Some years ago I went to the dentist to have caps put on my rotten front teeth. As there was so much dental work to be done I was heavily sedated. When I 'came too' I believed the work was finished.
On getting home, I looked in the mirror and saw, what appeared to be, Frankenstein's front teeth! Not being particularly vain myself I though, 'oh well that must be it'. On showing them to my friends (knowing they didn't look that good) they said: 'they are fine', or, 'they are fantastic'! Next day they fell out....
On going back to the dentist I was told 'they were only temporary, and the real ones would be ready in a few days. So much for friends!
To cap it all (if you'll pardon the pun), yesterday I went into a local cafe for a bite to eat and I heard a child say to it's mother 'why are they letting that Goat eat in here'? Perplexed, I looked into a mirror, and, would you credit it, I was a Goat! Why didn't my friends tell me??
Why do people never tell you the truth about your appearence?
The ones I love are the ones who come up to you and say loudly oh that thing is back on your face again (cold sore) which takes your insides and hangs them out on the Sigfried Line! Yes, tact is everything. Then there are those wonderful souls who will not speak poorly to you because they do not want to have it returned in kind. Then there are the third and last and the ones I happen to value the most - like the pig who built of bricks - they tactfully come up to and whisper you have a piece of spinach between your eyes or wherever, but they do it with love and privacy and you just love them for it and you both laugh. No one is offended. Don't get me going on dentists. They are the most ignorant and arrogant bunch of people I have ever met which is inexcusable because they are also so well educated, especially in their craft. Nothing is so unbecoming as someone who is intelligent needing to insult or intimidate you with smart remarks when you are either in pain or feeling vulnerable in some other way, such as appearance, as you have hinted above, or take blatant financial advantage of you in such an unforgiveable way (300% markups). I am, however, convinced that one day, I will meet a good dentist who will not overcharge (gouge) me, and will do quality work in a way that I will not be embarrassed to speak about later. A dentist I can feel comfortable recommending to someone who is a friend. And not be worried I am about to lose a friend because of it. I once found one dentist who was someone to write home about but of course he charged far too much, he was greedy and price gouged rather obviously which was embarrassing again, because he was very intelligent, but so am I and I just felt so sorry for him to be trapped into such a rotten fraternity.... with all the negative karma that comes to anyone who abuses people in any way, but especially to those who financially abuse others - anyhow, now you know everything about everything I have any feelings about, and I hope it was a worthwhile glimpse.
Reply:well, if ur friends did tell u, u probably would hav been mad. so most people just say things to make u feel better.
but i do agree w/ u, a good friend should hav told you the truth about how you look. good luck w/ evrything else!
Reply:they just want u to feel good
Reply:they were trying to be polite- they knew you had put some money into this 'work' so they didnt want to dissapoint you by telling you it looked --bad...
Reply:Your TRUE friends would of told you... but perhaps they knew you really wanted to get your teeth done and didnt want you to be disappointed or upset!
Reply:was that child your daughter?
it's the sort of thing mine might say!!LOL!!!
i know what u mean tho.
if my mates look good, i usually tell them. if they don't, i am remarkably quiet!
if they look like they're about to die, i ask them if they are ok!!
Reply:You should turn this into a short film
fantastic material, you have real talent there
If it is for real sorry about your teeth, but it is a great story!
Reply:awww....i'm sorry...its easy for children to speak their minds...but the thing is...friends that see you, its hard for them cuz they don't want to hurt your fillins (pun on ur cap)...anyways...they just want u to have a positive self image...personally, i'd rather be told the truth then sugar coating it...but truth is most people are frosted cuz being blunt in a nice way is kinda hard....well i hope the two teeth the real ones that are ready will make u feel more happy about ur teeth...
Reply:Probably ur friends knew they (cap) were temporary arrangements and soon u would get the proper attachment. So there was no need in making u feel let down by your looks, since nothing could have been done. Kids say all sorts of things, you should not take them seriously. Theres great logic why children think and behave so, but that some other time. Cling on ur friends u got d best. dont loose them.
Reply:they don't wanna hurt you or they r afraid u can't handle the truth.
Reply:friends look after other friends feelings and don't want to hurt you. I agree that your friends are only looking out for you.
Reply:I am sorry, but I am craking up at what that kid said!! Children just say exactly what's on their mind. I remember a kid singing chocolate boy chocolate boy to me, when he saw my brown skin. Don't feel too bad. As for your friends, they just didn't want to upset you.
Reply:Because they are goats too and they cannot speak.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Are professionally made Night Gaurds better than store bought Night Guards?
My dentist says that I need to wear a Night Guard due to clenching at night. I am currently going through a ton of dental procedures to remedy something that the clenching caused. My dentist said that the Guard would cost me about $450 as insurance doesn't cover it. I don't want to spend that amount if I don't have to as there are Night Guards available at the local drug store for $20.
Are professionally made Night Gaurds better than store bought Night Guards?
They are better. But a store bought guard is better than none at all. The custom made ones are more comfortable and less bulky. But the important part is that you alleviate the clinching. So, for the time being, just do what is financially best. Another choice, if your insurance policy has 'Orthodontic Coverage', you could see an orthodontist and they could custom make you a 'Bite Guard'. Most Insurance companies will allow $1000-$1500 for Ortho treatment.
Reply:Your best bet is one made by the dentist as it will be made specifically for your mouth and molded to fit the shape of your mouth. Ask the office about time payments.
Reply:Professionally molded night guards are customized for your teeth, but my sister made the same mistake and paid $600 for a night guard not covered by insurance. She ended up moving and switching dentists, and her new dentist told her that the $20 night guard at the drugstore would have worked fine, it is basically to protect the teeth from grinding at night and the ones at the drugstore are just as effective!
Reply:i have bought 2 of the $450 ones,and if i had it to do all over again,i would buy one at the store.after having several thousand dollars worth of dental work done,my dentist very strongly recommended one.so i bought it and 4 or 5 months later,i had to have more work done in the same area,and the guard would'nt fit after i had all this done! at the time,i had'nt seen or heard of the store ones,but i would'nt give it a second thought now. they can also come down on the price($200) if they wanted to. my dentist did the 3rd time!!! good luck!
Reply:Yes, they are. The one you're dentist can make are more streamlined and are custom made for your teeth. I've seen lots of times where people who are wearing the store bought ones don't wear them because they are too big and bulky. Think of the guard as an investment. I've seen patients who have worn they're teeth all down and need full mouth reconstruction. That's a $30,000 to $40,000 worth of work.
Reply:Yes and no. The store brand ones are not comformed to your teeth, like a custom made one would be. But go ahead and try the store brand. Maybe try putting it in warm to hot water for a minute then cooling it for a few seconds and then try to shape it to your teeth.
OR visit a local dental college (any college that has a public dental clinic, search all local colleges in your area online, even community colleges) and buy an athletic mouth guard (only about 20 bucks or so.) that they will make for you at the clinic. Should be about equal to a night time guard. And if you are unsure you can ask the staff at the college clinic if it would work for nighttime use.
Reply:Of course they are. They are made exactly to fit your mouth only and the store bought is not quite the same. You are just looking at the price point and the dentist is looking to help correct something that is not good for your dental health. I would go with the one made by the dental lab.
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Are professionally made Night Gaurds better than store bought Night Guards?
They are better. But a store bought guard is better than none at all. The custom made ones are more comfortable and less bulky. But the important part is that you alleviate the clinching. So, for the time being, just do what is financially best. Another choice, if your insurance policy has 'Orthodontic Coverage', you could see an orthodontist and they could custom make you a 'Bite Guard'. Most Insurance companies will allow $1000-$1500 for Ortho treatment.
Reply:Your best bet is one made by the dentist as it will be made specifically for your mouth and molded to fit the shape of your mouth. Ask the office about time payments.
Reply:Professionally molded night guards are customized for your teeth, but my sister made the same mistake and paid $600 for a night guard not covered by insurance. She ended up moving and switching dentists, and her new dentist told her that the $20 night guard at the drugstore would have worked fine, it is basically to protect the teeth from grinding at night and the ones at the drugstore are just as effective!
Reply:i have bought 2 of the $450 ones,and if i had it to do all over again,i would buy one at the store.after having several thousand dollars worth of dental work done,my dentist very strongly recommended one.so i bought it and 4 or 5 months later,i had to have more work done in the same area,and the guard would'nt fit after i had all this done! at the time,i had'nt seen or heard of the store ones,but i would'nt give it a second thought now. they can also come down on the price($200) if they wanted to. my dentist did the 3rd time!!! good luck!
Reply:Yes, they are. The one you're dentist can make are more streamlined and are custom made for your teeth. I've seen lots of times where people who are wearing the store bought ones don't wear them because they are too big and bulky. Think of the guard as an investment. I've seen patients who have worn they're teeth all down and need full mouth reconstruction. That's a $30,000 to $40,000 worth of work.
Reply:Yes and no. The store brand ones are not comformed to your teeth, like a custom made one would be. But go ahead and try the store brand. Maybe try putting it in warm to hot water for a minute then cooling it for a few seconds and then try to shape it to your teeth.
OR visit a local dental college (any college that has a public dental clinic, search all local colleges in your area online, even community colleges) and buy an athletic mouth guard (only about 20 bucks or so.) that they will make for you at the clinic. Should be about equal to a night time guard. And if you are unsure you can ask the staff at the college clinic if it would work for nighttime use.
Reply:Of course they are. They are made exactly to fit your mouth only and the store bought is not quite the same. You are just looking at the price point and the dentist is looking to help correct something that is not good for your dental health. I would go with the one made by the dental lab.
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My teeth are coming through the side of my gums?
I've always had tooth troubles, first no enamel on the milk molars, then once the molars had started to rot, they realised that on the bottom set of molars, there are no adult teeth underneath.
On one of my really badly rotten teeth, the root of the tooth came and started poking out through the side. We had an xray taken and they said that a piece of the root had broken off and was making it's way out.
Now though, the whole side of the tooth right down to the root with the exception of a milimetre is pushed out and exposed.
They told me it was just trying to come out because an adult tooth wasn't there to push it out.
Now though, on my top molars which are rotten due to no enamel, but which have adult teeth underneath, the root is starting to poke out again.
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY POOR TEETH?!
I clean them regularly, I had one pulled out but I was only under local and they didn't wait for the numbing so it HURT. And now my dentist wants to leave it to the orthodontists...
My teeth are coming through the side of my gums?
let me get all of this strait. So you have enamel hypoplasia on your primary teeth and no adult molars on the bottom right? First of all, your condition has nothing to do with my brushing your teeth or your oral hygiene at all. Second, it sounds like all your dentist needs to do is extact the root, and give you a set of implants or a bridge on the bottom where the teeth are going to be missing. Get rid of the milk teeth, remember, the bugs in cavities can attack your new teeth if your milk teeth are still in your mouth. Now, your dentist wants to leave this work to an orthodontist? Totally different field of dentistry, go see a new dentist. Hope this helps!!
Reply:You should go see a dentist! That is totally weird. That has happened to me but not like that!
Reply:To Stop The Pain,, You Can Take Some Ibuprofen, Advil? , Or Smear Some Anbesol, Or Orajel On It. =]
On one of my really badly rotten teeth, the root of the tooth came and started poking out through the side. We had an xray taken and they said that a piece of the root had broken off and was making it's way out.
Now though, the whole side of the tooth right down to the root with the exception of a milimetre is pushed out and exposed.
They told me it was just trying to come out because an adult tooth wasn't there to push it out.
Now though, on my top molars which are rotten due to no enamel, but which have adult teeth underneath, the root is starting to poke out again.
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY POOR TEETH?!
I clean them regularly, I had one pulled out but I was only under local and they didn't wait for the numbing so it HURT. And now my dentist wants to leave it to the orthodontists...
My teeth are coming through the side of my gums?
let me get all of this strait. So you have enamel hypoplasia on your primary teeth and no adult molars on the bottom right? First of all, your condition has nothing to do with my brushing your teeth or your oral hygiene at all. Second, it sounds like all your dentist needs to do is extact the root, and give you a set of implants or a bridge on the bottom where the teeth are going to be missing. Get rid of the milk teeth, remember, the bugs in cavities can attack your new teeth if your milk teeth are still in your mouth. Now, your dentist wants to leave this work to an orthodontist? Totally different field of dentistry, go see a new dentist. Hope this helps!!
Reply:You should go see a dentist! That is totally weird. That has happened to me but not like that!
Reply:To Stop The Pain,, You Can Take Some Ibuprofen, Advil? , Or Smear Some Anbesol, Or Orajel On It. =]
Wisdom teeth extraction ? SCARED?
Well here we go-- i went to the dentist today and he told me mouth is a bit overcrowded from inside and i have a short mouth also my wisdom teeth on both sides in the lower jaw are growing in the wrong direction i,e towards the teeth which causing me irritation so..
the doctor says my 4 wisdom tooth both upper n lower and 4 pre molars or maybe molar i forgot will extracted. Also they have said i will be under local anesthesia and first they will extract 4 first from one side and then next 4 the another week.also the surgery will be done on my lower jaw like they have to cut the gum and the cut the teeth and slide it out and stuff on both sides and then stitches and week after BRACES =/. i am so damn sacred i av heard like ppl getting 4 or 6 but 8 ? cmon am i the first one :s anyway i wanna know if this is really painful or horrible to face and shud i go for general anesthesia ? as the doc says 99% go with local anaestheis ? plz help what shud i do ? =/
Wisdom teeth extraction ? SCARED?
I had my wisdom teeth "cut out" several years ago, only they put me under general anesthesia and I didn't feel a thing. I was sore for a few days, but the pain meds kept me from feeling too uncomfotable. The swelling was the worst on the 3rd day. Then it started to subside. I left the house about five days after surgery, my swelling was not very noticable anymore. But you should allow about a week or so to recover fully. It is best not to have anything planned for three to four days after surgery.
Reply:I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth out at once and i was put under with general anesthesia and he also used local anesthesia [I had an anxiety issue]. Two of them were below the gum line and the other two were coming in sideways and were half under the gums so he had to open me up on the top and bottom. Once I came to my mouth was numb and I immediately started taking the pain killers they prescribed and took them as scheduled and never had any pain. My face was very swollen the next day but that subsided after about two days. Then after that I had some slight bruising on the outside of my jaw. Overall I would say I had mild discomfort but nothing I would call pain. I hope this helps somewhat. Good Luck!
Reply:i had all 4 wisdom teeth done at one time. i had to be put to sleep and they were impacted. it was not fun by any means but you can do it. the doc will give you pain killers afterwards and that will help. just be sure to follow his instructions on taking care of the sites afterwards to help speed the healing
Reply:I got my wisdom teeth taken out and they gave me the wrong type of anisphetic, i couldent move for four hours 'including in the opperation. and i felt all the pain.
P.S it HURT
Reply:This is a LOT of work. Having one wisdom tooth out can be a hell never mind all four - plus four more teeth. Given that you are scared and going to be really stressed then I would say go for general 100%. Injections don't always take the pain away. Insist on it even if you have to pay. Your current mental state should be taken into account. I am surprised they are not offering you gas or something under the circumstances.
Don't worry about gas. It's nice. I got it several times when under 18 (for free) as I was often a nervous patient.
the doctor says my 4 wisdom tooth both upper n lower and 4 pre molars or maybe molar i forgot will extracted. Also they have said i will be under local anesthesia and first they will extract 4 first from one side and then next 4 the another week.also the surgery will be done on my lower jaw like they have to cut the gum and the cut the teeth and slide it out and stuff on both sides and then stitches and week after BRACES =/. i am so damn sacred i av heard like ppl getting 4 or 6 but 8 ? cmon am i the first one :s anyway i wanna know if this is really painful or horrible to face and shud i go for general anesthesia ? as the doc says 99% go with local anaestheis ? plz help what shud i do ? =/
Wisdom teeth extraction ? SCARED?
I had my wisdom teeth "cut out" several years ago, only they put me under general anesthesia and I didn't feel a thing. I was sore for a few days, but the pain meds kept me from feeling too uncomfotable. The swelling was the worst on the 3rd day. Then it started to subside. I left the house about five days after surgery, my swelling was not very noticable anymore. But you should allow about a week or so to recover fully. It is best not to have anything planned for three to four days after surgery.
Reply:I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth out at once and i was put under with general anesthesia and he also used local anesthesia [I had an anxiety issue]. Two of them were below the gum line and the other two were coming in sideways and were half under the gums so he had to open me up on the top and bottom. Once I came to my mouth was numb and I immediately started taking the pain killers they prescribed and took them as scheduled and never had any pain. My face was very swollen the next day but that subsided after about two days. Then after that I had some slight bruising on the outside of my jaw. Overall I would say I had mild discomfort but nothing I would call pain. I hope this helps somewhat. Good Luck!
Reply:i had all 4 wisdom teeth done at one time. i had to be put to sleep and they were impacted. it was not fun by any means but you can do it. the doc will give you pain killers afterwards and that will help. just be sure to follow his instructions on taking care of the sites afterwards to help speed the healing
Reply:I got my wisdom teeth taken out and they gave me the wrong type of anisphetic, i couldent move for four hours 'including in the opperation. and i felt all the pain.
P.S it HURT
Reply:This is a LOT of work. Having one wisdom tooth out can be a hell never mind all four - plus four more teeth. Given that you are scared and going to be really stressed then I would say go for general 100%. Injections don't always take the pain away. Insist on it even if you have to pay. Your current mental state should be taken into account. I am surprised they are not offering you gas or something under the circumstances.
Don't worry about gas. It's nice. I got it several times when under 18 (for free) as I was often a nervous patient.
Sign Humor. And I dont want to hear about how long it is. I can see it myself. Or about how much time i have.?
A sign seen on a restroom dryer at O'Hare Field in Chicago: Do not activate with wet hands.
At a car dealership: The best way to get back on your feet? Miss a car payment.
At A Laundry Shop: How about we refund your money, send you a new one at no charge, close the store and have the manager shot. Would that be satisfactory?
At a Music Store: Out to lunch. Bach at 12:30. Offenbach sooner.
At a number of US military bases: Restricted to unauthorized personnel.
At a pizza shop: 7 days without pizza makes one weak.
At a Santa Fe gas station: We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container.
At a tire shop in Milwaukee: Invite us to your next blowout.
At a Towing Company: We don't charge an arm and a leg. We want tows.
At a Used Car Lot: Second Hand cars in first crash condition.
At an Auto Body Shop: May we have the next dents?
At an optometrist's office: If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place.
At the electric company: We would be delighted if you send in your bill. However, if you don't, you will be.
At the entrance of the large machinery plant: Warning to young ladies: If you wear loose clothes, beware of the machinery. If you wear tight clothes, beware of the machinist.
Billboard on the side of the road: Keep your eyes on the road and stop reading these signs.
Car Lot: The best way to get on your feet....Miss a car payment.
Church sign: To remove worry wrinkles, get your faith lifted.
Door of a plastic surgeon’s office: Hello. May we pick your nose?
English Sign in German Cafe: Mothers, Please Wash Your Hands Before Eating.
Gym: Merry Fitness and a Happy New Rear!
In a Beauty Shop: Dye now!
In a cafeteria: Shoes are required to eat in the cafeteria. Socks can eat any place they want.
In a cleaner’s window: Anyone leaving their garments here for more than 30 days will be disposed of.
In a counselors office: Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional.
In a dentist office: Be true to your teeth or they will be false to you.
In a department store: Bargain Basement Upstairs.
In a dry cleaner's emporium: Drop your pants here.
In a dry cleaner's window: Anyone leaving their garments here for more than 30 days will be disposed of.
In a farmer’s field: The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but be aware that the bull charges.
In a Florida maternity ward: No children allowed.
In a health food shop window: Closed due to illness.
In a hotel during a conference: For anyone who has children and doesn’t know it, there is day care on the first floor.
In a Laundromat: Automatic washing machines. Please remove all your clothes when the light goes out.
In a Los Angeles clothing store: Wonderful bargains for men with 16 and 17 necks.
In a Los Angeles dance hall: Good clean dancing every night but Sunday.
In a Maine restaurant: Open seven days a week and weekends.
In a New York medical building: Mental Health Prevention Center
In a New York restaurant: Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager.
In a non-smoking area: If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action.
In a Pennsylvania cemetery: Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own graves.
In a Podiatrist's window: Time wounds all heels.
In a restaurant window: Don't stand there and be hungry, come in and get fed up.
In a safari park: Elephants please stay in your car
In a Tacoma, Washington men's clothing store: 15 men's wool suits - $100 - They won't last an hour!
In a Texas funeral parlor: Ask about our layaway plan.
In a toilet: Toilet out of order. Please use floor below.
In a veterinarian’s waiting room: Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!
In an office building washroom: Toilet out of order. Please use floor below.
In an office: After the tea break, staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board.
In an office: Would the person who took the step ladder yesterday kindly bring it back or further steps will be taken.
In downtown Boston: Callahan Tunnel - NO END
In front of a New Hampshire car wash: If you can't read this, it's time to wash your car.
In the front yard of a funeral home: Drive carefully. We’ll wait.
In the offices of a New Jersey loan company: Ask about our plans for owning your home.
In the vestry of a New England church: Will the last person to leave please see that the perpetual light is extinguished.
In the window of a Kentucky appliance store: Don't kill your wife. Let our washing machine do the dirty work.
In the window of an Oregon general store: Why go elsewhere to be cheated, when you can come here?
Inside a bowling alley: Please be quiet. We need to hear a pin drop.
Maternity Clothes Shop: We are open on Labor Day.
Message on a leaflet: If you cannot read, this leaflet will tell you how to get lessons.
Notice in a field: The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges.
On a butcher's window: Let me meat your needs.
On a church door: This is the gate of Heaven. Enter ye all by this door. (This door is kept locked because of the draft. Please use side entrance)
On a desk in a reception room: We shoot every 3rd salesman, and the 2nd one just left.
On a display of "I love you only" Valentine cards: Now available in multi-packs.
On a fence: Salesmen welcome. Dog food is expensive.
On a local plumbing company's trucks in NE Pennsylvania: Don’t sleep with a drip. Call your plumber.
On a Maine shop: Our motto is to give our customers the lowest possible prices and workmanship.
On a maternity room door: Push. Push. Push.
On a Music Teacher's door: Out Chopin.
On a New York convalescent home: For the sick and tired of the Episcopal Church
On a plumber's truck: We repair what your husband fixed.
On a repair shop door: We can repair anything. (Please knock hard — bell out of order.)
On a restaurant: Try our fish just for the halibut.
On a roller coaster: Watch your head.
On a Scientist's door: Gone Fission
On a taxidermist's window: We really know our stuff.
On a Tennessee highway: Take notice: when this sign is under water, this road is impassable.
On an electrician's truck: Let us remove your shorts.
On an established New Mexico dry cleaning store: Thirty-eight years on the same spot.
On an United Airlines emergency exit row instruction card: If you cannot read this card...
On another Butcher's window: Pleased to meat you.
On the door of a Computer Store: Out for a quick byte.
On the door of a Music Library: Bach in a min-u-et.
On the grounds of a private school in Connecticut: No trespassing without permission.
On the menu of a New Orleans restaurant: Blackened bluefish
On the wall of a Baltimore estate: Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. - Sisters of Mercy
Outside a country shop in West Virginia: We buy junk and sell antiques.
Outside a disco: Smarts is the most exclusive disco in town. Everyone welcome.
Outside a farm: Horse manure, pre-packed bags, $10. Or, do-it-yourself, $1.
Outside a Hotel: Help! We need inn-experienced people.
Outside a muffler shop: No appointment necessary. We heard you coming.
Outside a photographer’s studio: Out to lunch; if not back by five, out for dinner.
Outside a radiator repair shop: Best place in town to take a leak.
Outside a second-hand store: We exchange anything - bicycles, washing machines etc. Why not bring your wife along and get a wonderful bargain.
Pizza shop slogan: 7 days without pizza makes one Weak.
Plumber: We repair what your husband Fixed.
Quicksand warning: Quicksand. Any person passing this point will be drowned. By order of the District Council.
Seen during a conference: For anyone who has children and doesn't know it, there is a day care on the first floor.
Sign at the psychic's Hotline: Don't call us, we'll call you.
This was seen on a car being towed by a large motor home: I go where I'm towed to.
Trucks of a local plumbing company in NE Pennsylvania: Don't sleep with a drip call your plumber.
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International Signs (Mis-Translations)
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Acapulco hotel sign: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.
Athens Hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 daily.
Athens, Greece hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.
Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
Bangkok dry cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results.
Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.
Belgrade hotel elevator: To move the cabin, push botton for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.
Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.
Copenhagen airline ticket office: WE take your bags and send them in all directions.
Czechoslovakian tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city tours--we guarantee no miscarriages.
Denmark: in a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions.
Finnish washroom faucet: To stop the drip, turn cock to right.
German/Austria: a sign in a hotel catering to skiers read Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
German/Germany: in a Leipzig elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.
Germany's Black forest sign: It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose.
Hong Kong supermarket: For your convenience, we recommend courageous, efficient self-service.
Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.
Istanbul hotel corridor sign: Please to evacuate in hall especially which is accompanied by rude noises.
Japanese hotel room: Please to bathe inside the tub.
Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
Japanese information booklet about a hotel air conditioner: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of war in your room, please control yourself.
Kyushi, Japan Detour sign: Stop: Drive Sideways.
Leipzig elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.
London department store: Bargain basement upstairs.
London office: After tea break staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board.
Majorcan shop entrance: English well talking.
Majorcan shop entrance: Here speeching American.
Moscow hotel lobby across from a Russian Orthodox monastery: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday.
Moscow hotel room door: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.
Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.
Paris dress shop: Dresses for street walking.
Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk.
Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.
Roman doctor's office: Specialist in women and other diseases.
Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.
Sweden: in the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin.
Swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream.
Thailand: an ad for donkey rides asked Would you like to ride on your own ***?.
Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.
Tokyo hotel: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such thing is please not to read this notice.
Tokyo shop: Our nylons cost more than common, but you’ll find they are best in the long run.
Vienna hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.
Vienna, Austria hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.
Yugoslavia: a sign in a hotel read The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid. Turn to her straightaway.
Yugoslavia: in the Europa Hotel, in Sarajevo, you will find this message on every door: Guests should announce the abandonment of theirs rooms before 12 o'clock, emptying the room at the latest until 14 o'clock, for the use of the room before 5 at the arrival or after the 16 o'clock at the departure, will be billed as one night more..
Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.
Sign Humor. And I dont want to hear about how long it is. I can see it myself. Or about how much time i have.?
Some of my favorites from the local papers...
"Is your child ready for a bigger bike? Sell the little one in the shopper"
"Free sheep (2). Ewe catch."
Reply:VERY VERY VERY VERY FUNNY. THANKS FOR THE LAUGHS!
Reply:Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs.
Reply:the ones i read were good,heres one we saw it was a restaurant and gas station eat here get gas
Reply:thanx! those are good! i know some of them already from a book called 'anguished english'. it's really funny!
Reply:i am getting dizzy,cant go on .just answering for the points.sorry.reading is not one of my strong points.i am sure it is funny so i am going to laugh anyhow hahaha hehe haha coff cof coff hahahahaha loma loma ,whoo there goes my a$% ,dam i am seeing dark now [smile]
Reply:What a hoot! thanks for sharing!
Reply:Funny
Reply:Funny funny funny and more funny. Too much to read too little time.
Reply:That is the longest one I have ever read all the way through. Just wish it didn't repeat itself so much though. Otherwise funny.
Reply:I laughed so hard that I cried too. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
People are soooo funny sometimes.
I liked the one at the department store: special prices for men and women with 16 and 17 necks.
WHERE DID YOU GET ALL THESE?? (some were repeated)
Reply:waaaaaaay toooooo loooong.
and
you repeated several of them
At a car dealership: The best way to get back on your feet? Miss a car payment.
At A Laundry Shop: How about we refund your money, send you a new one at no charge, close the store and have the manager shot. Would that be satisfactory?
At a Music Store: Out to lunch. Bach at 12:30. Offenbach sooner.
At a number of US military bases: Restricted to unauthorized personnel.
At a pizza shop: 7 days without pizza makes one weak.
At a Santa Fe gas station: We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container.
At a tire shop in Milwaukee: Invite us to your next blowout.
At a Towing Company: We don't charge an arm and a leg. We want tows.
At a Used Car Lot: Second Hand cars in first crash condition.
At an Auto Body Shop: May we have the next dents?
At an optometrist's office: If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place.
At the electric company: We would be delighted if you send in your bill. However, if you don't, you will be.
At the entrance of the large machinery plant: Warning to young ladies: If you wear loose clothes, beware of the machinery. If you wear tight clothes, beware of the machinist.
Billboard on the side of the road: Keep your eyes on the road and stop reading these signs.
Car Lot: The best way to get on your feet....Miss a car payment.
Church sign: To remove worry wrinkles, get your faith lifted.
Door of a plastic surgeon’s office: Hello. May we pick your nose?
English Sign in German Cafe: Mothers, Please Wash Your Hands Before Eating.
Gym: Merry Fitness and a Happy New Rear!
In a Beauty Shop: Dye now!
In a cafeteria: Shoes are required to eat in the cafeteria. Socks can eat any place they want.
In a cleaner’s window: Anyone leaving their garments here for more than 30 days will be disposed of.
In a counselors office: Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional.
In a dentist office: Be true to your teeth or they will be false to you.
In a department store: Bargain Basement Upstairs.
In a dry cleaner's emporium: Drop your pants here.
In a dry cleaner's window: Anyone leaving their garments here for more than 30 days will be disposed of.
In a farmer’s field: The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but be aware that the bull charges.
In a Florida maternity ward: No children allowed.
In a health food shop window: Closed due to illness.
In a hotel during a conference: For anyone who has children and doesn’t know it, there is day care on the first floor.
In a Laundromat: Automatic washing machines. Please remove all your clothes when the light goes out.
In a Los Angeles clothing store: Wonderful bargains for men with 16 and 17 necks.
In a Los Angeles dance hall: Good clean dancing every night but Sunday.
In a Maine restaurant: Open seven days a week and weekends.
In a New York medical building: Mental Health Prevention Center
In a New York restaurant: Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager.
In a non-smoking area: If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action.
In a Pennsylvania cemetery: Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own graves.
In a Podiatrist's window: Time wounds all heels.
In a restaurant window: Don't stand there and be hungry, come in and get fed up.
In a safari park: Elephants please stay in your car
In a Tacoma, Washington men's clothing store: 15 men's wool suits - $100 - They won't last an hour!
In a Texas funeral parlor: Ask about our layaway plan.
In a toilet: Toilet out of order. Please use floor below.
In a veterinarian’s waiting room: Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!
In an office building washroom: Toilet out of order. Please use floor below.
In an office: After the tea break, staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board.
In an office: Would the person who took the step ladder yesterday kindly bring it back or further steps will be taken.
In downtown Boston: Callahan Tunnel - NO END
In front of a New Hampshire car wash: If you can't read this, it's time to wash your car.
In the front yard of a funeral home: Drive carefully. We’ll wait.
In the offices of a New Jersey loan company: Ask about our plans for owning your home.
In the vestry of a New England church: Will the last person to leave please see that the perpetual light is extinguished.
In the window of a Kentucky appliance store: Don't kill your wife. Let our washing machine do the dirty work.
In the window of an Oregon general store: Why go elsewhere to be cheated, when you can come here?
Inside a bowling alley: Please be quiet. We need to hear a pin drop.
Maternity Clothes Shop: We are open on Labor Day.
Message on a leaflet: If you cannot read, this leaflet will tell you how to get lessons.
Notice in a field: The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges.
On a butcher's window: Let me meat your needs.
On a church door: This is the gate of Heaven. Enter ye all by this door. (This door is kept locked because of the draft. Please use side entrance)
On a desk in a reception room: We shoot every 3rd salesman, and the 2nd one just left.
On a display of "I love you only" Valentine cards: Now available in multi-packs.
On a fence: Salesmen welcome. Dog food is expensive.
On a local plumbing company's trucks in NE Pennsylvania: Don’t sleep with a drip. Call your plumber.
On a Maine shop: Our motto is to give our customers the lowest possible prices and workmanship.
On a maternity room door: Push. Push. Push.
On a Music Teacher's door: Out Chopin.
On a New York convalescent home: For the sick and tired of the Episcopal Church
On a plumber's truck: We repair what your husband fixed.
On a repair shop door: We can repair anything. (Please knock hard — bell out of order.)
On a restaurant: Try our fish just for the halibut.
On a roller coaster: Watch your head.
On a Scientist's door: Gone Fission
On a taxidermist's window: We really know our stuff.
On a Tennessee highway: Take notice: when this sign is under water, this road is impassable.
On an electrician's truck: Let us remove your shorts.
On an established New Mexico dry cleaning store: Thirty-eight years on the same spot.
On an United Airlines emergency exit row instruction card: If you cannot read this card...
On another Butcher's window: Pleased to meat you.
On the door of a Computer Store: Out for a quick byte.
On the door of a Music Library: Bach in a min-u-et.
On the grounds of a private school in Connecticut: No trespassing without permission.
On the menu of a New Orleans restaurant: Blackened bluefish
On the wall of a Baltimore estate: Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. - Sisters of Mercy
Outside a country shop in West Virginia: We buy junk and sell antiques.
Outside a disco: Smarts is the most exclusive disco in town. Everyone welcome.
Outside a farm: Horse manure, pre-packed bags, $10. Or, do-it-yourself, $1.
Outside a Hotel: Help! We need inn-experienced people.
Outside a muffler shop: No appointment necessary. We heard you coming.
Outside a photographer’s studio: Out to lunch; if not back by five, out for dinner.
Outside a radiator repair shop: Best place in town to take a leak.
Outside a second-hand store: We exchange anything - bicycles, washing machines etc. Why not bring your wife along and get a wonderful bargain.
Pizza shop slogan: 7 days without pizza makes one Weak.
Plumber: We repair what your husband Fixed.
Quicksand warning: Quicksand. Any person passing this point will be drowned. By order of the District Council.
Seen during a conference: For anyone who has children and doesn't know it, there is a day care on the first floor.
Sign at the psychic's Hotline: Don't call us, we'll call you.
This was seen on a car being towed by a large motor home: I go where I'm towed to.
Trucks of a local plumbing company in NE Pennsylvania: Don't sleep with a drip call your plumber.
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International Signs (Mis-Translations)
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Acapulco hotel sign: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.
Athens Hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 daily.
Athens, Greece hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.
Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
Bangkok dry cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results.
Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.
Belgrade hotel elevator: To move the cabin, push botton for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.
Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.
Copenhagen airline ticket office: WE take your bags and send them in all directions.
Czechoslovakian tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city tours--we guarantee no miscarriages.
Denmark: in a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions.
Finnish washroom faucet: To stop the drip, turn cock to right.
German/Austria: a sign in a hotel catering to skiers read Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
German/Germany: in a Leipzig elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.
Germany's Black forest sign: It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose.
Hong Kong supermarket: For your convenience, we recommend courageous, efficient self-service.
Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.
Istanbul hotel corridor sign: Please to evacuate in hall especially which is accompanied by rude noises.
Japanese hotel room: Please to bathe inside the tub.
Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
Japanese information booklet about a hotel air conditioner: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of war in your room, please control yourself.
Kyushi, Japan Detour sign: Stop: Drive Sideways.
Leipzig elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.
London department store: Bargain basement upstairs.
London office: After tea break staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board.
Majorcan shop entrance: English well talking.
Majorcan shop entrance: Here speeching American.
Moscow hotel lobby across from a Russian Orthodox monastery: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday.
Moscow hotel room door: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.
Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.
Paris dress shop: Dresses for street walking.
Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk.
Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.
Roman doctor's office: Specialist in women and other diseases.
Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.
Sweden: in the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin.
Swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream.
Thailand: an ad for donkey rides asked Would you like to ride on your own ***?.
Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.
Tokyo hotel: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such thing is please not to read this notice.
Tokyo shop: Our nylons cost more than common, but you’ll find they are best in the long run.
Vienna hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.
Vienna, Austria hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.
Yugoslavia: a sign in a hotel read The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid. Turn to her straightaway.
Yugoslavia: in the Europa Hotel, in Sarajevo, you will find this message on every door: Guests should announce the abandonment of theirs rooms before 12 o'clock, emptying the room at the latest until 14 o'clock, for the use of the room before 5 at the arrival or after the 16 o'clock at the departure, will be billed as one night more..
Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.
Sign Humor. And I dont want to hear about how long it is. I can see it myself. Or about how much time i have.?
Some of my favorites from the local papers...
"Is your child ready for a bigger bike? Sell the little one in the shopper"
"Free sheep (2). Ewe catch."
Reply:VERY VERY VERY VERY FUNNY. THANKS FOR THE LAUGHS!
Reply:Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs.
Reply:the ones i read were good,heres one we saw it was a restaurant and gas station eat here get gas
Reply:thanx! those are good! i know some of them already from a book called 'anguished english'. it's really funny!
Reply:i am getting dizzy,cant go on .just answering for the points.sorry.reading is not one of my strong points.i am sure it is funny so i am going to laugh anyhow hahaha hehe haha coff cof coff hahahahaha loma loma ,whoo there goes my a$% ,dam i am seeing dark now [smile]
Reply:What a hoot! thanks for sharing!
Reply:Funny
Reply:Funny funny funny and more funny. Too much to read too little time.
Reply:That is the longest one I have ever read all the way through. Just wish it didn't repeat itself so much though. Otherwise funny.
Reply:I laughed so hard that I cried too. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
People are soooo funny sometimes.
I liked the one at the department store: special prices for men and women with 16 and 17 necks.
WHERE DID YOU GET ALL THESE?? (some were repeated)
Reply:waaaaaaay toooooo loooong.
and
you repeated several of them
Can I roll over my SEP IRA account to my 403B ?
prevously I worked for a Dentist Office for 6 years and she opened up a SEP IRA account for me at a local bank.. now I'm working for a hospital and we have 403B, there is some moneys in the SEP I think almost 5,000, can I roll it over the my 403B plan at the hospital? Will the Dentist know that I roll it over?
Can I roll over my SEP IRA account to my 403B ?
Some 403b programs do allow for rollovers, but this may not be the best solution for you.
While a 403b is a powerful program, you should limit your deposits to your payroll deductions at work. The reason is diversification, two plans will insure that if you make poor choices in one the other will hopefully be doing better. you will not be able to take the money out of your 403b until you are 59.5 without some serious penalties so think it over before you make a change that you cant undo.
I am not a fan of going it alone with your investments. people make mistakes when they get emotional with their investing. an adviser can make sense of turbulent markets or at the very least keep you from loosing your good sense.
if you can find a trusted adviser who you let assist with your SEP, if they will help you choose investments in your 403b you may have a good match, and a second pair of eyes can never hurt!
Reply:You will not be able to do that. You best bet is to take your SEP IRA and invest it in some mutual funds. My personal recommendation is the Fidelity Freedom Funds. You choose a retirement date, say 2030 and place the funds in that fund and it will automatically adjust for you over time to be less and less agressive. No one will know what you do with your SEP IRA because it is your money and the bank cannot share that information with anyone. I strongly recommend you invest in your 403(b), but that will be seperate from your SEP. If you end up leaving the company you know work for, you could rollover your 403(b) money into your existing IRA, just not the other way around. Get to investing soon, so someday you can use that chunk of cash!
work boots
Can I roll over my SEP IRA account to my 403B ?
Some 403b programs do allow for rollovers, but this may not be the best solution for you.
While a 403b is a powerful program, you should limit your deposits to your payroll deductions at work. The reason is diversification, two plans will insure that if you make poor choices in one the other will hopefully be doing better. you will not be able to take the money out of your 403b until you are 59.5 without some serious penalties so think it over before you make a change that you cant undo.
I am not a fan of going it alone with your investments. people make mistakes when they get emotional with their investing. an adviser can make sense of turbulent markets or at the very least keep you from loosing your good sense.
if you can find a trusted adviser who you let assist with your SEP, if they will help you choose investments in your 403b you may have a good match, and a second pair of eyes can never hurt!
Reply:You will not be able to do that. You best bet is to take your SEP IRA and invest it in some mutual funds. My personal recommendation is the Fidelity Freedom Funds. You choose a retirement date, say 2030 and place the funds in that fund and it will automatically adjust for you over time to be less and less agressive. No one will know what you do with your SEP IRA because it is your money and the bank cannot share that information with anyone. I strongly recommend you invest in your 403(b), but that will be seperate from your SEP. If you end up leaving the company you know work for, you could rollover your 403(b) money into your existing IRA, just not the other way around. Get to investing soon, so someday you can use that chunk of cash!
work boots
Wisom Teeth operation?
My dentist has told me that I will have to get a general anesthetic to have my two lower wisdom teeth removed as they are to deep to do under local. Has anyone had this done is it really sore after and does anyone know the percentage of people who wake up during anesthetic ? I have a real fear of general anesthetic ( never had one) I have had three operstions all under local
Wisom Teeth operation?
As a dental professional I know the anxiety that tooth extractions often cause patients. If you are anxious, a general is definitely the way to go, especially if they are 'deep' and need to be cut out. I was like you (perhaps I knew too much!) and wanted to be awake. I regretted that choice as I had to have bone removed and it was a very unpleasant thing to hear even if I couldn't feel it. It is also quite a while to keep your mouth open and this can be very tiring. You can feel like you need to swallow and can't. It's not like a regular trip to the dentist where you can pause and swallow.
If you are asleep, the surgeon will have far better access because your jaw will be relaxed and open further. This will allow a better job to be done. Remember these teeth are right at the back of your mouth and not easy to get to.
General anaesthetics are good these days, and generally local anaesthetic is also used as it has a vaso-constrictor which helps to reduce bleeding in the site so that it's easier for the surgeon to carry out the procedure. If you are at all concerned about waking and being in pain, talk to your surgeon and anaesthetist about this. You can specifically request a local anaesthetic be used in conjunction with the general and then even if you did wake, you would not feel any pain.
If you do not have to have bone removed, the procedure will not be as painful. Bone removal can be quite painful, so don't expect to be back into things for a few days. You will probably swell up like a chipmunk, but this goes quickly, and you may have some bruising. Sleeping siting up helps to reduce the throbbing. There are brilliant pain killers these days - you'll be fine.
I wish you all the best.
Reply:I have had this done and there is very little chance that you will awake during the anesthetic. You will be given a sedative prior to the operation to calm your nerves down and then you will get the anesthetic and you will not know another thing until you have awoken after. It will not hurt at first as due to all the painkiller but you will feel a throbbing after they are taken out but this is not too bad and you will be given more painkillers to take at home to deal with this.
Reply:I had mine taken out under general last year. I was really scared cos i watched a program on how sometimes anesthetists screw up and forget the numbing part of the anesthesia and just sedate you so you feel the pain but can't move.
Anyway I had to go for it and it was fine! From what I hear, you should try to get ur wisdom teeth out on general rather than local cos everyone I know who has done it under local has complained about the pain and hearing the cracking noises etc.
I woke up and was a bit groggy and I threw up all the blood that I swallowed but apart from that pretty pain free as they give you meds. I think i definitely had a better experience than people who did it on local.
BTW mine we impacted (at an angle) so they had to drill my jaw and make the hole wider to upright the tooth and it was totally fine for me.
Reply:I had this done a few months ago! Had all four out - it was totally fine. You go under and don't feel anything, mine didn't hurt and I had one day off work and was back in. I was so glad I had it done because it really does feel so much better - even if you don't think it hurts now, when you have them out it feels like pressure has been lifted!
I did wake up during that general! But it didn't matter and it didn't hurt at all - it was like a dream and they just put me straight back to sleep, no pain, nothing. It's not a big operation so I would not worry at all!
Oh, get something soft to eat for your dinner - I had fish pie and it was lovely!
Reply:I had mine taken out under general anaesthetic - I had all 4 cut out when I was 16 because my jaw was too small and there was nowhere for them to go.
Because mine were actually cut out, yes it was quite sore afterwards and my cheeks were so swollen I looked like a cartoon character for about 2 weeks. However, I think this is not the case with a normal removal, it shouldn't be quite so bad for you.
I really don't think you need to worry about waking up - the anaesthetists are experts in what they do and will make sure that you don't. I have had surgery under general 5 or 6 times, and I have only ever had positive things to say about the hospital staff. Don't worry, they will look after you. Good luck!
Reply:i had mine done under general about a year ago, and i can honestly say i sorta enjoyed the experience . . . sleeping is probably my favorite thing to do in the world, and i got to do a lot of it -- during and after the operation.
the aftermath hurt like a bee with an itch, and i couldn't chew anything for about a week -- just yogurt and soup and milkshakes. honestly getting the stitches out was worse than the actual operation. just relax, you'll be fine. (most) doctors know what they're doing.
mine were cut too, rather than pulled, so the inability to eat chewable food was probably longer.
Reply:I have had my wisdom teeth out but I had the local. My face did hurt when the anesthetic wore off but just make sure you get some soluable pain killers, like Solpadine. They do help. Have had normal teeth out before under a general when I was younger and it was no problem. Try not to be scared, you just drift off and the next thing you're waking up none the wiser. I'm sure you will be fine.
Reply:I had all four of mine removed at the same time. It was a little sore once the antiseptic wore off but they will give you a prescription for Tylenol with codeine I only had to take the the first day and it took about 4 days before I could eat normal food again
Reply:You will be fine. This household just had a 20 yr old go through the same last Wednesday. No bruising and no unbearable pain. Your gums will be stitched so that is really better than a dentist extraction. You will come away with painkillers and a mouthwash.
Just think of the money you have saved by having the teeth removed in hospital!!!
They use stitches that dissolve these days
We did not have a restricted diet really
Reply:Most patients are begging to go under general!!
Reply:i had all four taken out a couple of years ago and it was quite a major operation because two of the teeth were impacted and had to get some of the jaw bone removed. I was in hospital for two days and was off work for three weeks if i can remember correctly. I had to get stitches because of the impacted teeth and was very sore for about a week and a half. The percentage of people waking up during an operation in relatively low,you're given a pre-med 30 mins before you go to theatre to make you relaxed and sleepy.When you're down in the pre-op room,that's when they give you the injection to put you to sleep and then they take you through to the operating theatre. Dont worry about it ,you'll be fine.
Reply:My fiance woke up under the anesthetic they used at the office to but him out they had to stop the surgery and have him have it done in the hospital completely out. He woke up in pain and nauseous and had a lot of pain for several days. I'm not trying to scare you but I swore to my fiance he'd be fine when they tried to do it the first time cause he was nervous and we had an awful time with it.
I on the other hand had no problems when I had my teeth out. Yes it hurt but after wards but it wasn't unbearable.
Reply:I had gas when under 18 for ordinary dental treatment (it was free and commonly used for minors in those days). The first time was when I was six. Everything was done in a rush and I was really scared and screamed when they put the mask on. Really I wasn't prepared for it or warned what would happen.
It doesn't have to be like that though. If you mentally prepare yourself and try and relax as much as possible it shouldn't be too bad.
To be honest I wouldn't mind having it again. I still hate needles even if I've lost my fear of the dreaded rubber mask.
Wisom Teeth operation?
As a dental professional I know the anxiety that tooth extractions often cause patients. If you are anxious, a general is definitely the way to go, especially if they are 'deep' and need to be cut out. I was like you (perhaps I knew too much!) and wanted to be awake. I regretted that choice as I had to have bone removed and it was a very unpleasant thing to hear even if I couldn't feel it. It is also quite a while to keep your mouth open and this can be very tiring. You can feel like you need to swallow and can't. It's not like a regular trip to the dentist where you can pause and swallow.
If you are asleep, the surgeon will have far better access because your jaw will be relaxed and open further. This will allow a better job to be done. Remember these teeth are right at the back of your mouth and not easy to get to.
General anaesthetics are good these days, and generally local anaesthetic is also used as it has a vaso-constrictor which helps to reduce bleeding in the site so that it's easier for the surgeon to carry out the procedure. If you are at all concerned about waking and being in pain, talk to your surgeon and anaesthetist about this. You can specifically request a local anaesthetic be used in conjunction with the general and then even if you did wake, you would not feel any pain.
If you do not have to have bone removed, the procedure will not be as painful. Bone removal can be quite painful, so don't expect to be back into things for a few days. You will probably swell up like a chipmunk, but this goes quickly, and you may have some bruising. Sleeping siting up helps to reduce the throbbing. There are brilliant pain killers these days - you'll be fine.
I wish you all the best.
Reply:I have had this done and there is very little chance that you will awake during the anesthetic. You will be given a sedative prior to the operation to calm your nerves down and then you will get the anesthetic and you will not know another thing until you have awoken after. It will not hurt at first as due to all the painkiller but you will feel a throbbing after they are taken out but this is not too bad and you will be given more painkillers to take at home to deal with this.
Reply:I had mine taken out under general last year. I was really scared cos i watched a program on how sometimes anesthetists screw up and forget the numbing part of the anesthesia and just sedate you so you feel the pain but can't move.
Anyway I had to go for it and it was fine! From what I hear, you should try to get ur wisdom teeth out on general rather than local cos everyone I know who has done it under local has complained about the pain and hearing the cracking noises etc.
I woke up and was a bit groggy and I threw up all the blood that I swallowed but apart from that pretty pain free as they give you meds. I think i definitely had a better experience than people who did it on local.
BTW mine we impacted (at an angle) so they had to drill my jaw and make the hole wider to upright the tooth and it was totally fine for me.
Reply:I had this done a few months ago! Had all four out - it was totally fine. You go under and don't feel anything, mine didn't hurt and I had one day off work and was back in. I was so glad I had it done because it really does feel so much better - even if you don't think it hurts now, when you have them out it feels like pressure has been lifted!
I did wake up during that general! But it didn't matter and it didn't hurt at all - it was like a dream and they just put me straight back to sleep, no pain, nothing. It's not a big operation so I would not worry at all!
Oh, get something soft to eat for your dinner - I had fish pie and it was lovely!
Reply:I had mine taken out under general anaesthetic - I had all 4 cut out when I was 16 because my jaw was too small and there was nowhere for them to go.
Because mine were actually cut out, yes it was quite sore afterwards and my cheeks were so swollen I looked like a cartoon character for about 2 weeks. However, I think this is not the case with a normal removal, it shouldn't be quite so bad for you.
I really don't think you need to worry about waking up - the anaesthetists are experts in what they do and will make sure that you don't. I have had surgery under general 5 or 6 times, and I have only ever had positive things to say about the hospital staff. Don't worry, they will look after you. Good luck!
Reply:i had mine done under general about a year ago, and i can honestly say i sorta enjoyed the experience . . . sleeping is probably my favorite thing to do in the world, and i got to do a lot of it -- during and after the operation.
the aftermath hurt like a bee with an itch, and i couldn't chew anything for about a week -- just yogurt and soup and milkshakes. honestly getting the stitches out was worse than the actual operation. just relax, you'll be fine. (most) doctors know what they're doing.
mine were cut too, rather than pulled, so the inability to eat chewable food was probably longer.
Reply:I have had my wisdom teeth out but I had the local. My face did hurt when the anesthetic wore off but just make sure you get some soluable pain killers, like Solpadine. They do help. Have had normal teeth out before under a general when I was younger and it was no problem. Try not to be scared, you just drift off and the next thing you're waking up none the wiser. I'm sure you will be fine.
Reply:I had all four of mine removed at the same time. It was a little sore once the antiseptic wore off but they will give you a prescription for Tylenol with codeine I only had to take the the first day and it took about 4 days before I could eat normal food again
Reply:You will be fine. This household just had a 20 yr old go through the same last Wednesday. No bruising and no unbearable pain. Your gums will be stitched so that is really better than a dentist extraction. You will come away with painkillers and a mouthwash.
Just think of the money you have saved by having the teeth removed in hospital!!!
They use stitches that dissolve these days
We did not have a restricted diet really
Reply:Most patients are begging to go under general!!
Reply:i had all four taken out a couple of years ago and it was quite a major operation because two of the teeth were impacted and had to get some of the jaw bone removed. I was in hospital for two days and was off work for three weeks if i can remember correctly. I had to get stitches because of the impacted teeth and was very sore for about a week and a half. The percentage of people waking up during an operation in relatively low,you're given a pre-med 30 mins before you go to theatre to make you relaxed and sleepy.When you're down in the pre-op room,that's when they give you the injection to put you to sleep and then they take you through to the operating theatre. Dont worry about it ,you'll be fine.
Reply:My fiance woke up under the anesthetic they used at the office to but him out they had to stop the surgery and have him have it done in the hospital completely out. He woke up in pain and nauseous and had a lot of pain for several days. I'm not trying to scare you but I swore to my fiance he'd be fine when they tried to do it the first time cause he was nervous and we had an awful time with it.
I on the other hand had no problems when I had my teeth out. Yes it hurt but after wards but it wasn't unbearable.
Reply:I had gas when under 18 for ordinary dental treatment (it was free and commonly used for minors in those days). The first time was when I was six. Everything was done in a rush and I was really scared and screamed when they put the mask on. Really I wasn't prepared for it or warned what would happen.
It doesn't have to be like that though. If you mentally prepare yourself and try and relax as much as possible it shouldn't be too bad.
To be honest I wouldn't mind having it again. I still hate needles even if I've lost my fear of the dreaded rubber mask.
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