Farewell Molar

Posted by: Deane F on 01 December 2005

Well, thankfully my rearmost molar chose the morning of a business day to split right in half from crown to root; so I could get an appointment with my dentist on the same day. It was already dead and structurally weak from a root canal so all I heard was the crack. The dentist, bless him, took it out in six pieces and only needed to put in three stitches to finish the job. He was sweating by the time he finished (or does a dentist perspire...)

I was good with everything up until the time he started stitching. It is a most unnatural experience to see a needle and thread coming out of one's mouth. All the more so when the thread starts out white and ends up pink.

A bargain at $170 NZD.

Posted on: 01 December 2005 by Martin D

Hope it settles down soon, good value down under BTW, if you can FIND a dentist here.
Martin

Posted on: 01 December 2005 by Deane F

They are good value. Open seven days a week. Seven dentists on the premises so they can (nearly) always fit you in somewhere in an emergency if you are happy not to see your regular dentist.

Posted on: 01 December 2005 by Martin D

7 days a week...........
jeeeeeeez very good

Posted on: 01 December 2005 by Hammerhead

Dentist you say? Is that the great spotted or the much rarer striped variety? Not seen one of those in over 15 years...