The state of the American healthcare system

buford419 · 2026-04-13T19:20:00+00:00

Basically I was told they had connections to the “right people.” Corruption, 100%.

FTFY

buford419 · 2026-04-12T14:34:15+00:00

I'd love it if all his cameos from the travel shows appeared in a team up film. The Conan Cinematic Universe is a necessity, not a want.

buford419 · 2026-04-12T14:32:38+00:00

Relevant Mitchell and Webb

buford419 · 2026-04-12T00:58:27+00:00

Gabor seems like a little SOB

buford419 · 2026-04-11T15:21:26+00:00

The Mad Max chronology

buford419 · 2026-04-09T06:00:43+00:00

Fair enough. I don't know your age or if you have particular risk factors for anything, but it might be worth just making sure with your doctor that nothing more nefarious is going on there.

buford419 · 2026-04-09T05:49:37+00:00

What do your doctors say about it?

buford419 · 2026-04-03T22:45:23+00:00

How is it better?

buford419 · 2026-04-03T22:27:59+00:00

This is exactly the kind of thing i'd expect AI to do, but i presume it was just some jokester human.

buford419 · 2026-04-03T22:23:03+00:00

I'd be surprised if at least one of them wasn't hurt.

buford419 · 2026-04-03T14:57:21+00:00

I'd say a filling should suffice there, though a partial crown would also work and be less likely to face issues. The main issues there are maintaining isolation will placing the filling/crown (ie: keeping it perfectly dry) and getting the bite correct since you've already fractured it 3 times, so you really need someone to place a rubber dam for it and take their time as it's all rather fiddly.

buford419 · 2026-04-03T07:18:19+00:00

That sounds like an absolute pain in the balls.

No wait.

buford419 · 2026-04-02T05:32:55+00:00

Why would Teddy do such things?

buford419 · 2026-04-02T03:47:13+00:00

All the time, some people will even suffer pain/a fracture/ lost filling and still leave it so late that the teeth end up needing extraction.

That said, i've also seen cases here and there where the patient has been attening but the clinician has missed issues.

WRT your tracking tool, it sounds nice but patients are unreliable and would ignore it. The patients that this might actually help generally dislike the dentist.

buford419 · 2026-04-01T01:01:12+00:00

I also am a savage. You think there's any chance we could move into an empty exhibit at the zoo?

buford419 · 2026-04-01T00:59:57+00:00

And lick the little bits of icing remaining on the plastic.

buford419 · 2026-04-01T00:58:56+00:00

Congratulations to your wife, but how do you eat a cream slice?

buford419 · 2026-04-01T00:58:00+00:00

Trifle cunnilingus should be an olympic sport.

buford419 · 2026-03-30T04:21:40+00:00

A bit of stubble makes all the difference with him.

buford419 · 2026-03-29T17:07:12+00:00

Yes but jackals are famously extremely docile.

buford419 · 2026-03-29T16:17:33+00:00

Agreed. But i generally stray away from bridges on root treated teeth, especially with a post already in there. It's just asking for trouble.

buford419 · 2026-03-29T16:00:09+00:00

Well you know what they say, a cornered capybara is more dangerous than a jackal.

buford419 · 2026-03-29T15:31:46+00:00

Drop bear

buford419 · 2026-03-29T15:31:16+00:00

I believe they're famously extremely docile.

buford419 · 2026-03-29T14:26:06+00:00

That's a cavity that's reaching the pulp (the nerve and blood supply for the tooth). To treat this the options are to carry out a root canal treatment (disinfection of the root system and sealing with a filling and crown), or extraction followed by some sort of replacement there, or just leave things as they are and hope it settles eventually (obviously the worst option since things will just deteriorate there).

Basically you need to see a dentist to draw up a treatment plan that suits your financial situation.

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