Dental Prep Needs

Ok so I have a molar with a crack in it. The PAIN in the last 24 hours was the worse pain I have ever felt.   I had an Endodontal Doctor pull out the roots basically a root canal done on the tooth. I am doing great tonight.

Lesson, if TSHTF you need dental pliers so you can pull teeth. This tooth will have to be pulled in the next two weeks because the crack is way down the root and the tooth is not worth saving.

I have dental pliers but after all this huge pain I figured I needed to tell all of you because anyone can crack a tooth. The pain was so bad if I had not had access to dental help I would have pulled the tooth myself.

I used the oil of clove helped a small amount at the beginning but when it got worse did not touch the pain.

We need to remember things like this in our preps.

My damage is so bad that a crown is not worth it, I have bone loss. They have to do a bone graft and I am too old to want to deal with another procedure in a few years. Thanks for th suggestion!

Thanks, it really makes me feel good that you and many others care about me and others on AFT. Since losing my husband it is nice to have some feed back from people that care! Thanks Jacksdad!

Hey they have dental implants for whole mouths my 86 year old aunt got a full set upper and lower. She had really bad teeth and she did alright and loved them. There is hope for all of us as we age and our teeth get bad.

Flumom, I never knew they had dental implants for whole sets of teeth? wow I googled it and checked into it. Why I didn't realize if you could do it for one or two teeth you couldn't do it for all I'm not sure lol? That is awesome! Hopefully I won't have to get that done anytime soon, but it's nice to know it's an option.

I have a couple of elevators and a couple of extractors but need a few more will look for them on the net and get them.

my favorite is the kid with the remote control truck with string to his tooth.

jacksdad wrote: I was planning on using an ice skate and a rock.

Don't forget the seaweed poultice.

Oh, all laughs but when TSHTF you will all be looking for me and all my dental tools to pull that tooth that is KILLING you...LOL! Just kidding guys but really I went through some real pain and made me think what if there was no dentist, no pain killer and no ice! Dang makes my mouth hurt and I just had a root canal to kill the pain!

I bet people will take a pliers when TSHTF and pull a tooth if it hurts as much as mine did I just like to make things easy.

Found lots of you tube showing how to pull a tooth and I learned a lot. Love you tube.

I had a friend take out his own molar, but unfortunately it cracked in two as it was coming out and sliced his gum open. I'm sure it's an isolated case. but be warned that it's not without pitfalls.
I have huge roots, and the last time I had a tooth out, it took 45 minutes and the poor dentist was sweating like he'd been lifting weights. Don't relish the thought of pulling one of my own

Yep - if the infection didn't get you, the pain would probably see you starve. Horrible thought. 

Poor man was leaning on my chin with one hand and using the other to pull with all his strength. I was all numbed up so I couldn't feel much of anything - I felt bad for him to be honest. First tooth I've had pulled in forty years, but I don't remember it being that hard last time.

"Thanks for the suggestion. Tooth pain is really the worst. I too had severe pain when my wisdom tooth got erupted which was later extracted and medicated from an Orthodontic clinic in Toronto. This pain will gradually increase with time as the wisdom teeth continue to grow in misaligned or sideways, pressing on nerves and bone, and crowding surrounding teeth. Prior to the wisdom tooth extraction, I had tried the remedy of using oil of clove to get rid of tooth pain but it didn't reduce the intensity of the pain a bit. Finally I was relieved after the orthodontic surgery."

Come on Charlie the Dentist. That is a cute little attempt at spam. It only took me half a cup of coffee. I will leave your post but I'm editing your link out. "...relieved after the orthodontic surgery."

Don't Forget To Brush Your Teeth. Seriously.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dont-forget-to-brush-your-teeth-seriously_55acf942e4b0caf721b324b3?