Lost a crown

[domesticextremist]

...found a tanner.

Not really, it' a front tooth - sheared straight off when I bit into a carrot.
Ironically I'd just been for a check up this morning - dentist complementing
me on how clean my teeth were (thanks to vaping I assume).

I expect it's going to cost a few bob as the post has broken too.

I've now got a gap that I haven't had since I was a kid, and a lisp

Buggery bollockth!

[lunerdog]

Buggery bollockth indeed mate.

Happened to me a while back only I swallowed the damn thing as me chops were full of Biltong at the time, had to do a bit of rear machine gunnery to get rid of it

Top front left gnasher too, had to have a steel pin put in and then ye olde pretend tooth clagged to it, not cheap

[domesticextremist]

How much out of interest?
I'm budgeting around £200, so no provari for me this week:(

[lunerdog]

It's going back a while now and was three visits and cost me £240

If the bugger comes adrift while my skull is still on my neck I'm gonna be grumpy

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Hats a bummer Dom especially as you were only there this morning, I broke a tooth on Biltong, same as Luner but thankfully not all the way off.

[gjdart]

Oh... poor you.. if you'll pardon the pun... get them all out...saves time and cheaper in the long run.. #icon_rofl# #icon_rofl# #icon_rofl#

[Karma]

Dom, have you got an NHS dentist or private?

[nicky]

What's Biltong?

[domesticextremist]

Bitong is a kind of dried meat (according to google) - I guess it's like pemmican or
jerky only even less kind to teeth.

Karma I have an NHS dentist.

[bennyboy]

That treatment would probably fall into the £209 brackett, unless you're looking for a gold or porcelain one.

[Karma]

Aug 14, 2012 18:47:16 GMT domesticextremist said:

Karma I have an NHS dentist.

Thank goodness for that! Your £200 budget should see you ok! I'm lucky enough to have an NHS dentist now. I've got a crown on one of my back teeth. The private dentist wanted to re-do it was going to cost over £600

It's still on 'watch' with the NHS and when it does really need re-doing it's going to cost £135!

[bennyboy]

I had a private dentist. I used to have a detal plan with my job, but it stopped a couple of years back. I was usually able to recoupe around 70% of the work carried out which was great, saved me a fortune. But about a year ago I needed quite a bit of work done. he wanted £1'300 to do it!!! I've since moved dentists and am getting it all done for £209. Ok, the materials used may not be as high standard, but so far, the dentist has been a lot more gentle - female dentist

[fagin]

Aug 14, 2012 18:40:00 GMT nicky said:

What's Biltong?

Food of the gods. Dried beef from South Africa. When I was a kid a friend's neighbour used to make it and hang it in his garage to dry. One of the walls was mesh and we used to hook it with a long stick and rob him blind.

Fortunately the statute of limitations on biltong theft is not that long, so I can clear my rather grubby conscience.

[nicky]

My BIL is currently in the throws of having one replaced and said his bill will be £204.

[domesticextremist]

Sniff, several months vaping budget.
That's one expensive carrot.