Watch out for dentists...........

No no this is not a rant about what was on TV the other day .. it's what happened to me this week !

Thursday - got a molar taken out at CU school of dentistry
Friday- was tired .. bit more then normal for a tooth pull ( I've had a couple pulled )
Saturday- still pretty tired and was starting to have a sore hard to open jaw..... figured it was just delayed swelling...
Sunday- got real bad could hardly open jaw.. major swelling..
Monday ( 2am) in to the ER I go was starting to have a hard time breathing swollen up like a beach ball on the left side of my face( same side I got the tooth pulled on)
I was at 50%+ obstructed airway at one point... Blood Oxygen saturation was down to 70% at one point too so into the ICU I went major doses of antibiotics and steroids to get me back to normal!

was there till tuesday evening.. then off to a normal room and they just kicked me lose an hour ago


Moral of the story?

make sure you get and take antibiotics when you get a tooth pulled!!!! ( I was offered none and never had before so I thought nothing of it.. I will next time tell ya that!)

How was your week ? [Beer]

You should have used Orbitz.. dirty mouthed bastard.

Nice to see you survived.

You got your tooth pulled at a school, where they are learning, and you are surprised they screwed up?

My mouth has been bleeding from the spot of a cavity fill three months ago...

Glad to hear you are ok tho!

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Originally Posted by Monky

You should have used Orbitz.. dirty mouthed bastard.

Nice to see you survived.

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HA!

Yeah it was a bit scetchy for a moment... when they start asking you about living wills and DNR stuff.. it kinda freaks ya out.

I effing hate dentists!!!! It's my spider phobia...

Going thru the crown process right now. Love the nitrous! That's why I go!!!!!!!

Don't like peeps touching me.!

THem " screwing up" is up for debate.. just to be fair ...

I've had teeth pulled before and was not told to take anti-biotics then so I didn't sweat it this time around

But if I ever get one pulled again .. I'll DEMAND them!

I Also have to say .. we have some great members on here...

Iw as supposed to pick up a gun monday .. well hard to do when your in the ICU... guy has been nice enough to hold onto it for me.

I'll be sure to blow up his feedback post with praise when we complete the deal!!!

Angie's list? j/k. I'm thankful for my dental coverage, even if they did fuck up a filling last year.

Maybe Astrazenica could help. Glad to see u didn't die...

Congrats on not dying. I had the same thing happen when I got all four of my wisdom teeth out in the Navy. I was all messed up on pain pills and I knew something wasn't right as I sat there eating my pudding and banana pieces. Then bam I just passed out and woke up the next day in the ER. I guess I sat there with my face in the pudding for a good hour or so before someone realized that there was something wrong.

The mouth is filled with a garbage pail of bacteria, and not only does an antibiotic-less operation risk infection in the op site, but it's fairly common to elevate the risk of heart attack, cardiac bacterial infections, and even stroke. I'm a healthcare professional, and I've seen it countless times. It's the equivalent to operating on somebody's gut without using sterility. Fucking stupid... dentists should be required by law to prescribe prophylactic antibiotics. The good ones do.

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Originally Posted by Dingo

The good ones do.

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^This. Hope all is well now with the OP! I hate dental stuff...

This. People need to educate themselves otherwise you get a nasty infection and end up in a body bag. Open wound = risk.

I had a root canal done when I was much younger and had it re-crowned a couple years ago. Well the root cal wasn't done properly and it to infected a couple weeks ago. I had it extracted and now am looking towards an awesome $3000 implant. The repercussions of no implant is not an option for me. PS glad you didn't die.

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Originally Posted by Danimal

Congrats on not dying. I had the same thing happen when I got all four of my wisdom teeth out in the Navy. I was all messed up on pain pills and I knew something wasn't right as I sat there eating my pudding and banana pieces. Then bam I just passed out and woke up the next day in the ER. I guess I sat there with my face in the pudding for a good hour or so before someone realized that there was something wrong.

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That's what freaked me out...

I was fine more or less then BLAM ..not so fine.. I live alone and no one expected me anywhere till this evening... it coulda been real bad if I had not caught on when I did ..

And the Do Not Resuscitate talk with the ER doc freaked me the fuck out...

I've had guns pulled on me.. bullets fly past me .. knifes fists kicks thrown at me .. had 6 on 1 fights ( with me being the one) had super close calls on my motorcycles... all that shit just made me mad ...

that DNR talk freaked me out!!!!!!!!!!

My last experience with a dentist was less then fun. Of course what he did was pull what looks to be a hippo tooth from my mouth. The pain later that day was the worst I have ever experienced I actually had to change my 1-10 scale. Worst pain of my life. I now need an implant but I am emotionally scarred from my extraction.


And it happened on my birthday. Fun fun fun.

Thanks for the nightmares. Glad you made it out okay.

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Originally Posted by hghclsswhitetrsh

I had a root canal done when I was much younger and had it re-crowned a couple years ago. Well the root cal wasn't done properly and it to infected a couple weeks ago. I had it extracted and now am looking towards an awesome $3000 implant. The repercussions of no implant is not an option for me. PS glad you didn't die.

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You don't have enough "Man Prettyness" to justify 3k on an implant, besides what do you think chicklets are for [Tooth]

On a serous note I hate the Dentist (not mine just the thought). I hate gas and just rather be shot up locally and then be done with it. I have an excellent dentist on 120th & Colorado Blvd. Great guy and willing to work with anyone with or without insurance. If anyone needs the number just pm me.

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Originally Posted by Mazin

You don't have enough "Man Prettyness" to justify 3k on an implant, besides what do you think chicklets are for [Tooth]

On a serous note I hate the Dentist (not mine just the thought). I hate gas and just rather be shot up locally and then be done with it. I have an excellent dentist on 120th & Colorado Blvd. Great guy and willing to work with anyone with or without insurance. If anyone needs the number just pm me.

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Haha good point. Think of all the cool shit I could buy with 3k...

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Originally Posted by Tinelement

I effing hate dentists!!!! It's my spider phobia...

Going thru the crown process right now. Love the nitrous! That's why I go!!!!!!!

Don't like peeps touching me.!

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I got 3 crowns about 2 months ago. Did all three at once. Sucked at the time, but so worth it now.

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Originally Posted by clublights

No no this is not a rant about what was on TV the other day .. it's what happened to me this week !

Thursday - got a molar taken out at CU school of dentistry...

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Say no more.

If you need to get a molar pulled, it's best if you can get an oral surgeon to do it instead of general dentist whenever possible.

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Originally Posted by meatman

If you need to get a molar pulled, it's best if you can get an oral surgeon to do it instead of general dentist whenever possible.

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For anything more than basic cavity filling and such it's best to see a specialist for ANYTHING tooth related. It may cost a little bit more but the % of complications plummets as compared to using a general dentist for root canals, oral surgeries and extractions.