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micronut
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Jan 19, 2012 - 11:15am PT
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Yo Coz,
Why you gotta hate on a doctor who takes the time to call back? In the words of Cosmo Cramer on Seinfeld...."You're a raging anti-dentite Jerry!"
I make personal follow up calls every afternoon/night after surgery to check on my patients. It kinda freaks them out for a minute because they are so surprised, but it really makes them feel good. I have a policy in my practice that I personally return all calls to the doctor the same day. And I'm slammed with my schedule a month out.
You're right, its not normal, but it does happen. From what I've seen, most of the finest docs out there are very available to talk on the phone. But that's typically the dentists/docs who value people over time and money. Just thought I'd give a thumbs up for that doc taking the time to chat with Bob.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 19, 2012 - 11:45am PT
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So, Locker...we all know the Chicks Dig Scars. Or so I've heard. Do they dig BlingBling 24K teefz?
I'm very curious about what this Jedi Crown Master has to say. One thing I have noted is that here in Southern California, people have this almost pathological obsession with perfect, sparkly, pearly-white Dick Clark teeth. As though they all wanted to be local affliate TV News anchors. The advertisements in the San Diego Reader seem to be about 50% cosmitic dentistry, as though teeth were a reflection of the soul.
Oddly, I believe if I were in Austin, Texas, NYC, Compton, or the Ukraine, there would be very little discusion on the matter. They'd push gold, if you could afford it. More money for them. Here, people seem aghast -- anything less than unnaturally bright Hollywood Whites are regarded with horror.
Odd how -- in this same apperance-obsessed culture -- garish, irreversable, prominently displayed tattoos are all the rage, with Women as well as Men. Gotta be a Sociology PhD thesis in there somewhere.
As for me, I'm just looking for a permanent fix that I won't have to keep patching up every five years at $1K a pop.
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Patrick Sawyer
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Originally California now Ireland
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Jan 20, 2012 - 02:40pm PT
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BVB, I just was fitted with crown (first molar upper left) that had a gold 'inside' with a porcelain outside. Not cheap, but then, I just won €2,000 ($2,576.96) on the EuroMillions. Not the €50m I was hoping for, but better than a kick in the... teeth. So the winnings will pay for the dental cost, and then some. (The most I ever won before was €42 on a ticket.)
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nature
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Aridzona for now Denver.... here I come...
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Jan 20, 2012 - 03:26pm PT
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micronut spent a fair amount of time with me on the phone and I never even did visit his office!
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kc
Trad climber
the cats
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Jan 20, 2012 - 06:15pm PT
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Well, as someone who has also had a porcelain crown crack, I am fond of the gold. BUT! I wouldn't do gold on a front/visible tooth. There is far less pressure exerted on your front teeth, so if you aren't a huge apple chomper, etc., a non-gold crown should last you just fine. It sounds kind of fun to do a front gold tooth, but for me, I am just vain enough that the novelty would wear off quickly, and then I'd be embarrassed to smile at people. It would be a bummer to have to edit how you express yourself if the gold tooth isn't really you. If you are questioning the gold at all, and it sounds like you are on the fence for whatever the reason(s),then I'd go for something else first.
Oh--and my brother has had a non-gold crown on his front tooth since high school. Has had it changed out once. He's 51.
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