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Title: Pulling teeth
Post by: Phillip V on July 01, 2009, 02:15:00 AM
My mother painfully pulled out my older siblings' baby teeth for them, but she let me do my own. My half-assed scaredy-cat efforts left me with a deformed smile that led to expensive braces.

What teeth-pulling methods did you use/suffer?
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: garbon on July 01, 2009, 02:19:24 AM
We've already got viper to cover the village yokel, but thanks.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: DisturbedPervert on July 01, 2009, 02:24:11 AM
 :huh:

You know, they fall out on their own.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on July 01, 2009, 02:28:49 AM
Hockey.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Jaron on July 01, 2009, 02:29:36 AM
Sigh. Asians. :weep:
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Viking on July 01, 2009, 02:38:03 AM
In Befo Da ACW Hijack
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on July 01, 2009, 02:45:56 AM
Back in my day, we tied one end of a string around the tooth, another around a Confederate infantryman, and told Gen. Pickett to take Cemetery Ridge.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Monoriu on July 01, 2009, 03:11:17 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on July 01, 2009, 02:15:00 AM
My mother painfully pulled out my older siblings' baby teeth for them, but she let me do my own. My half-assed scaredy-cat efforts left me with a deformed smile that led to expensive braces.

What teeth-pulling methods did you use/suffer?

Seriously, this sort of thing should be reserved for professionals.  Every single one of my baby teeth was pulled that way.  The only situation where pulling out your own teeth is acceptable is when you are cast away alone on an island somewhere in the Pacific. 
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: DisturbedPervert on July 01, 2009, 03:16:16 AM
Fobs    :lol:
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Brazen on July 01, 2009, 03:46:21 AM
Baby teeth? You just wiggle them out over the course of a week then rinse your mouth out with salty water. Or eat toffee, that usually does the trick.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Admiral Yi on July 01, 2009, 04:38:22 AM
Quote from: Brazen on July 01, 2009, 03:46:21 AM
Baby teeth? You just wiggle them out over the course of a week
This.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Jaron on July 01, 2009, 04:41:10 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 01, 2009, 04:38:22 AM
Quote from: Brazen on July 01, 2009, 03:46:21 AM
Baby teeth? You just wiggle them out over the course of a week
This.

That
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: DisturbedPervert on July 01, 2009, 04:49:12 AM
Quote from: Jaron on July 01, 2009, 04:41:10 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 01, 2009, 04:38:22 AM
Quote from: Brazen on July 01, 2009, 03:46:21 AM
Baby teeth? You just wiggle them out over the course of a week
This.

That

There
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on July 01, 2009, 05:57:32 AM
There are parallels between this situation and what the Confederacy faced in the fall of 1863. 
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: BVN on July 01, 2009, 06:26:19 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 01, 2009, 05:57:32 AM
There are parallels between this situation and what the Confederacy faced in the fall of 1863. 
Hmm, tell me more, please
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Scipio on July 01, 2009, 06:40:11 AM
Fucking savages.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: PDH on July 01, 2009, 07:25:59 AM
The best way to avoid the problem with baby teeth is to never have children.  That was my plan.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Ancient Demon on July 01, 2009, 07:44:46 AM
I don't get it. I thought baby teeth just fell out after a time.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: KRonn on July 01, 2009, 08:28:19 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 01, 2009, 02:45:56 AM
Back in my day, we tied one end of a string around the tooth, another around a Confederate infantryman, and told Gen. Pickett to take Cemetery Ridge.
I would have thought that the faster moving Cavalry troops would be best suited for the pulling of teeth...also not as likely the horses would become bogged down by a stubborn tooth.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on July 01, 2009, 08:35:12 AM
Quote from: KRonn on July 01, 2009, 08:28:19 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 01, 2009, 02:45:56 AM
Back in my day, we tied one end of a string around the tooth, another around a Confederate infantryman, and told Gen. Pickett to take Cemetery Ridge.
I would have thought that the faster moving Cavalry troops would be best suited for the pulling of teeth...also not as likely the horses would become bogged down by a stubborn tooth.
The Cavalry might have been TOO fast if you know what I mean.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 01, 2009, 09:13:24 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on July 01, 2009, 03:11:17 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on July 01, 2009, 02:15:00 AM
My mother painfully pulled out my older siblings' baby teeth for them, but she let me do my own. My half-assed scaredy-cat efforts left me with a deformed smile that led to expensive braces.

What teeth-pulling methods did you use/suffer?

Seriously, this sort of thing should be reserved for professionals.  Every single one of my baby teeth was pulled that way.  The only situation where pulling out your own teeth is acceptable is when you are cast away alone on an island somewhere in the Pacific.
WTF? Talk about getting ripped off, I'm stunned you'd advocate paying for something that will happen on it's own. You don't need a dentist or your mother to pull them out, they'll fall out on their own.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: DGuller on July 01, 2009, 09:21:46 AM
Sometimes they need a final yank.  However, that's not going to cause crooked teeth no matter how you do it, that's just a myth.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Strix on July 01, 2009, 10:19:56 AM
Apples work good.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: garbon on July 01, 2009, 11:18:27 AM
Quote from: Strix on July 01, 2009, 10:19:56 AM
Apples work good.

Or tootsie rolls.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on July 01, 2009, 11:30:18 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 01, 2009, 09:13:24 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on July 01, 2009, 03:11:17 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on July 01, 2009, 02:15:00 AM
My mother painfully pulled out my older siblings' baby teeth for them, but she let me do my own. My half-assed scaredy-cat efforts left me with a deformed smile that led to expensive braces.

What teeth-pulling methods did you use/suffer?

Seriously, this sort of thing should be reserved for professionals.  Every single one of my baby teeth was pulled that way.  The only situation where pulling out your own teeth is acceptable is when you are cast away alone on an island somewhere in the Pacific.
WTF? Talk about getting ripped off, I'm stunned you'd advocate paying for something that will happen on it's own. You don't need a dentist or your mother to pull them out, they'll fall out on their own.
I needed one pulled.  It got in the way.  I had a friend growing up who couldn't afford dentists, for awhile he had like a double row of teeth because the baby teeth blocked the adult ones coming in, so they popped up behind or in front of them.  Kinda freaky.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 01, 2009, 11:37:51 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 01, 2009, 11:30:18 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 01, 2009, 09:13:24 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on July 01, 2009, 03:11:17 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on July 01, 2009, 02:15:00 AM
My mother painfully pulled out my older siblings' baby teeth for them, but she let me do my own. My half-assed scaredy-cat efforts left me with a deformed smile that led to expensive braces.

What teeth-pulling methods did you use/suffer?

Seriously, this sort of thing should be reserved for professionals.  Every single one of my baby teeth was pulled that way.  The only situation where pulling out your own teeth is acceptable is when you are cast away alone on an island somewhere in the Pacific.
WTF? Talk about getting ripped off, I'm stunned you'd advocate paying for something that will happen on it's own. You don't need a dentist or your mother to pull them out, they'll fall out on their own.
I needed one pulled.  It got in the way.  I had a friend growing up who couldn't afford dentists, for awhile he had like a double row of teeth because the baby teeth blocked the adult ones coming in, so they popped up behind or in front of them.  Kinda freaky.
Shark boy?

Obviously in an abnormal situation like that you need some professional assistance, but normally you don't.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on July 01, 2009, 11:42:48 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 01, 2009, 02:45:56 AM
Back in my day, we tied one end of a string around the tooth, another around a Confederate infantryman, and told Gen. Pickett to take Cemetery Ridge.

:lol:
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Malthus on July 01, 2009, 11:45:49 AM
My wife is a medical oddity in that many of her baby teeth never fell out and there was no "adult" teeth underneath them.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on July 01, 2009, 11:56:08 AM
Quote from: Malthus on July 01, 2009, 11:45:49 AM
My wife is a medical oddity in that many of her baby teeth never fell out and there was no "adult" teeth underneath them.
Ick. That must suck.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Josquius on July 01, 2009, 12:08:47 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 01, 2009, 11:45:49 AM
My wife is a medical oddity in that many of her baby teeth never fell out and there was no "adult" teeth underneath them.
You mean baby-baby teeth or childhood teeth?
The former would really be weird...
I think I have a bit of the latter though, or at least I've never lost some of my teeth
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Malthus on July 01, 2009, 12:15:04 PM
Quote from: Tyr on July 01, 2009, 12:08:47 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 01, 2009, 11:45:49 AM
My wife is a medical oddity in that many of her baby teeth never fell out and there was no "adult" teeth underneath them.
You mean baby-baby teeth or childhood teeth?
The former would really be weird...
I think I have a bit of the latter though, or at least I've never lost some of my teeth

People usually have only the two sets, I thought. What's the difference between "baby teeth" and "early childhood teeth"?
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Josquius on July 01, 2009, 03:42:41 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 01, 2009, 12:15:04 PM

People usually have only the two sets, I thought. What's the difference between "baby teeth" and "early childhood teeth"?
Don't babies have some that they lose at a really early age?
Could be totally misremembering here.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Jaron on July 01, 2009, 03:46:42 PM
WTF.

People aren't sharks. They have bebe teeth and man teeth. They don't have seven rows of razor sharp fangs, despite what some of you child haters here would like to believe. <_<
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: garbon on July 01, 2009, 04:42:26 PM
Quote from: Jaron on July 01, 2009, 03:46:42 PM
They don't have seven rows of razor sharp fangs, despite what some of you child haters here would like to believe. <_<

I saw Carl's recent pics, I don't believe you.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: HVC on July 01, 2009, 05:41:50 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 01, 2009, 11:45:49 AM
My wife is a medical oddity in that many of her baby teeth never fell out and there was no "adult" teeth underneath them.
My dad had the opposite problem. he was actually born with teeth, which fell out when he got baby teeth. Must have been hell breast feeding him lol
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Phillip V on July 01, 2009, 06:57:16 PM
Quote from: HVC on July 01, 2009, 05:41:50 PM
My dad had the opposite problem. he was actually born with teeth, which fell out when he got baby teeth. Must have been hell breast feeding him lol
Was he able to eat regular food from the getgo?
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Neil on July 01, 2009, 07:15:40 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on July 01, 2009, 03:11:17 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on July 01, 2009, 02:15:00 AM
My mother painfully pulled out my older siblings' baby teeth for them, but she let me do my own. My half-assed scaredy-cat efforts left me with a deformed smile that led to expensive braces.

What teeth-pulling methods did you use/suffer?

Seriously, this sort of thing should be reserved for professionals.  Every single one of my baby teeth was pulled that way.  The only situation where pulling out your own teeth is acceptable is when you are cast away alone on an island somewhere in the Pacific.
:lol:

Leave it to Mono to fall victim to the racket known as juvenile dentistry.  A lifetime of scrimping and saving, wiped out before it even began.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Monoriu on July 01, 2009, 07:59:21 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 01, 2009, 07:15:40 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on July 01, 2009, 03:11:17 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on July 01, 2009, 02:15:00 AM
My mother painfully pulled out my older siblings' baby teeth for them, but she let me do my own. My half-assed scaredy-cat efforts left me with a deformed smile that led to expensive braces.

What teeth-pulling methods did you use/suffer?

Seriously, this sort of thing should be reserved for professionals.  Every single one of my baby teeth was pulled that way.  The only situation where pulling out your own teeth is acceptable is when you are cast away alone on an island somewhere in the Pacific.
:lol:

Leave it to Mono to fall victim to the racket known as juvenile dentistry.  A lifetime of scrimping and saving, wiped out before it even began.

Who cares.  My parents paid for all that :contract:
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: Neil on July 01, 2009, 08:03:59 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on July 01, 2009, 07:59:21 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 01, 2009, 07:15:40 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on July 01, 2009, 03:11:17 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on July 01, 2009, 02:15:00 AM
My mother painfully pulled out my older siblings' baby teeth for them, but she let me do my own. My half-assed scaredy-cat efforts left me with a deformed smile that led to expensive braces.

What teeth-pulling methods did you use/suffer?

Seriously, this sort of thing should be reserved for professionals.  Every single one of my baby teeth was pulled that way.  The only situation where pulling out your own teeth is acceptable is when you are cast away alone on an island somewhere in the Pacific.
:lol:

Leave it to Mono to fall victim to the racket known as juvenile dentistry.  A lifetime of scrimping and saving, wiped out before it even began.

Who cares.  My parents paid for all that :contract:
It means that your savings karma is already shot.  You might as well buy your wife a Rolls-Royce.
Title: Re: Pulling teeth
Post by: HVC on July 01, 2009, 08:53:39 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on July 01, 2009, 06:57:16 PM
Quote from: HVC on July 01, 2009, 05:41:50 PM
My dad had the opposite problem. he was actually born with teeth, which fell out when he got baby teeth. Must have been hell breast feeding him lol
Was he able to eat regular food from the getgo?
I would imagine not. His digestive system would be the same as any other infant.