RantMachine Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Having been told many times about how much it costs: No. Instead look at it this way: if I look after my teeth, I can buy a brand new H2R with the money I save by not getting a full gob of implants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikerMooFromMars Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Great thread, Moo I nearly chucked ! Whats your advice for old gits who want to keep their teef ? I always listerine every time I get up for a pee during sleeps I've recently had root canal, bugger Gimme a specific question . Do you have any dental problems? Most people have a root canal at some stage in their life - it's not the end of the world and they don't all fail, just be aware they don't always last forever. For anyone else, if you ever need a root canal I recommend having it done by a specialist endodontist as they have less chance of failure. For a molar with 3 or 4 roots costs approx £6-900...but again if you weigh up the costs of an implant (approx £2k) it's worth it long term, that tooth will usually survive, they wouldn't bother with a tooth that is too damaged. Though it's not like the NHS ones are crap, just have much less specialist equipment and much less time to do them. No epic microscopes and special filling materials etc...the measurements are taken on an xray rather than looking in the canal, and that is how they measure how far to put the files down (so they don't puncture the apex), and small grooved files (called them K files - no idea why!) are used to remove the dead nerve and infected pulp. Something gross for ya - the dentists sometimes sniff the files as a final check the canal is clean (after flushing lots with sodium hypochlorite) . Only seen one dentist sniff them...and he did a looong sniff *ewww!* Right - Listerine - we have 2 bottles right now and I'm not a fan (a free gum care one, and a 'sensitive' one - they BUUUURN!). Though it 's down to personal preference - if you find it burns your mouth or gums, get an alcohol free one - Fluorigard is the best and recommended by all dentists, or a Colgate one. Basically, you want one that's high in fluoride. You don't need to rinse more than once with it. And if you don't use a mouthwash, just spit your toothpaste out, don't rinse - keeps the fluoride for a bit longer giving it time to work (creates a barrier protecting the enamel). By the way, it's far more important to spend time brushing for 2-5minutes and flossing or using interdental brushes than it is to use mouthwash. Some people use mouthwash as a lazy cop-out .I find floss a bit of a faff, when being lazy I use interdental brushes - SO awesome, highly recommend them - dirt cheap on Amazon too, they are double this price in Boots. you just have to gently push them between your gaps at the gumline to dislodge any food debris/crap, and can re-use them lots. You'll be amazed - if you have bad breath - how much of an improvement flossing makes! And brushing your gums, tongue and cheeks (yep, all the soft tissues)http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wisdom-Clean-Be ... al+brusheshttp://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx302/BikerMooFromMars/81xvggoD9vL_SL1500__zps42c470b4.jpgRandom tip - don't ever much on olives too hard - eat with caution - saw a horrible extraction of an older guy who's tooth fractured on an olive he had as a starter at a restaurant. Ouch!Greenwood asked me for advice on his gum disease recently (christ knows what his name is on here anymore cos he changes it so often!) - went into loads of detail and sent him special toothpastes, floss, interdental brushes and 2 types of mouthwash (well, he *did* send me about 15 packs of tramadol in the post after my accident hahaha!!!*). If your gums are inflamed of bleed, moo can provide moooore advice .Tell me Tankbag - what troubles you? What advice would you like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikerMooFromMars Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 If you saved the money you spend on toothpaste and mouthwash etc, do you think by the time all your teeth fell out you'd have enough money for a full set of implants??I don't know, maybe you should try?? The sort of people I've seen at the dentists who never brush their teeth don't often look better off for it! In fact, you can normally smell them coming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikerMooFromMars Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Nothing wrong with that! I'm an entomologist by training - it's not everyone who finds creepy crawlies as fascinating as I do Go on then, give us a few random facts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Nothing wrong with that! I'm an entomologist by training - it's not everyone who finds creepy crawlies as fascinating as I do Go on then, give us a few random facts! OK! As we're talking oral health, earwigs are spectacularly nasty if you get them in your mouth. They secrete a couple of defense chemicals (2-ethyl-p-benzoquinone and 2-methyl-p-benzoquinone) from a pair of glands that open at the posterior margin of the third and fourth abdominal tergites. I tried it once (by accident) and it was like a cross between curry powder and battery acid. No matter how much water or mouthwash you swill around your mouth you can't get rid of the taste for ages.Ladybirds do something similar - ‘reflex bleeding’ - in which bitter-tasting alkaloids are secreted from the leg joints to deter predators. This is another one I’ve inadvertently tasted, and it’s not pleasant.By the way, a little home experiment for any vegetarians on here: Buy a packet of green beens from the supermarket (preferably from Africa), leave them in a container for a couple of weeks and see what hatches out. You're probably getting more protein in your diet than you bargained for!I don't get invited to many parties... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikerMooFromMars Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Nothing wrong with that! I'm an entomologist by training - it's not everyone who finds creepy crawlies as fascinating as I do Go on then, give us a few random facts! OK! As we're talking oral health, earwigs are spectacularly nasty if you get them in your mouth. They secrete a couple of defense chemicals (2-ethyl-p-benzoquinone and 2-methyl-p-benzoquinone) from a pair of glands that open at the posterior margin of the third and fourth abdominal tergites. I tried it once (by accident) and it was like a cross between curry powder and battery acid. No matter how much water or mouthwash you swill around your mouth you can't get rid of the taste for ages.Ladybirds do something similar - ‘reflex bleeding’ - in which bitter-tasting alkaloids are secreted from the leg joints to deter predators. This is another one I’ve inadvertently tasted, and it’s not pleasant.By the way, a little home experiment for any vegetarians on here: Buy a packet of green beens from the supermarket (preferably from Africa), leave them in a container for a couple of weeks and see what hatches out. You're probably getting more protein in your diet than you bargained for!I don't get invited to many parties...HAHAHAHAHA I burst out laughing at the train station to this, got a few odd looks!!! Fantastic - though the green beans bothers me lots - I have a pack in the fridge WAAAAAAAH I DON'T LIKE CREEPY CRAWLIES!!!!!!!Ok, my question time....can you tell me something that will make me like ants again? I used to really like them, til I left a half full glass of coke out in a crappy student house I lived in in Cambridge - there were small holes to the base of the bay windows...the next morning there was a long black trail leading to my desk and the coke actually looked like it was *moving* there were so many ants in there. Suffice to say it has grossed me out loads and I hate them now! I also used to love spiders - letting them crawl all over me, pulling their legs off (as a kid!) etc hahaha. And now I go f*cking INSANE if one comes near me!Do you cover snails too? I used to love bugs when I was little, and liked cutting up worms and slugs with my bug dissection kit! - and I remember clearly how long my mum used to spend trying to scrub the stickiness off my fingers...why ARE they so sticky? I think I id it to a snail once - then felt really guilty cos they're pretty cute...wasn't nearly as sticky .Christ this is a weird thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Nothing wrong with that! I'm an entomologist by training - it's not everyone who finds creepy crawlies as fascinating as I do Go on then, give us a few random facts! I don't get invited to many parties... Keep better company as with facts like those you've got the sort of conversation I find funny in a morbid way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 I'll give some thought to the ant question as I'm blasting through France tomorrow. In the meantime, I can entertain you with a small diversion...Entomologist use a little device called a pooter to collect insects. It's just a plastic pot with two bits of tube stuck through the lid: put one tube near an insect, suck the other, and the insect lands in the pot.I once guided a group of Brazilian entomologists on a field trip, and my colleague was telling them in his shaky Portuguese that they should bring plenty of pooters with them when we go into the woods because I get through them so fast, and wherever I go I leave a trail of broken ones behind me. I couldn't understand why they looked so shocked until someone told me that 'puta' is Portuguese for 'prostitute'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix14325 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Just faffing around and found this thread.....and the pics. Going to clean my teeth IMMEDIATELY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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