Lisa Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Like after reading this article: [url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46189842/ns/health-health_care/"]http://www.msnbc.msn...th-health_care/[/url] There are so many things wrong with this. [quote] A former Massachusetts dentist has been sent to jail for a year for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals. [/quote] Paper clips? For real? Edited January 30, 2012 by Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSister2009 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Oh. My. Goodness. That's all I can think of right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictlyinkblot Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Ow!!! And here I was thinking my fear of dentists was unreasonable. Seriously though, why did the dentist do that? Are stainless steel posts rare these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyAnn Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I'm now terrified to go to the dentist . . . but I'm so obsessive about teeth hygiene that I'll be fine anyway. But seriously, paper clips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 My dentist used a toothpick on my root canal. The bad part is, it was the toothpick he used after eating some BBQ ribs. It's holding up pretty well though, as he gave me specific instructions to only eat liquid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardillacid Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I REALLY worry about you, BEV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fides' Jack Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 [quote name='dUSt' timestamp='1327970459' post='2377957'] My dentist used a toothpick on my root canal. The bad part is, it was the toothpick he used after eating some BBQ ribs. It's holding up pretty well though, as he gave me specific instructions to only eat liquid. [/quote] lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) I had a root canal. Talk about the most painful thing you can possibly endure. If I was a woman I would choose childbirth over a root canal. And let the hatemail begin... Edited January 31, 2012 by FuturePriest387 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 The guy probably uses aluminium foil to fill cavities, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thessalonian Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Ouch. HSM, have you ever touched your real fillings with foil. It creates an electric current with the fillings and is extremely annoying, i.e. painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 [quote name='thessalonian' timestamp='1328051577' post='2378550'] Ouch. HSM, have you ever touched your real fillings with foil. It creates an electric current with the fillings and is extremely annoying, i.e. painful. [/quote]Yes, yes it is. So is jabbing it with a fork. Hate fillings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byzantine Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Umm... Little Shop of Horrors comes to mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) [quote name='thessalonian' timestamp='1328051577' post='2378550'] Ouch. HSM, have you ever touched your real fillings with foil. It creates an electric current with the fillings and is extremely annoying, i.e. painful. [/quote] Yeah, and that's just a dielectric current. My mother's dentist uses a high(ish) voltage shock (at a very very low current) to check if the nerve is still alive before doing a root canal to determine how much anesthetic to use. Bugger hurts like all get out, or so my mom says. Edited February 1, 2012 by arfink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1328043886' post='2378457'] I had a root canal. Talk about the most painful thing you can possibly endure. If I was a woman I would choose childbirth over a root canal. And let the hatemail begin... [/quote] Root canals are nothing. I did one without any pain meds. I can think of hundreds of things more painful. And childbirth is assuredly one of them (although I wouldn't know, i'm a dude). Edited February 1, 2012 by Amppax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Amppax' timestamp='1328069573' post='2378772'] Root canals are nothing. I did one without any pain meds. I can think of hundreds of things more painful. And childbirth is assuredly one of them (although I wouldn't know, i'm a dude). [/quote] I have been through many painful things: Getting my head nearly crushed by a large metal poll that was attached to an electric poll, getting hit by a car, stepping on the side of a fishing reel and having it go through my foot, and I can't count how many times I've been thrown across the room and thrown onto the ground during Karate class, not to mention blunders when you make a mistake in sparring and do something extremely painful like clash shins with each other, or even get your hand smacked by escrima sticks, but root canals take the cake. Edited February 1, 2012 by FuturePriest387 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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