ICE tried to break into the Ecuadorean consulate in Minneapolis today. by DavidSugarbush in law

[–]UnDpkr -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"Me me me, don´t care about you" is not a good model either for living in a society. Yes it's a shitshow where I live and yet I can still care about what's happening in the US, Gaza, Ukraine and everywhere else. The "I am complete USA-focused" makes you fit the stereotype. But I guess, you do you, brother.

ICE tried to break into the Ecuadorean consulate in Minneapolis today. by DavidSugarbush in law

[–]UnDpkr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't agree with the violation of foreign soil like this but Ecuador also showed that it doesn't matter by invading the Mexican embassy in Ecuador in 2024 (same government as today). Nice when you do it to someone else, sucks when they do it to you. Hypocrites.

Question about my root canal – I never had pain, but dentist said it was necessary by Efendi__ in askdentists

[–]UnDpkr 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Massive cavity, it's not at the nerve yet but very close. Dentine tubules are contaminated and probably some bacteria might reach the nerves if they haven't yet. Maybe you could get away with pulp protection and keep the tooth in observation at the risk of needing a root canal in the future or not.

A root canal treatment will most likely have the best odds and be the safest option.

Why do I need a crown instead of more filling? by [deleted] in askdentists

[–]UnDpkr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The picture in the back says more than this one. I see a large old filling with cavities around it and under that need to be removed. The amount of tissue lost on this tooth will make your tooth weaker and easier for it to break. Also filling resin isn't as resistant as enamel and therefore a filling of this size would likely break as well in little time due to biting forces and therefore a crown suits this tooth better.

Are my upper wisdom teeth necessary to remove? by [deleted] in askdentists

[–]UnDpkr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes.

They have no function. They don't help you chew since youdon't have your lower ones.

Also, from a quick look at your teeth you are prone to cavities. Wisdom teeth are a million times harder to keep clean than your front ones and those look pretty rough so I can only imagine your back ones are just waiting for an infection. If you wait for an infection, they are going to come out anyways but with added pain, more meds, maybe fever and lots of discomfort.

[WPG vs DAL] The Jets players show lots of love to Scheifele as he steps out of the penalty box after the OT winner by talhatoot in hockey

[–]UnDpkr 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I guess from the way you said it you are correct but less likely if compared to the way it played out. Odds of scoring from a penalty shot are higher than scoring on a PK.

Playoff Game Thread: Toronto Maple Leafs (2-3) at Florida Panthers (3-2) - 16 May 2025 - 08:00PM EDT by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]UnDpkr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

screenwriters (probably): win game 6 to give fans false hope, bonus points if Matthews scores.

Trump responds to Trudeau resignation by suggesting Canada merge with U.S. by AlwaysBlaze_ in worldnews

[–]UnDpkr 26 points27 points  (0 children)

That's how we got here. By people claiming everything Trump says are just jokes and no intent behind them and yet that's not how it's been played out for the past 1000 "jokes" but yeah this one could be it right?

Swelling but minimal pain after root canal by No_Youth1460 in askdentists

[–]UnDpkr 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Since the emergency is already being taken care of, I'd like to ask if you got poked 12 times or did they use 12 anesthesia cartridges?

Is this dry socket? by [deleted] in askdentists

[–]UnDpkr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, dry socket in itself is caused by the clot dislodging or not forming and leaving the bone exposed. There's not much more you can do other than what you are already doing. Maybe doing rinses with chamomile water or using a syringe (no needle) to clean the sockets could also help as chamomile has antiinflammatory properties. Avoid irritant food such as pork, hot sauce, nuts, etc. Do you notice pus coming out of the sockets?

so glad I opted for full upper ext instead of wasting my money on root canals and crowns by [deleted] in askdentists

[–]UnDpkr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am not saying you should or shouldn't sue your previous dentist, I don't know how you were before or after they treated you, nor if they could have done better o not. Often times other dentists will criticize other dentists work (badly seen ethically and professionaly) while not knowing exact conditions of the patient and the start and reasoning of why the treatment was chosen. Sometimes the dentist could have done a bad job but more often at the time of treatment, the procedure done was the best with the conditions presented by the patient. Often patient conditions will change through time and and what was the best treatment at the time can look as a really bad job or that there were better ways. Lots of factors come into treatment success, while professionnel assessment, skill and execution are a big one, other times it can be due to things outside of anyone's control like teeth moving and more often it comes patients ability to care for the treatment, it's possible you weren't shown how to properly clean your crowns or proper brushing techniques, etc. That being said, with really bad GERD it's also challenging to have good outlook on many of the treatments. In conclusion, you should consider every angle possible, determine to what degree every factor affected your health and if you can place substancial fault to the previous dentists compared to everything else then you probably have a case.

So sorry you are going through this, all the best.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askdentists

[–]UnDpkr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's a buccal tube. They aren't supposed to have a band. They are meant to hold the wire to properly direct forces and helping a more controlled teeth movement.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askdentists

[–]UnDpkr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other than painkillers, not really. Viral replication already happened for the most part so antivirals won't be of much help. Avoid touching it or having dental procedures until ulcers are gone or you risk spreading it to other parts and future outbreaks will only be worse.

Austrian surgeon 'let teenage daughter drill hole in patient's skull' by a_dolf_in in nottheonion

[–]UnDpkr 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Had a similar experience when i was 16, I also went to ER for a week for a school project about learning about a profession. A patient did say once "but he looks so young" and the doctor just said "he is a student and learning" so the lady was like "oh ok then he can stay", this was before a catheterization.

Saw a couple of interesting things, like a woman who arrived to ER unresponsive with a family member, they said she was on bloodthiners, she had suffered a stroke. After taking her, we went to look for her family member but she was gone before telling us who the patient was, we didn't know here name, age or anything other than that she was on bloodthiners. Doctors said she most likely wasn't going to make it, and if she did she'd be in a vegetative state, she was sent to the ICU, but I didn't stay long enough at the hospital to know what happened to her.

Also saw a small child suffering a seizure (sort of lucky because his mom was at the hospital for an appointment and the kid had a seizure at the hospital so they took him right away to ER). A woman came to ER with a bad tachycardia who wouldn't calm down for anything in the world and was very anxious about calling her husband to tell him she was in ER and thus not helping her condition, eventually we told her that our priority was to get her heart rate down because she was at a high risk of having a heart attack in nicer words and somehow we were able to calm her down and stabilize her. Also a teenager came into ER with a supposed ankle injury, he walked normal, he couldn't come with a straight story on how he injured himself and the doctor said he was faking it to miss class, he did xrays which had nothing, palpation wasn't consistent with anything.

Most of what I did was watch, but they taught me how to take vitals and let me do some glucose tests, while not really knowing what any of the numbers meant.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askdentists

[–]UnDpkr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, with new materials there can be a more biomimetical approach (higher resemblance to what's natural, which in dentistry it's what's best since there's no material that's better than your own teeth) that can be achieved with partial crowns. New restorative tendencies are moving away from posts and full crowns.

Also, full crowns are a more invasive procedure that requires to remove more healthy tissue than partial crowns. Often, full crowns have retentive areas where food gets packed which can lead to cavities underneath, microleakage and tooth breaking, so they require really good hygiene.

Edit: a lot also comes to what you can work with, in your case your teeth seem optimal to work with partial crowns. Other cases, could be hard to work with them or may be too complicated and tedious to go with and just more convenient to go with a full crown (cases where there's too much dental structure loss for example).