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charles_furry
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RE: Coping With That Annoying Dry Socket Pain After Tooth Extraction
Yeah, I totally get the paranoia. I kept checking the extraction site every few hours, convinced I’d messed something up just by talking too much or accidentally drinking through a straw. That “funky taste” thing had me ...
RE: DOES EVERY CAVITY REALLY NEED A CROWN OR IS IT OVERKILL SOMETIMES?
I get where you’re coming from, but I gotta say, I’m kinda on the fence about this one. I had a big ol’ filling crack right down the middle a couple years after my dentist said I should’ve just crowned it. At the time, I...
RE: Getting used to new dentures: slow and steady or all at once?
Not gonna lie, I kinda had the opposite experience. For me, soft stuff just got stuck everywhere and made things messier. Weirdly, crunchier stuff like crackers actually felt easier to manage - less gummy, you know? Gue...
RE: Chewing Gum That Actually Works For Gross Breath?
Swishing water after coffee is such an underrated move. I do the same - seems to get rid of that weird aftertaste way better than most gums, honestly. The xylitol ones are hit or miss for me too, sometimes they just tast...
RE: Best ways to keep your mouth happy after a tooth pulled?
Man, I wish I’d listened to this more after my wisdom teeth came out. I got lazy with the rinsing and ended up with that gross taste in my mouth for days - paranoia level 100. I actually did oatmeal on day three but made...
RE: Did anyone else sound totally different after jaw surgery?
Man, I totally get what you mean about the voice thing. After my jaw surgery, I felt like I was hearing a stranger every time I talked. It’s weird how your brain just kind of adapts, though - I don’t think mine ever went...
RE: Turns out cartoons at the dentist actually help kids chill out
Yeah, I totally get what you mean. My son’s super sensitive to noise, so just throwing on a cartoon never did the trick by itself. If I gave him a heads up - like, “the chair’s gonna move and you’ll hear some whirring” -...
RE: Little things that helped me avoid post-surgery infections
Right? I used to get so stressed trying to keep everything “sterile” after my kid’s appendix surgery, like I was running a mini hospital at home. Spoiler: it made me miserable and didn’t actually help much. After a few d...
RE: Root canal wasn’t as scary as I thought - pain gone!
Man, I feel you on the temptation to go back to “normal” food right away. It’s wild how your brain is like “pain’s gone, time for chips,” and then you remember that your tooth is basically in timeout for a while. I tried...