ruffrecords
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Right now, all the dentists in the UK are closed. You can phone them and get advice but face to face visits are out. So I was pretty annoyed when a week ago biting on a piece of chicken Kiev caused about a quarter of one of my back molars to fall off - no idea what happened to it; I probably swallowed it without realising it. The big problem is the edge of the remaining tooth is very sharp and has caused a large and painful ulcer under my tongue. At one point it was so bad that just talking hurt. So I ordered a couple of tooth repair kits on line. The first one to arrive, called Toofy Peg, had some white stuff that you had to stick in a cup of boiling water for about 30 seconds, then remove, roll into a ball and press into the cavity. As soon as it hardened it fell out - it did not stick to my tooth. So I called my dentist who said she would post me some of the stuff they use. This stuff looks and feels like blue tack and is set off by saliva but you have to be careful not to get too much saliva on it so they include a couple of those cotton wool cylinders you stick in your mouth to keep it dry. I have a small mouth so by the time a got a couple of those in there wasn't much room for my finger with the bit of tacky stuff on the bottom off it and for some reason my mouth decided to rain saliva. Anyway on the second attempt I did manage to get the stuff in the hole and hold it there and keep it dry while it went off. It lasted a few hours but fell out later that evening whilst eating. So next I tried the second kit I got off the internet. This one can with plastic applicators and a thing to push the stuff into the cavity. Also it was a two part adhesive - this was more my kind of kit - a bit like araldite for teeth. The mixed epoxy was very sticky but you had to wait until it felt like blue tack before sticking it in and then you had to hold it in place for about 5 minutes while it went off. Again on the second attempt I managed to get it in and it set. This one lasted a whole day until I cleaned my teeth the next evening and it just fell out.
So, I am getting pretty fed up by now. No chance of getting this fixed by a dentist and little chance of any of the kits providing a lasting fix. I am living on Farleys Rusks, soup and other slop that needs no chewing. Even so just swallowing manages to scrape the ulcer across the sharp edge of the tooth. I have taken to chewing gum and sticking it over the sharp edge most of the day to try to give the ulcer a chance to heal.
Then this morning my dear wife offered to have a go at filing down the sharp edge of the tooth (she read of a similar case to mine in the newspaper where a dentist had recommended filing it). I had already tried with a piece of emery paper but it soon got so wet it was useless. So she had a go this morning with an emery board. After several goes it definitely feels less sharp. It still catch the ulcer occasionally but most of the time I am pain free. I can chew on both sides of my mouth and swallow painlessly.
We have now gathered together a small horde oftorture instruments filing implements and tomorrow we will see if we can reduce its sharpness some more.
Cheers
Ian
So, I am getting pretty fed up by now. No chance of getting this fixed by a dentist and little chance of any of the kits providing a lasting fix. I am living on Farleys Rusks, soup and other slop that needs no chewing. Even so just swallowing manages to scrape the ulcer across the sharp edge of the tooth. I have taken to chewing gum and sticking it over the sharp edge most of the day to try to give the ulcer a chance to heal.
Then this morning my dear wife offered to have a go at filing down the sharp edge of the tooth (she read of a similar case to mine in the newspaper where a dentist had recommended filing it). I had already tried with a piece of emery paper but it soon got so wet it was useless. So she had a go this morning with an emery board. After several goes it definitely feels less sharp. It still catch the ulcer occasionally but most of the time I am pain free. I can chew on both sides of my mouth and swallow painlessly.
We have now gathered together a small horde of
Cheers
Ian
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