If I rip out my tooth with pliers...

[MrDudeMan]

This is a terrible idea. Please thoroughly document your experience. I am collecting videos for my daughter to watch as she gets older on how to not grow up to be a moron.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: quackerww
If I don't get it fixed what could happen. "Maybe a blood infection, dying, no biggie?"

You could get an abscessed tooth which could lead to a very serious infection and you could possibly die.

Don't mess around with tooth/gum/mouth infections. Get to a dentist any way you can.

I ignored a tooth ache in college for months until it turned into an abscessed tooth. I had to have an emergency root canal when I was on vacation in Palm Springs and it ended up costing me a shitload more than it would have if I would have just got it taken care of by my normal dentist. What finally got me in the chair was 6 ibuprofen and 2 vicodin weren't doing anything to stop the pain.

 

[mesthead21]

Originally posted by: KeypoX
Rob a store, if you get caught you get free dental work in prison. If you get away with it you have some money, goto a dental school.

this is genius

 

[Ika]

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[sutahz]

Originally posted by: Bibble
If you really do this I would recommend drinking vodka or something beforehand so it's somewhat less painful and to get the germs out of your mouth.

But alcohol thins blood so he'll bleed longer.

 

[sandorski]

Ibuprofen and Listerine. Swallow the Ibuprofen, rinse mouth with Listerine. That's just a temporary solution though. Tylenol 3s or better would work splendidly.

 

[sjwaste]

If you can't afford to pay, a dentist will work something out. They can't just let you abscess and die.

My dentist treats all sorts of low income patients, some that just got to the US and had never seen a dentist in their lives. He basically adjusts the price to what they can pay. I suggest swallowing your pride and calling up the nearest dentist to ask. If not, try a dental school.

 

[Evadman]

I can't believe no one posted a link to the last time someone did this on AT.

 

[quackerww]

Did I finally win for best post ever? There is no way in hell I am pulling it myself.

 

[TehMac]

You're fucking pathetic. How does someone have time to post on ATOT and yet can't afford dental work?

Get the fuck out moron.

 

[V00DOO]

Watch the movie "The Hang Over' will give you tips for removing your own tooth with a plier without feeling any pain or remember it :thumbsup:

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Originally posted by: TehMac
You're fucking pathetic. How does someone have time to post on ATOT and yet can't afford dental work?

Get the fuck out moron.

So this is what those sketchy people on the public library computers do...

 

[xj0hnx]

Call a hospital and ask if they have an emergency dentist? If not see if you can find a dentist that will script you antibiotics, and if you're lucky T3 or Vicodin until you can get in the office.

 

[keird]

Originally posted by: xj0hnx
Call a hospital and ask if they have an emergency dentist? If not see if you can find a dentist that will script you antibiotics, and if you're lucky T3 or Vicodin until you can get in the office.

If you can't get any narcotics, beg for some lidocaine (non-narcotic) to be injected. You'll get complete relief for a few hours and the docs will give you reps for not being some low-life just looking for narcotics.

 

[LtPage1]

Originally posted by: Juddog

Originally posted by: quackerww
If I don't get it fixed what could happen. "Maybe a blood infection, dying, no biggie?"

If you do it yourself you risk infection. If you have a tooth infection it can get very nasty and very painful and end up costing a lot more. Cheapest and safest way is to find a local school that has a dentistry program, or just spend the money to get it done at a professional dentist's office. In my area the local community college does it for free but you take a risk as they are new students, that being said at least it's a sterile environment and there are typically people to oversee the process.

Doing it yourself can lead to a huge amount of pain plus risk of infection or worse.

Follow this advice, for your own safety.

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: Bibble
If you really do this I would recommend drinking vodka or something beforehand so it's somewhat less painful and to get the germs out of your mouth.

As it happens I know someone that did almost exactly this, vodka and all. He had a severe toothache and no dentist's offices nearby were open that day.

His description was that there were a few seconds of immense relief at first, and then dramatically worse pain. He ended up going to a dentist as soon as possible. Said it was a huge mistake.

 

[tboo]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
This is a terrible idea. Please thoroughly document your experience. I am collecting videos for my daughter to watch as she gets older on how to not grow up to be a moron.

LOL

 

[xj0hnx]

Originally posted by: keird

Originally posted by: xj0hnx
Call a hospital and ask if they have an emergency dentist? If not see if you can find a dentist that will script you antibiotics, and if you're lucky T3 or Vicodin until you can get in the office.

If you can't get any narcotics, beg for some lidocaine (non-narcotic) to be injected. You'll get complete relief for a few hours and the docs will give you reps for not being some low-life just looking for narcotics.

Pretty sad when people looking for relief from pain are looked at as "low lifes".

 

[FoBoT]

my dentist does some amount of 'pro bono' work, just gotta figure out how to locate a dentist that would do it

 

[moshquerade]

you'd never do it.

 

[rockyct]

Originally posted by: xj0hnx

Originally posted by: keird

Originally posted by: xj0hnx
Call a hospital and ask if they have an emergency dentist? If not see if you can find a dentist that will script you antibiotics, and if you're lucky T3 or Vicodin until you can get in the office.

If you can't get any narcotics, beg for some lidocaine (non-narcotic) to be injected. You'll get complete relief for a few hours and the docs will give you reps for not being some low-life just looking for narcotics.

Pretty sad when people looking for relief from pain are looked at as "low lifes".

Well, dentists get asked a lot for prescriptions from people who are drug abusers. He's not calling people who have tooth pain low-lifes. It's the people who go through the phone book finding a dentist who will prescribe oxycontin.

 

[guyver01]

Move to canada
live there for 6 months
take advantage of their 'free health care'
move back home
profit?

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: mesthead21

Originally posted by: KeypoX
Rob a store, if you get caught you get free dental work in prison. If you get away with it you have some money, goto a dental school.

this is genius

Yeah, like the homeless guy that broke a street full of windows and confessed the next day so he could get into jail. Unconventional, but why not do it if you've got no better option? That said I'd try the emergency room before going on a crime spree

 

[shortylickens]

Thread is full of win.
Thanks guys, I can go to sleep now.

 

[necine]

Sell your computer.