Dentist shortage leads man to superglue own tooth (Oh the joys of socialized medicine)

Daily Mail UK ^ | 13 November 2006 | Staff

[Retired Chemist]

I thought superglue wasn't very good in a moist environment.

[CDHart]

"IOW, he was too CHEAP to go pay for it hisself!........"

Or perhaps he is being taxed so heavily to pay for "free health care" that he can't afford to pay for it himself. This is our future if Hillary gets her way.

carolyn

[Gorzaloon]

I did the same thing recently, While camping with the Boy scouts I broke my crown, Rather than cut short the trip "a little dab will do ya"! Sometimes you need to improvise.

Back home my Dentist thought I was nuts.

Clean and dry the joint surfaces well, use a proper amount, then coat the joint with olive oil to exclude air and to guarantee a full anaerobic cure, and the bond can last a year.

My dentist admired the job.

[glorgau]

I had a crown put in a few years ago. The first one I swallowed in my sleep, ...

Couldn't recover it at the other end? ;-)

[Past Your Eyes]

One of my tree workers had a tooth that was bothering him a couple weeks ago. He pulled it out himself with a pair of pliers. That's one Maine lumberjack I wouldn't like to have to mess with.

[therut]

You get what YOU pay for. It is his own fault the did not want to spend about 100 dollars which I think is cheap. I have no sympathy for him. Good grief.

[Tokra]

I had a crown put in a few years ago. The first one I swallowed in my sleep, ... Couldn't recover it at the other end? ;-)

....maybe if I didn't have dental insurance....

I did retrieve the quarter that I swallowed when I was 8 years old - that was a lot of money to me at the time.