Oops

By Toothy. - 25/07/2009 04:21 - Australia

Today, I went to the dentist to have two cavities filled. I hate going to the dentist. After he'd started drilling, I heard a "clunk" noise followed by an "Oops." My dentist had cut my tooth in half. Now I have to get surgery to have the tooth extracted. FML
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heavenandhell 0

well look on the bright side, this time your going to see a sergon vs a dentist and get some good drugs.

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murdermygymsox 0

You just have a crappy dentist. YDI for feeling sorry for yourself and not doing anything about it.

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lexilovesyou 0

how do they deserve it ? moron. get a heart

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loto_fml 3

YDI. In this day and age it is inexcusable for a person to have cavities, with the millions of dental hygene options there are out there (toothpase, toothbrush, floss, mouth wash, etc.) it just comes down to bad hygene.

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Pethegreat 0

Genetics can affect the strength of the tooth. Some people have weak outer layers on their teeth which makes them susceptible to cavities regardless of how often they clean them. I don't brush my teeth too often, yet I have only had one filling. Other members of my family brush the same amount yet they have had several teeth pulled and several others filled. Hopefully the dentist gave you enough Novocaine so you did not feel it. Stuff like this is why I only get Novocaine and pay attention to what the dentist is doing.

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PoeticPixie 0

it's actually not inexcusable. Not only is the strength of your teeth genetic, but if the OP has ever had braces in her life, that could affect your teeth afterward. My sister-in-law's teeth are fairly trashed because she had braces and when they got removed, the orthodontist did it incorrectly and the glue from the braces messed up the enamel on her teeth, and enamel is what protects your teeth the most. If the enamel was messed up, it was perfectly logical that her dentist could have shattered her tooth.

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Eldorko 0

I'm pretty sure that you can also do that in the US.

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sireen 0

I call fake on this one. how the hell is it possible? the dentist cracked an entire tooth in half with a drill used to fill cavaties? and depending on the case-- usually you wouldn't have it extracted. oral surgeons are able to fill it up/ fix it. WITHOUT having to extract and put in a replacement or whatever. I don't understand how it could be "cracked" that terribly for it to be extracted.

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Puolukka 4

Actually it can happen very easily...I went to the dentist a couple years ago for a regular check, I didn't have problems with my teeth and I never felt any pain...so I went there and he found what seemed like a very small cavity that he wanted to fix...and as soon as he started drilling my whole tooth pretty much fell apart because apparently there was something wrong with it and they ended up having to extract the tooth as well because I only had a very thin wall of tooth still standing and they couldn't fill the giant hole... You're right though, most likely it was not the dentist's fault, for that to happen there MUST have been something wrong on the inside of that tooth or it wouldn't have just cracked like that...

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dyld921 2

Sue his ass and hope you don't have to pay for the tooth extraction.

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cherlana32 0

I think he knows that. But the OP is from Australia.

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leopardseal 0

Sue him for the extraction, and something else such as "traumatized" or whatever. Dentists and doctors can't get away with "accidentally" breaking people's teeth. They go to med school for 10 years so that these things don't happen!!!

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moonsolomon 0

Thought: A few people are saying the tooth was already flawed in some way to crack like that. Well, that definitely makes sense, but wouldn't that kind of flaw show up on an x-ray? (My dentist pretty much always does x-rays when she finds a cavity)

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SiLveRStaRLIGHT 0

I have half a tooth too, except mine is from a mento from 7th grade. My dentist and mother don't think it's necessary to get the damn thing removed, but I do because it hurts. Maybe you'll get to use laughing gas or something.

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