FormlessOne: Carousel Beast: AbbeySomeone: If only this were real.

SmackLT: Yeah, even my wife Christina Hendricks doubts the veracity of this story.

ZoeNekros: /of course this story is bull shiat.

Chinchillazilla: /if this happened at all, that is

Huffington Post
New York Daily News
NDTV

If only there was some method of searching for supporting sources...

You do realize that all three of the sources you included are secondary sources, right? And that they're all quoting the same article - from the Daily Fail.

Boy, is my face red :)

/Is too
//Just got done having quality time with the chain saw

He was lucky she wasn't a urologist.

Anti-dentites!

Came for Steve Martin, 'Is it safe', and Jennifer Aniston...Well done, people...

(Actually came twice for Jennifer Aniston)

Viva Italia: When I was 14 I had to get braces. . .the most embarrassing thing in my life at that point. . .pretty much all my friends that had to get them got them earlier and were getting them off. . .I also had to get the head gear. . .awful. . .

Anyway. . .I had them for two years. . .and my mom drove me to the orthodontics for their check ups and there was this really hot, young assistant. . .she must have always worked when I went any. . .

Well. . .I remember the appointment that I made to get them removed. . .I had finally turned sixteen and could drive myself. . .I walk in. . .smile my pearly whites with their railroad track extenstions and sign myself in. . .the hot assistant calls me back. . .startled. . ."What?". . ."where is your mother? How did you get here?". . .I flash that horrendous (but straight, 4000 dollar) smile at her and wink. . ."Heh. . .I drove myself". . .wink. . . .she smiled back. . .

/Making out with someone you just met without braces is the best thing the the world at that point. . .

So is writing softcore for Penthouse, I'm guessing.

Dentist pulled out ALL boyfriend's teeth after he dumped her (and new girlfriend leaves him because of his empty mouth)

This could make for the most terrifying country song of all time.

Possibly even scarier than "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia."

This might clarify the reason why the ex-boyfriend went back to the dentist-

There is a system in the UK under the National Health Service called capitation, where those receiving medical services are assigned a doctor. The patient then has no choice but to go to that particular doctor.

I looked this up for Poland, and found this document:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ihsg/publications/pdf/No-67.PDF

The document's summary and introduction does not quite say, but implies that under Poland's health service system, the patients there cannot choose their doctors either.

If if is true that patients cannot choose their doctors in Poland, maybe this poor toothless man had only two choices- go back to his ex-girlfriend to be treated, or suffer with an untreated toothache for the rest of his life.

Which would you choose in these circumstances?

Do you know the way to Mordor: This might clarify the reason why the ex-boyfriend went back to the dentist-

There is a system in the UK under the National Health Service called capitation, where those receiving medical services are assigned a doctor. The patient then has no choice but to go to that particular doctor.

I looked this up for Poland, and found this document:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ihsg/publications/pdf/No-67.PDF

The document's summary and introduction does not quite say, but implies that under Poland's health service system, the patients there cannot choose their doctors either.

If if is true that patients cannot choose their doctors in Poland, maybe this poor toothless man had only two choices- go back to his ex-girlfriend to be treated, or suffer with an untreated toothache for the rest of his life.

Which would you choose in these circumstances?

I believe they are still held to a code of ethics, however, which normally states you arent to work on anyone you have a personal relationship with. There are systems in place to deal with this, stop trying to boogey man socialized health care.

Don't tug on Superman's cape.

I found a picture of a crack Dailymail journalist researching her next big story

Hell hath no fury like that of a woman scorned.

LewDux: [media.economist.com image 555x481]

The problem with those statistics is threefold:

1. In order to identify a decayed, missing, or filled tooth and have it counted in such a survey, one must actually go to a dentist.
2. *Or latest available year (for Britain, that's probably never)
3. 12 year olds. Let's go for adults and re-try that survey.

Carousel Beast: AbbeySomeone: If only this were real.

SmackLT: Yeah, even my wife Christina Hendricks doubts the veracity of this story.

ZoeNekros: /of course this story is bull shiat.

Chinchillazilla: /if this happened at all, that is

Huffington Post
New York Daily News
NDTV

If only there was some method of searching for supporting sources...

And all three give the Daily Mail as their source for the story. If only there was some way to gain information about something before posting about it.

CasperImproved: Viva Italia: When I was 14 I had to get braces. . .the most embarrassing thing in my life at that point. . .pretty much all my friends that had to get them got them earlier and were getting them off. . .I also had to get the head gear. . .awful. . .

Anyway. . .I had them for two years. . .and my mom drove me to the orthodontics for their check ups and there was this really hot, young assistant. . .she must have always worked when I went any. . .

Well. . .I remember the appointment that I made to get them removed. . .I had finally turned sixteen and could drive myself. . .I walk in. . .smile my pearly whites with their railroad track extenstions and sign myself in. . .the hot assistant calls me back. . .startled. . ."What?". . ."where is your mother? How did you get here?". . .I flash that horrendous (but straight, 4000 dollar) smile at her and wink. . ."Heh. . .I drove myself". . .wink. . . .she smiled back. . .

/Making out with someone you just met without braces is the best thing the the world at that point. . .

So is writing softcore for Penthouse, I'm guessing.

This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You ignore this post - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You read this post - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how interesting my dating life has been. . .All I offer is the truth. . .

So, medical malpractice runs the risk of only three years in jail maximum? I thought we Americans had a screwed-up justice system.

Anyway, the idiot boyfriend should sue. Dentistry is a very high-paying occupation, so she can easily afford his early retirement, since he's already halfway there with the need for dentures.

Do you know the way to Mordor: This might clarify the reason why the ex-boyfriend went back to the dentist-
There is a system in the UK under the National Health Service called capitation, where those receiving medical services are assigned a doctor. The patient then has no choice but to go to that particular doctor.
I looked this up for Poland, and found this document:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ihsg/publications/pdf/No-67.PDF
The document's summary and introduction does not quite say, but implies that under Poland's health service system, the patients there cannot choose their doctors either.
If if is true that patients cannot choose their doctors in Poland, maybe this poor toothless man had only two choices- go back to his ex-girlfriend to be treated, or suffer with an untreated toothache for the rest of his life.
Which would you choose in these circumstances?

You went to all that trouble for a fake story?

Sonderling:


What ever happened to just plastering pictures of his penis all over the internet like a sane person?

That only works if the penis is deformed, diseased or somehow unattractive. Unlike mine, of course.

Do you know the way to Mordor:

If if is true that patients cannot choose their doctors in Poland, maybe this poor toothless man had only two choices- go back to his ex-girlfriend to be treated, or suffer with an untreated toothache for the rest of his life.

Which would you choose in these circumstances?

Pull the tooth myself.

When you treat somebody badly you should expect some repercussion of some kind.

But I have no horse in this race: she should have found a better way to get revenge. Like slipping flesh-eating bacteria deep in his throat.

shanrick: Now he'll need to see a plastic surgeon about getting some pistol-grip ears.

Clearly a fund raiser is in order. To which PayPal account do we send our money?

pyrion: So, medical malpractice runs the risk of only three years in jail maximum? I thought we Americans had a screwed-up justice system.

Anyway, the idiot boyfriend should sue. Dentistry is a very high-paying occupation, so she can easily afford his early retirement, since he's already halfway there with the need for dentures.

It's not really medical malpractice. It is more in line with an Assault with a Deadly Weapon (dental equipment) likely to cause GB (great bodily injury with the loss of teethI. It could also fall under Mayhem statutes that vary by state, here is California's Mayhem statute. Either way there would probably more criminal liability than three years if that were done in the US unless there was a plea deal.

By the way, to a quote Wikipedia article on flesh-eating bacteria:

"Many types of bacteria can cause necrotizing fasciitis (e.g., Group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio vulnificus, Clostridium perfringens, Bacteroides fragilis)."

These are common pathogens. Beware.

By the way, why don't Brits take care of their teeth?

Somehow this sounds unbeeelievable and I want to call BS
but I guess the Daily Mail checks thier sources, right?

The One True TheDavid: By the way, to a quote Wikipedia article on flesh-eating bacteria:

"Many types of bacteria can cause necrotizing fasciitis (e.g., Group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio vulnificus, Clostridium perfringens, Bacteroides fragilis)."

These are common pathogens. Beware.

By the way, why don't Brits take care of their teeth?

This is also common with Zombies. Both bad teeth and funky skin.

L33t Squirrel: I was gonna make a great Sluggy Freelance reference, but I can't remember the name of that crazy-dentist chick and failed at GIS, so you'll hafta pretend that I got it right anyway.

/need either beer or caffeine
//maybe both...

Definitely both!

For a dentist to abuse her position to sedate & mutilate a patient -- it's amazing that the punishment is only 3 years in prison (and, I assume, loosing her license).

Viva Italia



2012-04-28 03:05:21 PM

When I was 14 I had to get braces. . .the most embarrassing thing in my life at that point. . .pretty much all my friends that had to get them got them earlier and were getting them off. . .I also had to get the head gear. . .awful. . .

Anyway. . .I had them for two years. . .and my mom drove me to the orthodontics for their check ups and there was this really hot, young assistant. . .she must have always worked when I went any. . .

Well. . .I remember the appointment that I made to get them removed. . .I had finally turned sixteen and could drive myself. . .I walk in. . .smile my pearly whites with their railroad track extenstions and sign myself in. . .the hot assistant calls me back. . .startled. . ."What?". . ."where is your mother? How did you get here?". . .I flash that horrendous (but straight, 4000 dollar) smile at her and wink. . ."Heh. . .I drove myself". . .wink. . . .she smiled back. . .

/Making out with someone you just met without braces is the best thing the the world at that point. . .

you sure love periods!

Since I see no one else has done it, I'll just leave this here.



With that mouth, maybe he can switch teams and have a better chance playing the field...if you know what I mean and I think you do.

Third_Uncle_Eno: Viva Italia



2012-04-28 03:05:21 PM

When I was 14 I had to get braces. . .the most embarrassing thing in my life at that point. . .pretty much all my friends that had to get them got them earlier and were getting them off. . .I also had to get the head gear. . .awful. . .

Anyway. . .I had them for two years. . .and my mom drove me to the orthodontics for their check ups and there was this really hot, young assistant. . .she must have always worked when I went any. . .

Well. . .I remember the appointment that I made to get them removed. . .I had finally turned sixteen and could drive myself. . .I walk in. . .smile my pearly whites with their railroad track extenstions and sign myself in. . .the hot assistant calls me back. . .startled. . ."What?". . ."where is your mother? How did you get here?". . .I flash that horrendous (but straight, 4000 dollar) smile at her and wink. . ."Heh. . .I drove myself". . .wink. . . .she smiled back. . .

/Making out with someone you just met without braces is the best thing the the world at that point. . .

you sure love periods!

Ellipses. . .

I think it would take a lot for me to come completely unhinged and kill someone. Even more to make me to slowly torture someone to death. But I am pretty sure that someone intentionally disfiguring me would do it.

The idea of someone keying my car or even burning down my house doesn't upset me, because I know that those could be replaced. Even someone killing my pet doesn't come close to pushing the same emotional buttons, despite my deep attachment to my pet.

Similarly, the idea of being accidentally disfigured, say in a car wreck, doesn't do it. It may take a long time to get past it, but I could cope reasoning that it was an accident.

But there is just something about even the idea of someone intentionally disfiguring me that just about sends me into a rage.

Carousel Beast: FormlessOne: Carousel Beast: AbbeySomeone: If only this were real.

SmackLT: Yeah, even my wife Christina Hendricks doubts the veracity of this story.

ZoeNekros: /of course this story is bull shiat.

Chinchillazilla: /if this happened at all, that is

Huffington Post
New York Daily News
NDTV

If only there was some method of searching for supporting sources...

You do realize that all three of the sources you included are secondary sources, right? And that they're all quoting the same article - from the Daily Fail.

Boy, is my face red :)

/Is too
//Just got done having quality time with the chain saw

I'm with you - it's been a sunny day, and yard work beckoned. Blackberries have all but taken over a significant portion of my yard, so it's been "clip, ow, grab, ow, stack, ow, clip, ow, grab..."

Viva Italia: Ellipses. . .

Ellipses: The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.

What you are doing is adding three periods to indicate a protracted pause... like this.

However, you are not supposed to put spaces between each period. It actually makes what you've written slightly harder to read and process.

Viva Italia: CasperImproved: Viva Italia: When I was 14 I had to get braces. . .the most embarrassing thing in my life at that point. . .pretty much all my friends that had to get them got them earlier and were getting them off. . .I also had to get the head gear. . .awful. . .

Anyway. . .I had them for two years. . .and my mom drove me to the orthodontics for their check ups and there was this really hot, young assistant. . .she must have always worked when I went any. . .

Well. . .I remember the appointment that I made to get them removed. . .I had finally turned sixteen and could drive myself. . .I walk in. . .smile my pearly whites with their railroad track extenstions and sign myself in. . .the hot assistant calls me back. . .startled. . ."What?". . ."where is your mother? How did you get here?". . .I flash that horrendous (but straight, 4000 dollar) smile at her and wink. . ."Heh. . .I drove myself". . .wink. . . .she smiled back. . .

/Making out with someone you just met without braces is the best thing the the world at that point. . .

So is writing softcore for Penthouse, I'm guessing.

This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You ignore this post - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You read this post - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how interesting my dating life has been. . .All I offer is the truth. . .

More brilliant than you know... the Matrix, follow the white rabbit, Penthouse, you really should have mentioned something about swallowing something :)

I am 90% sure my dentist as a kid used to drum up business by drilling out cavities that didn't need it. I brushed my teeth twice a day and flossed and somehow today I have five big ugly metal fillings in my molars. I never remember any of these teeth hurting, and my dad was a trusting guy that got taken by swindlers every now and then.

bingethinker:

Wow, what a dumbass. Expecting professional behavior from a woman is problematic at the best of times. I would want to know which week out of every four I should avoid having her work inside my mouth.

Now that's just stupid and sexist. At least half the dentists I've been too were women, and I can't recall a male hygienist ever working on me.

The issue is not that she's a woman but that she's a human being. With hurt feelings. Who made a wrong decision.

Besides, throughout history most torturers and professional sadists have been men.

Tommy Moo:

I am 90% sure my dentist as a kid used to drum up business by drilling out cavities that didn't need it.

By age 11 I had that many big deep wide shiny fillings. I don't dispute that I needed a couple, but still.

Being told I have a new cavity is shocking: where would it fit? And anyway after losing a couple front teeth to periodontal disease I got very determined to take better care of my mouth.

So now they have a new trick: the tell me my shiny fillings are too old and need to be drilled out and replaced with white ceramic ones -- that have to be redone every few years. Nuh-uh, I don't wanna.

I wish I could afford implants to replace the missing ones. But at least those obviously had to go.