That's all good, but for the love of god, please don't ever 'pack' a cavity or an abscessed tooth with cotton balls soaked in coal tar...
A client at the 'day job' insisted it was a natural remedy she read about online.
After weeks of pain, and packing, and swearing it would work? We couldn't take it anymore. She smelled like she'd eaten a dead animal stuffed with moth balls - the odor of naphthalene was emitting from her skin, and 10x worse when she opened her mouth. Her gums were a shiny black color. People would visibly gag if they got too close to her. A brave coworker finally talked to her and convinced her to go to the dentist.
Dentist visit turned into an emergency visit to an oral surgeon. They found decaying bone in her upper jaw, and her soft pallet was essentially gone. The abscess had spread into nearby tissue and bone. The bones behind and above the upper lip and part of her nose were necrotic and sponge-like.
She survived but now has a full set of dentures, and metal implants where bone used to be. She's in her late 30s, but looks much older.
She was on public assistance to boot... No reason not to take care of it.
So... Natural care is great... But still visit a dentist? For your health. For our noses.
I have a black swan dentist. He's 4th generation, and his kid makes 5th generation. The guy is fast, amazing, reasonable, and actually listens. He grew up learning dentistry like an actual tradeskill, running around dad and grandads office - instead of deciding "in going to school to get a degree to "make money". He's one in a million and I've traveled across states to see him.
That's all good, but for the love of god, please don't ever 'pack' a cavity or an abscessed tooth with cotton balls soaked in coal tar...
A client at the 'day job' insisted it was a natural remedy she read about online.
After weeks of pain, and packing, and swearing it would work? We couldn't take it anymore. She smelled like she'd eaten a dead animal stuffed with moth balls - the odor of naphthalene was emitting from her skin, and 10x worse when she opened her mouth. Her gums were a shiny black color. People would visibly gag if they got too close to her. A brave coworker finally talked to her and convinced her to go to the dentist.
Dentist visit turned into an emergency visit to an oral surgeon. They found decaying bone in her upper jaw, and her soft pallet was essentially gone. The abscess had spread into nearby tissue and bone. The bones behind and above the upper lip and part of her nose were necrotic and sponge-like.
She survived but now has a full set of dentures, and metal implants where bone used to be. She's in her late 30s, but looks much older.
She was on public assistance to boot... No reason not to take care of it.
So... Natural care is great... But still visit a dentist? For your health. For our noses.
I have a black swan dentist. He's 4th generation, and his kid makes 5th generation. The guy is fast, amazing, reasonable, and actually listens. He grew up learning dentistry like an actual tradeskill, running around dad and grandads office - instead of deciding "in going to school to get a degree to "make money". He's one in a million and I've traveled across states to see him.
I wish I could find a black swan doctor tho!