were for front teeth, and crowns were for molars and bicuspids.

I had my first molar crowned in 1990, and it was called a crown then, so it’s not recent nomenclature.
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I guess we can call that the age of Dental advancement that put many a Dentists child through college.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

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So here is the reason I spend so much money and grief saving my teeth ….

My mom was raised in post-WW II England where fresh fruits and veg, meat, and milk were very hard to come by, as food rationing continued into the mid-1950’s.

By the time she came to Canada, she’d already lost a lot of her primary teeth and the permanent ones were not strong and healthy. In her late teens, she needed 6 pulled and the custom then was to yank them ALL out and get dentures.

My mom had dentures my whole life. I didn’t want that for myself, so I have done everything I can to preserve my teeth. Aside from having my wisdom teeth removed in 1990, I’ve never had a permanent tooth pulled. Yet.
 
Tiggerish

Tiggerish

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JenniferS said:
So here is the reason I spend so much money and grief saving my teeth ….

My mom was raised in post-WW II England where fresh fruits and veg, meat, and milk were very hard to come by, as food rationing continued into the mid-1950’s.

By the time she came to Canada, she’d already lost a lot of her primary teeth and the permanent ones were not strong and healthy. In her late teens, she needed 6 pulled and the custom then was to yank them ALL out and get dentures.

My mom had dentures my whole life. I didn’t want that for myself, so I have done everything I can to preserve my teeth. Aside from having my wisdom teeth removed in 1990, I’ve never had a permanent tooth pulled. Yet.
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My parents both grew up in rural.Ireland, and had similar experiences. I seem to recall from.my very early years that my dad had like three of his own teeth and a variety of bridges, or maybe that was my mom. Anyway, by the time I was ten I know they both had full sets of dentures.

I had a great dentist in my late 20s-early 30s. His office was next door to the house where we rented our apartment. I remember telling him that I inherited bad teeth, and he told.me quite forcefully that there was no such thing as inheriting bad teeth, it was all down to your own dental hygiene.

I've had two.wisdom teeth removed, and back in my early teens I needed braces to.correct my underbite, and I remember having to get at least two teeth pulled to allow.the braces.to.do their (very painful) work, because (and y'all are going to have a hard time believing this) they said there wasn't enough room.in my small.mouth.
 
Tiggerish

Tiggerish

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SteveBrickNJ said:
MLB Playoffs and October go hand and hand. Yet my upcoming work week in Brick NJ has temperatures that are more typical of early September....View attachment 746148
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You say that like it’s a bad thing…😉

The forecast you posted takes me right up to the day I leave for Ireland, where the forecast is a bit cooler. And, unsurprisingly, wetter. 🙁

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SteveBrickNJ

SteveBrickNJ

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Tiggerish said:
You say that like it’s a bad thing…😉

The forecast you posted takes me right up to the day I leave for Ireland, where the forecast is a bit cooler. And, unsurprisingly, wetter. 🙁

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Unsurprisingly wetter but disappointing never the less. The positive aspect for you is that you are not going to Ireland as a tourist. You will still be glad you are there...even if it often rains. True?🤔
 

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