HELP !
Tilly
In the meantime I have to wear a dental plate until the implants can be
secured.
Today I decided to take Geopelia's advice and try some dental glue because
the plate was a bit loose. A short while later I went to take a bite out of
a carrot and the front part of the plate (with the teeth) broke off
completely and nearly went down my throat.
I rang my dental specialist but he is away for the weekend and the
technicians are off as well.I tried gluing it with Quickset Super Epoxy
glue but it has just broken again .
Does anyone have any idea what I glue I can try in the meantime?
I am desperate as I can't speak properly let alone eat!
Sonn
"Tilly" <Striking1...@yahoo.co.nz> wrote in message
news:nvkAf.17999$vH5.8...@news.xtra.co.nz...
What town are you in? There must be a duty dentist available over the
weekend ...? Try phoning an emergency or 24-hour medical for a contact.
S.
E. Scrooge
Awful situation for you, Tilly, but did you have to try to eat a damn carrot
before getting the implants?
And just who is your dentist? The person that's working on your teeth or
someone in the newsgroup?
Pissing round with home glue in your mouth. You're an idiot. If the plate
can't be secured you'll just have to wait till Monday. It's hardly going to
be that long before Monday comes around. Just try to relax till then, and
make sure the plate or any fittings don't end up down your throat.
By now you'd be silly enough to have ended up gluing your mouth shut. If
you don't think it's safe, you'd be better to leave the plate out and go see
a decent dentist on Monday.
Still hard to believe that you'd try to bite on a carrot with such a
temporary setup. Eat some jelly. There's plenty of soft foods you can eat
over the next 24 hours. And biting apples isn't one of them. Get yourself
a bag of oranges or something.
E. Scrooge
E. Scrooge
"Sonn" <smv_e...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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True, but it doesn't sound like great harm will come if she waits till
Monday for her own dentist to get it sorted out.
If Tilly has trouble speaking a fat lot of good phoning anyone would be
anyway, unless she can get someone to do it for her.
E. Scrooge
ChristianKnight
from New Zealand that live with those plates every day. And remember eating
glue may weld your heart shut?
Christ's love
"E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz (*sling)> wrote in message
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KewlKiwi
Soup?
KewlKiwi
> If Tilly has trouble speaking a fat lot of good phoning anyone would be
> anyway, unless she can get someone to do it for her.
"Helpth! My spthate hath broken!"
E. Scrooge
"KewlKiwi" <kewl...@coolkiwi.com> wrote in message
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Well that's not as bad as the Indian idiot that Slingshot has as a damn
telemarketer trying to sell Slingshot Toll Calls from Timbuktu by the sound
of the noisy line the bugger uses.
I made a complaint to Slingshot about the fool. Friends have complained to
me about the bugger, then I got a call from the prick on Friday, every bit
as bad as what others have described.
No sign of a reply from Slingshot after informing Slingshot that the
telemarketer is doing more damage than good.
The damn telemarketer even asked if I was on the Internet and was just about
to push Slingshot's Internet service. It would be easier trying to
understand Tilly than the fool Indian that Slingshot is using.
E. Scrooge
geopelia
Oh dear, I wasn't suggesting any kind of glue! Polident is simply a soft
paste that helps to hold dentures in place, nothing like glue, you can
easily remove them. (Also useful if you have a sore spot under the dentures,
it lifts them off it a bit until it heals).
Your plate should not have broken in normal use. Whether a dentist would
consider biting a carrot (presumably raw?) with the front teeth normal use
is debatable.
Sorry, I don't know what glue you can use to mend the plate but it must be
non-poisonous. I hope somebody can help.
Geopelia
Tilly
The front part of the plate where the teeth are has snapped off completely.
I nearly swallowed the teeth.
Obviously I need a new plate.
In the meantime I need to glue it so I can speak with any clarity.
>
> By now you'd be silly enough to have ended up gluing your mouth shut.
> If you don't think it's safe, you'd be better to leave the plate out
> and go see a decent dentist on Monday.
>
> Still hard to believe that you'd try to bite on a carrot with such a
> temporary setup.
I have had it for some time and have been able to eat almost everything with
it . <sigh>
Tilly
> "Tilly" <Striking1...@yahoo.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:nvkAf.17999$vH5.8...@news.xtra.co.nz...
> > I am in the process of having tooth implants. ( 4 upper front
> > teeth.)
> > In the meantime I have to wear a dental plate until the implants
> > can be secured.
> > Today I decided to take Geopelia's advice and try some dental glue
> > because the plate was a bit loose. A short while later I went to
> > take a bite out of a carrot and the front part of the plate (with
> > the teeth) broke off completely and nearly went down my throat.
> > I rang my dental specialist but he is away for the weekend and the
> > technicians are off as well.I tried gluing it with Quickset Super
> > Epoxy glue but it has just broken again .
> > Does anyone have any idea what I glue I can try in the meantime?
> > I am desperate as I can't speak properly let alone eat!
> >
> >
> > Til...@hotmail.com
>
> Oh dear, I wasn't suggesting any kind of glue! Polident is simply a
> soft paste that helps to hold dentures in place, nothing like glue,
> you can easily remove them. (Also useful if you have a sore spot
> under the dentures, it lifts them off it a bit until it heals).
I used Steradent glue to hold the plate in my mouth.
I used epoxy glue to temporarily try to glue the plate together so I at
least have some teeth to speak with.
> Sorry, I don't know what glue you can use to mend the plate but it
> must be non-poisonous. I hope somebody can help.
>
> Geopelia
The glue I used is non toxic and apparently good in wet conditions.I have
left it to set again over night and will see how it is in the morning.
dickydoo
measure.Try the outpatients at the hospital for surgical wire.
Some epoxy resins are toxic.
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Tilly
I just found this:
Did a Google with ' gluing dentures '
http://www.howstuffworks.com/dental12.htm
Coping with Dental Emergencies, broken dentures and crowns (caps) that fall
out
by Dr. Jerry Gordon
How Stuff Works is pleased to welcome Dr. Jerry Gordon as the HSW dental
expert!
Many senior citizens are using full or partial dentures and have one or
more teeth protected by crowns (caps). Dentures are removable oral
prosthetic devices that replace missing teeth. A crown is a porcelain and
gold tooth replica that is fastened over a damaged tooth to protect it and
restore its natural appearance. Both dentures and crowns can cause dental
emergencies for both seniors and non-seniors alike.
Dentures are more common in senior citizens because they were more likely
to first encounter dental problems at a time when extraction was the
treatment of choice for dental pain. This appears to be especially true of
seniors who served in the military. After many teeth are extracted,
dentures are a common method of replacing them.
The most likely dental emergency for denture wearers is a chipped denture
tooth or one that has broken off. If you have a spare denture (all denture
wearers should have one), use it until you can go to the dentist and have
it fixed. If you do not have a spare and cannot get to a dentist soon, use
cyanoacrylate (Krazy Glue) to carefully glue the tooth or tooth piece back
into position. This is only a temporary measure until you can get to the
dentist for a proper repair. Also, you may consider using a dental lab for
a simple denture repair if no dentist is available.
If your whole denture breaks in half, use your spare and get to the dentist
immediately. Some people may attempt to use cyanoacrylate to repair it, but
it is very unpredictable, and generally not strong enough to hold the
denture together.
In the last 25 to 30 years, there has been a concerted effort by the dental
profession to save teeth when possible using root canal therapy or with
treatment of the gums. Modern dental treatment will reduce the need for
dentures, allowing most people to keep their own teeth for a lifetime.
Senior citizens are also likely to have one or more crowns. Crowns are
required to rebuild teeth that have been worn down, broken, have had root
canal therapy, or have had multiple dental repairs over many years. Crowns
are precision made and cemented on top of the tooth. Occasionally, the
crown comes off. This leaves the tooth unprotected, and often sensitive.
You can temporarily remedy this problem by using temporary dental cement
found at the drug store, and carefully re-cementing the crown. This may not
be necessary if you can get to the dentist within a day or two. Never wait
more than a few days to get a crown re-cemented. Teeth move and shift very
quickly without the crown in place. Sometimes it is not possible to reuse
the crown if the teeth have shifted significantly, requiring the dentist to
have to make a new crown.
I have some Krazy Glue so I will try it and see what happens.--
Til...@hotmail.com
E. Scrooge
I didn't realise that you had the plate for quite a while. I still think
you should see a professional before playing around with any kind of glue on
it.
E. Scrooge
Hermit
Sorry no suggestions but you have my sympathy. What a major pain!
geopelia
I hope it works.
How did you lose your front teeth, or shouldn't we ask?
With the high price of all these modern treatments, the good old dentures
are a comparatively cheap and practical solution.
Geopelia
Myftrefs Voleftrangler Snr.
Try ringing the hospital. There is usually a dental person for fixing road
accident - tooth - face things who would be if not on site, at least
contactable to give you advice.
A L P
SupergoofNZ
> The damn telemarketer even asked if I was on the Internet and was just about
> to push Slingshot's Internet service. It would be easier trying to
> understand Tilly than the fool Indian that Slingshot is using.
hehehe I think it was slingshot who damn near hung up on me, they
couldn't get off the phone fast enough when they finally paused in their
spiel about how much money I could save in toll calls to bother asking
how many I make a month ... when my answer was "maybe one or two a year"
they weren't at all happy.
:o)
Rachel
E. Scrooge
"SupergoofNZ" <thunderbi...@penelope.net> wrote in message
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Serves the idiots right. In the email I sent them I suggested they'd be
better off doing a snail mail drop instead of a telemarketer. I told them
they should have their own usenet service instead of using ihug's service
secondhand as well.
Hardly surprising that I haven't heard back, apart from a prompt auto reply
to say they got the email. I told Slingshot's telemarketer that I would
email a complaint to Slingshot about it.
The nonsense would piss far more people off than the few idiots that they
managed to sign up.
E. Scrooge