Pins And Pliers In DIY Dentistry  

Reading all that makes me want to faint. I can only imagine these poor souls can't afford to pay the monstrous dentistry costs.

The most I have ever done is to use oil of cloves on a cotton wool ball.

I had a dentist in England who became very nasty indeed just because I kept pushing him away when he tried to look in my mouth. A most unreasonable fellow!

Then in Australia I had a mean grumbling little man who liked to hurt people. When he left I had a marvellously kind and clever American dentist who was the first one I was not scared of. Unfortunately he retired, but I now have a very nice Australian/Irish one whom I trust completely.

No no no!!! I would never never attempt to perform my own dentistry! Unthinkable!

Hi there scorpio19

Ooooh this makes me squirm reading this!! I can't imagine the damage you could incurr by doing such a thing. I had a boyfriend who claimed he took his own tooth out using pliers. I can't remember if he said why he didn't go to the dentist but said that he had cronic tooth ache so sorted the problem out himself. Ugh, I could never do that and would never attempt to carry out such things on anybody else! I guess I am lucky that I don't have a fear of the dentist, I'm saying that visiting the dentist is one of my favourite pastimes but I just don't have a problem with it!

Hi scorpio,


Gosh!! that sounds more painful then the dentist itself, I don't mind the dentist, its not that bad once you are sitting in that chair, but I think the worst part is sitting in the waiting room looking ate patients looking pertrified. Love and hugs.


Tamara
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I think sometimes it has to do with a fear of dentist and pain, and the inability to pay the dental bill.

I remember when my sister and I were kids and a baby tooth was loose, we use to try the string and doorknob thing. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't.
We wanted to tooth out right then so that we could get our quarter from the tooth fairy that night. LOLOLOL

I pulled a couple of my own teeth when they were so loose they were about to fall out on their own, and all it took was a wiggled or two or three with my fingers for them to just pop out. I never used pliers or anything like that, and I remember a time or two I stuffed cotton into holes in teeth where a filling had fallen out, just so that I could get to the dentist without pain in the tooth.

We do strange things sometimes, to save money. LOL

I hate hate hate the dentist. I would never do any of that at home though. Knowing my luck I would make the situation worse.

I don't like the dentist very much but I would still go if I had health insurance, which I can't get right now. I think some people do the home stuff because they don't have insurance and can't afford to go to the dentist.

Sadly, Scorpio, an old lad in our area DID try the pliers jobbie a few years ago after he'd been on the dental waiting list for so long and was in terrible pain. It's absolutely dreadful nobody would help him - he actually recorded himself pulling the tooth out, whilst sobbing and howling - and it was played on the radio (over and over) - in order to shame the government into taking some action. The waiting list in this country is sometimes up to TWO YEARS for people who can't afford to pay up front and have to go to the clinic - criminally unfair. Our family has health cover for dental treatment, but even so, it only pays about half, so we are still left with substantial bills whenever we have something done. I'd LOVE to have the nerve to do my own dentistry ... but seeing as I'm even crap with a sewing machine, I'd probably knock my own head off or break my jaw or something.

I haven't done my own dentistry but I have a cousin who did. She was in a car accident and had a couple of front teeth knocked out. I can't remember why but there was a reason she had to wait to get implants. In the meantime she didn't want to go without teeth so she made her own dentures. They were so good and natural looking that her dentist was extremely impressed and encourage her to go into the career field to make dentures for others.

She however wasn't that impressed with herself. When anyone complimented her work she just said "yeah, I'm creative as hell."

When we first came here we couldn't get an NHS dentist so we did scrape our teeth in lieu of the hygienist. But DIY proper dentistry. Not thanks. There's always somewhere that will take you as an emergency. I've popped non-mouth ulcers/blisters before though. Yuk. What a thought. LOL.