Ok, here we go and Peter with the rods. Meet my teeth Tommy and Tina who will be with me in the future from time to time because we have had many great years together. I can't let go of my darlings, so now they can follow the blog in the future. Do you think it's messy? It was for me too. FOLLOW!
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Everything will work out?
We are on our way to the Alps as you read this and I really want to respond when we get there. Five years ago in May I had a pain in my front teeth and wondered what it was, but what the hell, it goes away. I have always postponed all doctor's visits because it always resolves itself with a few pills. I've been going to the dentist every five years and I haven't had any cavities in 20 years.
Something is wrong
We went on a campervan trip and were away all summer and sometimes I had a bit of pain, so a few tablets fix everything. We came home with lots of work, and in October I was sitting in queues feeling my front teeth and they felt loose. What the hell is going on? I call my dentist and I get an appointment. I get there and he tells me that tartar has eaten away my roots and I have to pull both front teeth.
The tooth fairy has gone on holiday
SAY THAT AGAIN! Or don't. Or, do you happen to have any earplugs I can borrow while you're talking. PULL ALL THE WAY INTO THE TUB! It won't go in. Should I get rid of my frontline? I ask "very calmly" how that can happen, but my heart is doing two hundred and eighty.
He says that at a certain age the saliva can change and cause more tartar and I waited far too long to call. He says it in such a calm tone, I wonder if he has taken some kind of meditation course. Where is the tooth fairy? Give me my money!!!
Domes
The dentist took impressions and photos. They run out all the time between the photos, yes you know what you do when you are afraid of selfies. Or imagine a dentist who stands with two fingers up in a peace pose and happily writes on Instagram and says "here smoke two fronts" in a big smile, ok, I buy it. I got a new time for the funeral from my friends and now I would charge mentally. It went very well, NOT.
Björn Skifs: Hooked on a feeling
"Ugga ugga ugga chacka! I can't stop this feeling, deep in side of me. Dentist you must have realist, what you do to me". I went to the dentist and got out of the car but damn, my legs were heavy. Is there something wrong with them too?
I came in and they extracted both front teeth and how easy it was, the dentist said with a smile. I stammered, but without a smile. He asked if I wanted to see what it looked like? Or how!!! He put in the false teeth with a scaffold and I asked if I could drink whiskey, and he gave a thumbs up. I went straight to the system and I didn't use a glass when I got home and then it was goodnight.
Tommy and Tina
The dentist had stitched up my gums because there were probably holes so that a selfie stick could be inserted, and I had done that job alone. There was an X-ray and there were bone fragments left. Cut up again and take out and more stitches and wait again.
After six months, they drilled two threads that the teeth would be attached to and wait again. I got my look a like and they feel like cast in concrete today so I can probably make dental impressions in Zlatan's new statue at the globe. My childhood friends Tommy and Tina are now resurrected because they will join me from time to time on my continued journey on FREEDOMtravel. Peter.
You've never had dental problems, have you?
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Mr Steve says:
That story had a bite to it. As expected since you never deliver any toothless posts. I'm sure there will be some tears with your mate Jameson after long days on the slopes.
I have been lucky with my teeth and hope that it lasts, it has certainly helped that I visit my dentist every year.
Enjoy the Alps!
05 January 2017 - 6:25
Husis blog says:
These teeth do what they can do. The male owner doesn't have the originals out there either after an accident. A few years ago he also had to have an operation on the plant, so now he hopes that the problems will disappear.
Wish you a nice trip and be careful with your legs and arms!
05 January 2017 - 6:38
Peter Bergström says:
Steve: Haha, thanks for that. I'm glad you've had a good journey with your teeth. I think a lot of the population has a lot of issues with their teeth. Have a nice weekend and take care of yourself.
Husisblogg: Mine are working great today but it was a hell of a journey mentally, time and a lot of money. The story ended happily and I am grateful for that.
Enjoy yourselves.
05 January 2017 - 7:15
Lena - good for the soul says:
Haha, nice post!
Yes, I have had dental problems. Type of clip card at the dentist in my teens. Have pulled out five teeth because it was too crowded and had braces between the ages of 12 and 18. But holes and other problems I have managed to get away with.
Hope you have a great trip now!
Hug Lena
05 January 2017 - 7:26
Jenn - forever abroad says:
Hahahahhaaa so god - turns out we have something in common here. "You've never had dental problems, have you?" You don't even wanna know.... My story is similar, but maybe a bit funnier (if you look at it from a distance). I'll tell it next time we run into each other! 😀
05 January 2017 - 7:30
Åsa says:
I usually fall asleep in the dentist's chair. Especially if it's a root canal! They have to wake me up when they finish!
05 January 2017 - 9:11
Peter Bergström says:
Lena- good for the soul: You got yours early and I got mine a couple of years ago. Teeth take a lot of time in life and if you cheat, you're screwed. Glad you enjoyed my antics. Hugs.
Haha Jenn - Forever abroad: of course I want to hear your story when we meet. It was a bit mentally crazy, haha. Take care of yourself. Hugs.
Åsa: It's crazy to be able to fall asleep at the dentist. What kind of person is that, haha. Nice that you write.
05 January 2017 - 9:32
Goatfish says:
I jumped when I read this 😀 two front teeth missing?
It is expensive to go to the dentist, but better than being toothless, everything is so difficult then 😀 So I go there every year and sit quietly in the chair.
By the way, I have visited Jameson Distillery once upon a time 😀 like.
Have a great time in the Alps! ♥
05 January 2017 - 10:12
Peter Bergström says:
Hi Gerd: It cost SEK 100,000 but afterwards it was worth it. That glass is not on the map, haha. We are at Arlanda now and will fly in ten minutes. Have a nice weekend.
05 January 2017 - 10:18
Ditte says:
Traumatic, absolutely! But most things usually work out.
I had my two front teeth knocked out during a branding match when I was 11 years old. The bat that the guy before me used, he didn't put it down but threw it because he wanted to run free. But it ended up over my mouth. With two loose teeth in my mouth, had to keep them there, off to the Eastman Institute in Stockholm, in emergency, anaesthetised and they were put back. But with a large gap. But it worked and they are still there.
Good to hear that there are more of us with lost front teeth.
Wishing you a great trip to Austria and don't miss the loose snow skiing or afterskin.
05 January 2017 - 10:20
Mr Nils-Åke Hansson says:
Teeth have started to ghost now in old age. Pulled out a tooth in Portugal and fixed the rest of the teeth there. The dentist, a woman from Brazil, also fixed my broken tooth. Going to the dentist now in Spring and here you have to lie upside down in the chair not fun.
05 January 2017 - 10:34
JoY says:
I understand that you wanted your teeth back, you can't be without your front teeth. My teeth are fine. Jacob cycled in the dark, right into the farmer, who was carrying a milk jug on his back. The farmer, angry as a bee, dropped the jug and the milk ran out. Jacob smashed his teeth in his jug and a piece of the tooth broke off. Since then he has a piece of gold tooth.
Wishing you a wonderful ski trip, (we go down to Flottsbro hihi)
Hugs
05 January 2017 - 11:20
Snows says:
I hate going to the dentist and usually put it off which is stupid. Necessary pain...
05 January 2017 - 11:29
Across the board says:
Sour money but nice that it worked out, you would have looked a bit funny with a glass in front 🙂 I have had to change a chewing tooth that fell apart and that was enough. Hope now we get to see some fun film from the Alps a´la Sällskapsresan 😀.
05 January 2017 - 11:36
Cattis says:
Ugh for dental problems, I myself was born with too few teeth so in my teens I had to endure both braces and drilling in the jaw to insert a titanium screw with an extra tooth!? now I suffer the aftermath of having had braces (the teeth do not like their new places). So I feel with you!
Hope you have a really good skiing trip!
05 January 2017 - 12:12
BP says:
Yes, why would you do something normal at some point;-) Not on the map, so to speak. Tommy and Tina are really cute, probably cuter than the originals that were pulled out. Good though that the new "rodents" were worth the trouble and probably expensive money that you had to spend;-)
Personally, I go to the dentist once a year and the dental hygienist twice a year. I call it preventive maintenance Å since you and I are both smokers, it is unfortunately a necessity.
Enjoy the Alpes and don't break any vital parts now!!!
05 January 2017 - 13:36
Motorhome Helge says:
What a dental journey! Trembling for the day something like that happens. We are now in Tooth Valley and there it bites both in teeth and cheeks. -26 degrees today, hope you get better temp in the Alps!
05 January 2017 - 13:44
Veiken says:
I don't like teeth.... they just cause a lot of trouble and an empty wallet. I have dug deep into the banknotes in 2016. Changed frontline after a bite in a cursed core that I didn't see..... Fyyyy....
05 January 2017 - 14:01
Matts Torebring says:
Just answering your question... As a ten year old, I met a (dentist) who said that a hole in one of my teeth was too big to fix. For almost an hour he chiselled the tooth with a type of "wire cutter". After this "murder" of me, I had a fear of dentists for 22 years. I refused to go to a dentist. Then I had to seek help.
I was eating cherries and a cherry stone, placed itself in a hole in one of the teeth. I bit down and the tooth cracked. In the evening I had a trip with two nights in the truck, I ate a whole Albyl box on the trip. I put the whole Albyl in the "crater". What did it do? Nothing!
Then I came to the most understanding dentist on earth. I was given his private business card. Call me in the middle of the night if you have problems, he said. I received wonderful help, during an almost countless number of visits to Folktandvården in Eksjö. I am still a customer there.
It will be exciting to hear more from the Alps... Enjoy and good luck!
05 January 2017 - 15:50
Ruth in Virginia says:
For me, it's twice a year to have my teeth cleaned. The dentist
always check afterwards. No problems for years. You should treat your
teeth just like the car - maintenance, maintenance, maintenance. 🙂
Had a school dentist from 1 to 6; once a year, all of the
kids go there. Not so in secondary school. I'm lucky enough to have yellow, strong
teeth. Have three gold crowns where the teeth cracked, after I bite
down on San Francisco sour dough bread.
A pair of wisdom teeth arrived very late and came in at an angle.
Needed to get out. I was anaesthetised, while the dentist was chiselling.
teeth out. It's the only time I've been anaesthetised. But, God, how I hurt
had the following week, and my face was yellow and blue.
I read about your "adventure" with the front teeth with chills!
Wishing you a great first Alpine skiing experience. What fun you will have.
What elegant equipment you have according to the last photo. 🙂
05 January 2017 - 17:26
Staffan says:
With a father who was a dentist, it was hard to be afraid of him. After a Jameson or something like that, a dog walk in the cold was devastating. Now I have two front teeth that I think I have had for 100 years or so.
Store-bought teeth bite well and nobody knows where I bought my teeth!
So look forward with confidence!
05 January 2017 - 17:37
Maggan and Ingemar says:
It was a terrible story 🙂 We have both had problems with our teeth in recent years (quite common) We have had our teeth fixed in Spain, Italy, Sicily, Portugal and Morocco and they have been good dentists everywhere, sometimes better than those here at home.
So far, we still have most of our own teeth,
Thanks for a fun and interesting blog.
05 January 2017 - 22:16
Peter Bergström says:
Ditte: That didn't sound like fun, and luckily you forget about all the hard stuff after a while. We will try to do everything in three days, but there is soooo much to do. Night skiing, parties, loose snow, after skiing, beer breweries, cheese making and much more, phew.
Nils-Åke Hansson: I don't think dentists are fun at all. All the saliva goes down the throat all the time and I just think it's annoying. now most of it seems to be over so I'm happy. I hope it goes well for you.
Joy: What a story! How an accident can happen, haha. It's all a bit crazy. You don't play with a farmer, haha. Thank you for telling us and say hello.
Szogge: I'm with you all the way but it's impossible to be without them. We must have those bastards.
BP: I will try not to chew too much snow, haha, and keep my teeth, touch wood. You are absolutely right to go often and entertain, and I'm quite sure that's the right tune. It cost me almost 100,000 balobas and how lucky that it happened when we had good finances. Tommy and Tina will show up in the future, haha.
Helge the camper: It's damn cold here and I think it's too cold downhill. Here it was -14 today and that's enough. It's snowing all the time and on Saturday there will be bright sunshine, so it looks good.
Veiken: What a fate when you don't pay attention and what money for that mistake. I want dental care in health insurance and it is only right.
Ajajaj Matts Torebring: It hurts me when you tell both stories. It's pure torture you had to go through and it's completely crazy. Here is another story that ends happily and you got a turnaround, and you got it mentally too. Lovely ending but what suffering.
Hi Ruth in Virginia: I agree with you and BP, it's maintenance and no shortcuts, and I take care of my teeth in a completely different way after what happened. I have one wisdom tooth left that isn't perfect but it's doable, but they can really mess up. Your experience didn't sound fun and I understand how you looked. I have had one removed that grew lengthwise instead of vertically and I also turned blue.
I am sure we will have a lot of fun these days and thank you for your nice comments. hugs from the two of us.
05 January 2017 - 22:23
Peter Bergström says:
Staffan: It sounds like little more than a Jameson. Buyer's teeth work and I think mine are nice and I'm glad we're in the 2000s and not the early 1900s.
Maggan and Ingemar: Thank you for writing! We have to watch out the older we get and go more often, I have now heard from many. I go once a year now but will probably reduce it to six months. You probably get away a little cheaper too and with good dental care. How nice to have your own teeth so hold on. Take care of both of you.
05 January 2017 - 22:32
Ama de casa says:
So ... I could not read this post (just skimmed a little). Have a huge (HUGE!!!!) dental fear. Thank you public dental care for that!
I have tried to cure it in different ways over the years, but nothing. If the dentist takes out something that hums (like a drill), I start crying. Much worse ...
I hope you have a great time in the Alps and look forward to reports from there 🙂 .
PS: One attempt to cure the fear was by haggling with the dentist. I ended up getting my long hair stuck in the dentist's drill. Did not cure the fear but gave both the dentist, the nurse and the patient (who survived) a good laugh.
05 January 2017 - 22:56
Hasse says:
You're giving yourself a treat Peter, cheeky! I also have some plastic in my mouth. Cheated for a while, but now she (the hygienist) wants me once every six months. Feels good. Bye / Hasse
Hope to see you in Corsica?
05 January 2017 - 23:17