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Sep 26th, 2022 at 5:30:27 pm

tcr! · Sep 26, 2022 at 5:30 pm

I could easily shave 10-15 minutes off my dentist appointments if I stopped asking them questions, having friendly banner.

Example: have the police ever came into the office requesting x-rays to help solve a case?

Today’s answer was, “not since I’ve worked here but I hope they do.”

I also let the dentist and tech (Stephen and Bryn) know that going to the dentist was similar to going to the tattoo shop in that I’m sitting in a chair while someone leans over me with a sharp electric utensil.

And that led into a whole other conversation about how the tech’s brother got his girlfriend Erica’s name tattooed on his wrist. And then they broke up so Bryn suggested to him to get “Am” in front of “Erica”

Because America πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

#dental #tattoos #thestruggleisreal

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I would’ve called…

tcr! · Jul 11, 2019 at 9:35 am

I would have called

I like being up front with people.

#socialproblems #dental

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tism tism · Jul 11, 2019 at 9:37 am

I almost thought it said “I don’t like touching the phone.”

tcr! tcr! · Jul 11, 2019 at 9:37 am

That, too

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Oct 17th, 2018 at 4:12:12 pm

tcr! · Oct 17, 2018 at 4:12 pm

Things not to ask while at the dentist:

Why are the holistic folk against fluoride?

Before I could say dental floss everyone but the dentist was within 2 feet of my persons and I was teeth deep in charts and graphs and scientific data and flipbook presentations.

#dental #socialproblems

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sadiebug92 · Oct 17, 2018 at 4:16 pm

Fluoride is poison… While in dental school I said this to an instructor and was asked why I would say such a thing…”because it is proven to make the masses docile; you know like Hitler did in WW2.”

😐 I wasn’t the favorite student after that comment.

tcr! tcr! · Oct 17, 2018 at 4:23 pm

The only thing I’ve read so far that I agree with is that it shouldn’t be added to the public water system. I’m a big fan of choice.

tcr! tcr! · Oct 17, 2018 at 4:26 pm

With that said, I think there’s bigger things to argue about.

RR Overstreet · Oct 17, 2018 at 5:33 pm

I’m a trained dental hygienist. I have to say you are right… Bigger issues than that…But fluoride was discovered as a natural element. As for being added to public water, look at all the mindless drinking non fluoride bottled water, in my opinion is a waste of time and money. Sure people want to decide for themselves, but where I work at (idoc dental Dept) all the non brushing/ flossing, candy eating, drug use rampant decay… Need some good ol fluoride…lol ☺️.. just my professional opinion. πŸ˜‰

Mitchell · Oct 17, 2018 at 5:51 pm

The reason they add it to water is certain plants had so much excess fluoride waste they made a deal with the government so they could get rid of their waste

Mitchell · Oct 17, 2018 at 5:51 pm

Don’t quote me on that but something along them lines I heard them saying in a documentary

fleming · Oct 17, 2018 at 6:32 pm

I’m also a dental hygienist and totally agree! People don’t realize how rampant decay was before fluoride was introduced, and now with all the bottled water….without Fluoride…being consumed, decay is rearing it’s ugly head again!

fleming · Oct 17, 2018 at 7:41 pm

Mitchell, Bullshit!

Mitchell · Oct 17, 2018 at 7:47 pm

Bet

Mitchell · Oct 17, 2018 at 7:49 pm

http://origins.osu.edu/article/toxic-treatment-fluorides-transformation-industrial-waste-public-health-miracle

Early in the 20th century, dentists discovered that fluoride reduced the number of cavities in their patients’ teeth. Soon, amidst much debate and rancor, fluoride was regularly added to American public drinking water supplies. Fluoridation has been hailed by some as a triumph of public health but it was also, as historian Frank Zelko points out this month, a profitable way to put to use a waste byproduct from the production of fertilizer.

Mitchell · Oct 17, 2018 at 7:49 pm

Research it your self fleming

fleming · Oct 17, 2018 at 7:51 pm

I’m not discounting that fact, but the way it’s worded sounds like a conspiracy. Sounds mutually beneficial to all involved.

Mitchell · Oct 17, 2018 at 7:53 pm

Well that’s exactly what it is that’s why I mentioned it and notice I gave a source from a state college notice the .edu that adds credit to my source

fleming · Oct 17, 2018 at 8:41 pm

Well, again…BS

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tcr! tcr! · Oct 17, 2018 at 7:54 pm

Based on the comments here I realized that I’m not friends with any hippies. πŸ‘

keamoose keamoose · Oct 17, 2018 at 7:50 pm

As a water treatment engineer, I didn’t want to get into that discussion. πŸ˜†

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Route around the struggles

tcr! · May 17, 2018 at 9:30 am

Audio (MP3): 20180517 - Route around the struggles

Aquarius Professional Water Flosser

I talk about my dentist now and then because he and his staff are part of my life. And I talk about what’s going on that’s had some kind of impact on me. Granted, sometimes I talk about shit that doesn’t have an impact but whatever.

So anyways awhile back my dentist said he wanted me to use a water flosser to get below the gum line. I brush my teeth and use floss picks because that’s what I do but obviously if he said I should use the Waterpik® then what I do is not enough.

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jimi hindrance experience jimi hindrance experience · May 17, 2018 at 10:06 am

Dogma is bullshit. May I quote you?

tcr! tcr! · May 17, 2018 at 11:17 am

Yep. I use your “peace out, death to dogmas” all the time.

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tism tism · May 17, 2018 at 10:07 am

I got a thumbs up from my hygienist this week so your story really hits home.

tcr! tcr! · May 17, 2018 at 11:19 am

It’s a good feeling to get a thumbs up from them guys.

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jimi hindrance experience jimi hindrance experience · May 17, 2018 at 10:14 am

This belongs on that other page but:
I have been to the Dentist with whisky on my breath and the whisky wasn’t the best part of that show. I can’t believe he let me drive home. I’m not a fan of suing someone for over-serving me so I don’t hold a grudge but I also don’t go to that dentist anymore. Life has been…forgiving is an accurate word. So far.

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N.Norton · May 17, 2018 at 11:17 am

I was looking for a new dentist and btw that little button on the handle of the water pic stops the flow of water til you release it

tcr! tcr! · May 17, 2018 at 11:20 am

Yep, I learned how to man-handle the water pick. :)

N.Norton · May 17, 2018 at 1:24 pm

That is a hilarious Priceless name for a business

tcr! tcr! · May 17, 2018 at 1:40 pm

It’s a keeper

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Sometimes I shop online and hope it all works out

tcr! · Mar 24, 2015 at 9:38 pm

4 stuck

#photos #dental

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Aug 6th, 2014 at 10:59:13 pm

tcr! · Aug 6, 2014 at 10:59 pm

Nothing like a good floss to put the world in perspective.

#dental

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Dec 15th, 2013 at 1:47:50 pm

tcr! · Dec 15, 2013 at 1:47 pm

The world is always brighter after I floss.

Speaking of which.. When I was little my mother scolded me once or twice for using too much dental floss. So I quit flossing my teeth because it was too hard to do unless I had that good minimum length.

This phobia of being wasteful with the floss continued into my adult years and for the longest time I wouldn’t floss simply because it carried said stigma.

These days I floss with as much as I want, sometimes I pull yards out at a time. It’s rather cheap when considering the consequences of not taking care of my choppers.

#confessional #dental

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jimi hindrance experience jimi hindrance experience · Dec 16, 2013 at 10:30 am

i use yards at a time when i bother to floss. which is rare.

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tcr! tcr! · Dec 17, 2013 at 9:53 pm

Never skimp on the length of floss, regardless of the usage frequency. ;-)

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Kid’s Crest Toothpaste

tcr! · Sep 23, 2013 at 11:05 am

kids crest toothpaste

On an emotional level, this suits me.

#photos #dental

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