Thos Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Haven't been contributing much to the forum over the past few days as I've had a back tooth problem.On Friday last I went to a Travel Exhibition at Olympia, London. There was a stand adjacent selling "real organic meat" burgers etc so I bought one for lunch. In the first place it was dry and uninteresting (not a patch on a McDonald's) and secondly I chewed on a bit which had a piece of bone in it. I heard what seemed to me to be a loud crack and felt a searing pain in a back tooth. It quitened down a bit but next day it started to become very painful. On Monday it was swollen and my dentist fitted me in on Tuesday morning. I had cracked a large back molar completely through longways. No alternative but extraction which was a long job picking out the last bits after the tooth had broken up.However all is now done, only the after effects of sore mouth and jaw after all the tugging. Can't drink alcohol until the antibiotic course is finished.Just for interest, the charge under the NHS was £15.50!Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Sorry to hear that Thos, sounds as though it was painful :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I remember our dentist saying the bane of his life was wholemeal bread, responsible for more cracked teeth than everything else put together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I would be inclined to go and see if the real organic meat purveyor was prepared to give you real organic reparation for you pain and lost of future chewing capacity. If he refuses kick him in the organics.However I suppose he was an illegal immigrant, selling illegally imported bush tucker and he will probably claim it was a piece of organic bone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 was the exhibition any good ..Thos ..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchful Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Thos, my commiserations. I could feel it Last time I cracked a piece off a tooth was on a bit of bone in a sausage but the noise inside your head is so loud that you would swear your whole jaw was broken. :0 Hope you soon feel well and able to chew again but more gingerly next time ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Sorry to hear about your dental problems and hope things get better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 In the first place it was dry and uninteresting and secondly I chewed on a bit which had a piece of bone in it. I heard what seemed to me to be a loud crack and felt a searing pain in a back tooth. It quietened down a bit but next day it started to become very painful. On Monday it was swollen and my dentist fitted me in on Tuesday morning. I had cracked a large back molar completely through longways. No alternative but extraction which was a long job picking out the last bits after the tooth had broken up.Sorry to hear of your painful ordeal Thos :( I went through a similar thing when I was around 14 years old, I stupidly bit through a stick of Blackpool rock which also caused a back molar to be completely cracked down the middle.I was in agony and screaming with pain.Fortunately, I didn't have to wait to get back home to see a dentist as my parents took me to a local Hospital and after a short wait, I had it extracted there and then under local anaesthetic.I haven't touched a stick of rock since! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 OUCH!!!Lucky you found a NHS dentist - none around here!£35 for a check up and another £40 for a clean......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Hope it all clears up OK, meantime I'll gave a glass or two on your behalf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted July 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Thank you all for your commiserations. In my misery, they really helped.I did think, catgate, of "going after" the meat seller. In fact it was a reputable farm, selling it's produce directly to the public and probably proud of it's sausages and burgers. I think, though I am not sure, that it was from Yorkshire farmland, and possibly never seen "an illigal immigrant" However, I am not a believer in haphazard litigation and now it is all over, I can't be bovvered.Andsome. I hope you enjoy the "glass or two" on my behalf. You won't enjoy them nearly as much as I will on Sunday when I shall open my first bottle for over a week.Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordythegouge Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Never mind all this organic meat nonsense..........tell the truth..........you cracked it watching England play Portugal!!!!! All that tooth grinding doesn't help does it? You'd be far better employed watching the ancient chinese art of Carp Pedicure Techniques For The Terminally Bored! And dare I say it.......far more soothing to the spirit than watching young Rooney putting a sudden and rather abrupt end to a certain Portugal defender's lovelife!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted July 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Never mind all this organic meat nonsense..........tell the truth..........you cracked it watching England play Portugal!!!!! All that tooth grinding doesn't help does it? You'd be far better employed watching the ancient chinese art of Carp Pedicure Techniques For The Terminally Bored! And dare I say it.......far more soothing to the spirit than watching young Rooney putting a sudden and rather abrupt end to a certain Portugal defender's lovelife!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Oh yeah!I had my mouth open most of the time watching that match wondering why Sven didn't tell his men which end of the pitch to attack.Thos. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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