For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for August 25, 2012

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    Thunderdog2  over 12 years ago

    Unfortunately, dentists are as popular as a toothache. At least the dentist can help get rid of the other. Time to brush my teeth, then ‘rinse and spit.’

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    Nebulous Premium Member over 12 years ago

    What’s really fun is when you’re the patient and the compressor for all that pneumatic equipment, drills and such, packs up while in the middle of a root canal.And you get to take a trip to a different office across town to get the procedure finished before the novocaine wears off.

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    Luxurylife  over 12 years ago

    yeah its not going to be fun in 3 days sigh, I get to have two teeth removed and then bone grafts, 2 months after that implants. argh thank you mountain dew lol but you can’t blame soda for being there, :D only personal hygeine mine sucked during the teens sigh

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    Train 1911  over 12 years ago

    and that cost $500.00

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    flagfly  over 12 years ago

    Many years ago I read that the suicide rate was highest among dentists.

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    hippogriff  over 12 years ago

    But I still want to know how Rod got all that stuff into a Cessna! (He had a minor celebrity as a flying dentist.)

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    JanLC  over 12 years ago

    I pay $139.70 per month for dental insurance, and that is worth $1500 to me plus $1500 to my husband every year. If we see the dentist every six months as recommended, then it is a worthwhile investment. If not, then you are correct. It is worthless.

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    piloti  over 12 years ago

    The dentist cancelled the appointments due to equipment problems, not the patient. What do you propose? That the dentist not charge for the re-scheduled Appointment?

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 12 years ago

    …yes.

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    Sojourner  over 12 years ago

    I’ll take going to a professionally schooled and trained dentist any time in this day and age versus back in the olden days (1800’s) when barbers, wigmakers, and blacksmiths tried their hand at dentistry. There were no dental instruments as we know them, no procedures like root canals that saved your tooth. “Bad” teeth were extracted, usually ripping out bone and gum with it; an inexperienced and/or untrained “dentist” could also break your jaw during an extraction! Being on Medicare (via SSDI) means only the basics are covered when it comes to dental, and they no longer cover dentures at all. I had to pay 100% out of pocket for work I had done last year at Tufts University Dental School’s clinic to get some expensive dental work done. I had a number of necessary procedures done before they performed the complicated root canal and tooth restoration, which cost me the same as if I’d had only the root canal done locally (had to drive to Boston multiple times and sit in the chair about 3 hours each time). It was worth it.

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    iced tea  over 12 years ago

    A dentist’s work is never done. They have to start at the roots.

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    kab2rb  over 12 years ago

    Sad part a dentist long since retired, he did not give it up until 80-years of age, the equipment he used was very old and outdated. When he hired dental assistants I would hear they trained on older equipment.

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