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I reckon I got me hat nailed on Friday last ,
£40 for a tooth out
Paid upfront for a filling @ £75 a pop and a general cleanup / polish etc @ just shy of £50.
So the Garymac coffers have been depleted by just shy of £165 .
So have I had me eye wiped or are dentists / orthodontists even pricier 'round your way .
he payed some quality toons though , tooth left head to the sound of Marvin's ' whats goin on ? '
Piece of string tied to the living room door. Minimise costs.....mind you, you would then spend at least the same amount getting pished down the pub :D
And by the way, the above is a true story, I caught Our John doing it a few years ago cos he was in so much pain 
Trouble is you'd wait a long time for a door to close in our house mrsgarymac traipses thru as if central heatin were free , unless I come home pished in which case there seem to be slamminn doors allover the place:\ohwell:
your John's got more bottle than me , I hit the Bushmills Thursday night to no avail , crunched up some cloves and mixed 'em with bonjela , which kinda worked till it slid down ma throat and made me feel a tad uneasy:dead: so it was 
and open wide come the new day
Last one I had out was £40 - a top wisdom that had got infected. That was at least five years ago, but was darn sarf so £40's about right for oop norf now.
Yer lucky it wasn't a bottom one, it's a week in hospital for one of those.
I go on MONDAY for a tooth to be REPAIRED.It will cost me nothing!That is CORRECT.JSA does have some benefits.
it costs 29€... doctors like the smell of money... and 28€ were sent back to me from our kind of National Board.
Price?? Who cares. Now the lack of pain by the dentist is the only concern I have. Valium and larfing gas for me!
I'm thinking of having a spine installed, I'm kinda tired of going through life as an amorphous blob :p
My cousin Delmer and me run a dental care center out of the back of his truck, we usually charge 'bout six bucks per tooth (the Jack Daniels we use for anasthetic don't come cheap). Just met us out by the docks around midnight, bring an extra $20 if you want Delmer to use his electric drill (usually he has a wrench and some rusty nails to scrape out the damage). And don't call the cops, no matter what happens. We got to avoid that law-man if we's gonna get Delmer's trailer back from the Repo man 
spines are overrated...they get you in more trouble than being a spineless shit who can limbo under a bog door can get you out of :D Tabbsy ya twat....mike's vote thread may interest you. (always thinking of others me :D )
GaryMac wrote: Trouble is you'd wait a long time for a door to close in our house mrsgarymac traipses thru as if central heatin were free , unless I come home pished in which case there seem to be slamminn doors allover the place:\ohwell:
your John's got more bottle than me , I hit the Bushmills Thursday night to no avail , crunched up some cloves and mixed 'em with bonjela , which kinda worked till it slid down ma throat and made me feel a tad uneasy:dead: so it was
I couldn't afford a dentist on my student budget, so I just waited until the tooth crumbled away. Problem solved.
Ouch.
Ronald Kirsch wrote: just to change the subject slighly. how much for a lumbar punction? and does it hurt?
I do not know. Well it does not hurt that much. Some other punctions are more painful...
Jiphy wrote:
Ronald Kirsch wrote: just to change the subject slighly. how much for a lumbar punction? and does it hurt?
I do not know. Well it does not hurt that much. Some other punctions are more painful...
thanks. apparently i have one coming up in a couple of weeks.
cleaning/polishing cost me 100$ last thursday actually.. 100$ CDN that is.
And well, my private insurance paid 80% of that, so it cost me only 20$...
I've got private healthcare so the company sorts that out. Last clean and polish I had though was 19 notes NHS or 60 notes private - went for private but asked the difference, and me dentist just basically said, "Er, we try to be more thorough"!
Florist joke (don't get many of these):
What's the difference between a dollar rose and a two dollar rose?
A dollar.
Al Jarvis wrote: I've got private healthcare so the company sorts that out. Last clean and polish I had though was 19 notes NHS or 60 notes private - went for private but asked the difference, and me dentist just basically said, "Er, we try to be more thorough"!
So, my private clean-up is nearly fifty , as opposed to £60 , is that London weighting or do I take me own toothpaste and mouthrinse ?
Comrade Shampanyov wrote:
GaryMac wrote: Trouble is you'd wait a long time for a door to close in our house mrsgarymac traipses thru as if central heatin were free , unless I come home pished in which case there seem to be slamminn doors allover the place:\ohwell:
your John's got more bottle than me , I hit the Bushmills Thursday night to no avail , crunched up some cloves and mixed 'em with bonjela , which kinda worked till it slid down ma throat and made me feel a tad uneasy:dead: so it was
I couldn't afford a dentist on my student budget, so I just waited until the tooth crumbled away. Problem solved.
Ouch.
Over here , correct me if this has changed , students get free or subsidised nhs care ,and if one has enough desperation the Dental university will treat ( they dont like to use the word practice until they've passed their exams at which point they begin to practice
) one for free , last resort stuff I think , ourkid had to use their services a few Christmases ago , said he had whiskey older than the dental student:\ohwell:
i got registered with a dentist on the NHS last year,it cost me £23.00 for 5 teeth out,now that's mega cheap...
GaryMac wrote:
Comrade Shampanyov wrote:
GaryMac wrote: Trouble is you'd wait a long time for a door to close in our house mrsgarymac traipses thru as if central heatin were free , unless I come home pished in which case there seem to be slamminn doors allover the place:\ohwell:
your John's got more bottle than me , I hit the Bushmills Thursday night to no avail , crunched up some cloves and mixed 'em with bonjela , which kinda worked till it slid down ma throat and made me feel a tad uneasy:dead: so it was
I couldn't afford a dentist on my student budget, so I just waited until the tooth crumbled away. Problem solved.
Ouch.
Over here , correct me if this has changed , students get free or subsidised nhs care ,and if one has enough desperation the Dental university will treat ( they dont like to use the word practice until they've passed their exams at which point they begin to practice
Nothin' free or subsidized here. The dental uni also treats at low cost here, but when I called, they said get in line.
Considerin' the emergency nature of the situation, they then referred me to a low cost clinic they run for the poor. So I went there, got some X-Rays, and was told they could yank it for $40, or I could go elsewhere for a root canal. Well, my best mate had some teeth yanked, and it ended up doing her a lot more harm than good, so I went home to think about it. Called round to lots of dentists to see what a root canal would cost, tried to find a way to come up with the money, then... the tooth died a merciful death, the pain went away, and over the course of a few months, it just crumbled away.
Best health care system on Earth, us.
for some reason (money) dental health is just about the only branch of medicine not covered by our public medicare scheme. that would be just about the only reason i would join a private health fund here. luckily my teeth are in good nick, and i don't ususally see a dentist more than once every couple of years. i do have one more wisdom tooth that should probably come out sometime, but its currently not causing any real pain.
A man has 32 teeth. I have all the 32, so I consider myself a man. As some guys here don't have 32 teeth, my only conclusion is that they're not a man. So, they're either a woman, a gay or a different race. As either women and gays might have (very occasionally) 32 teeth, I conclude they are a different race. And my 3 year experience here lead me to conclude they're an inferior one :D. If my theory is right, I suggest you to surrender to my superiority and live as my slaves :p
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nice logic there. i surrender to your stupidity.
I'm in a scheme called DenPlan. Pay about £11 a month but any treatments, check-ups, etc. all covered. Saves messing about. Anybody want their teeth knocking out, i'll gladly do it.
Missy Jem wrote: I'm in a scheme called DenPlan. Pay about £11 a month but any treatments, check-ups, etc. all covered. Saves messing about. Anybody want their teeth knocking out, i'll gladly do it.
using the new double thumb extraction technique.
guuuuuuhhhhhhhh!!!!
(gulp...swallow...spit)
bLuE oRdEr's...erm, Comrade's latest dental adventure:
A few days ago, I was having a midnight snack of sundried tomatoes whilst watching some TV. Well, one of the tough little buggers made my molar a little sensitive after chewing. Not sure what that was about...Impacted molar? Don't know. But anyway, it's been sensitive, and the surrounding gum became enflamed, so I was getting a little concerned last night. Checked my wallet-- nope, still no money. Checked my cabinets: yep, rakija on the shelf.
What is rakija, you ask? It's Serbian brandy. Everybody in Serbia distills the stuff at home, and it's strong stuff. So a Serb friend of mine visited about 2 years ago, and brought a bottle of home-distilled rakija as a gift. Never darnk it, because Comrade don't drink nothing stronger than water. Sometimes soy milk. Occasionaly shampanya. It's a new, health-conscious Comrade we're talking about here.
So I retrieved the bottle of rakija from the uppermost shelf, took a swig, and rinsed my gums with it, just in case infection was setting in. Spit, and...Holy fucking shit! The vapors alone would knock over a horse. Took another swig, same routine, and vapors again. The entire inside of my mouth had gone numb by this time. Just like with cocaine. Not that Comrade knows anything about that, but he's heard. Never had my mouth go numb from alcohol before.
Next day: Problem solved (or nearly so)!
Dentists-- who needs 'em? Send Maya with more rakija. And some exciting underwear. 
Comrade NotBlue , once again your fearless yet budget dictated research does you proud The next time a Macmolar is maligned , this new take on a vapour rub will be just the ticket , would meths,gatorade and a smidgin of unleaded be a fitting replacement ? In the abscence of east europa firewater that is .
