Preparedness for when

calicocat

Ewwwwwwww..........



I've just been reading that early dentures were often made with teeth from dead soldiers :eek: , animals, or ones pulled out and sold buy someone needing money.



Edit.....and someone's just told me that a lot of Americans still do this, not before marriage but just when they fancy it....anyone know if this is right? . a work colleague is telling me their American friend has them at 50 and that he had said lots of folk do it over there.

Fascinating.........well at 3am at work it is anyhow....

moneyistooshorttomention

Softstuff wrote: »

It's stories like that which made me pick having the tubes removed entirely. And my doc was so understanding of my need for complete security in that, he'll be showing me not only the pathology report on both tubes, but a camera phone photo of them in a dish. :rotfl:

A lady I used to work with told me just the other day about her tubal clipping. 7 years later she found out it hadn't worked, when she was rushed into hospital miscarrying.

My nan had all her teeth removed before marriage. It was most certainly the done thing then. I think women showing a less than perfect set of bright white tombstone dentures within her social circle after marriage were looked down on somehow. It certainly made for practicality for her as regarded dental costs, but I recall her discomfort too.

I don't blame you being so "security conscious" Softstuff. With some of us, I guess our "security backup" is my feeling that any foetus that had dared turn up in my womb was probably too scared to even try it iyswim - because of just how fast it would have been dealt with. It would have been "Agh! Summat went wrong. My own body has betrayed me" one day, followed by in within the week/job done/whew back to normal. It comes in handy having a very very "determined streak" sometimes (you could call it another version of Positive Thinking), retitled as in "Try it...and you're for it" Thinking aimed straight at my body.:rotfl:I often joke that my body knows who is in charge and its me, not my body..iyswim:rotfl:. But then I picture my body as being a white blob cowering in the corner, after I've given it my very firm instructions about how it will behave or...and not daring to argue back with me._pale__pale__pale_:rotfl:

I hadn't realised there were social pressures put on people to have the Set of Artificial Gnashers Look....I had rather thought having a set of false teeth at a young age would be seen as a Poor People Look (ie people with enough money show their own teeth, but think "Oooh....she must be poor....she's had her teeth taken out to save money in the future. Poor woman"). One of my first thoughts would be in those circumstances "How would I get a better job/better marriage/etc of the type Poor People don't normally expect if the second I open my mouth I have Poor People Teeth?" Job interviews = decent set of clothes = check, normal set of teeth = check.

Both my parents basically have a full set of (their own) gnashers, but I have noticed they aren't "normal looking" teeth iyswim (ie they're not quite properly spaced-out/looking "standard normal"). I've always assumed anyone my generation downwards with ugly teeth (missing/blackened/etc) is that way because they personally have dental phobia - otherwise they'd have them cleaned-up/gaps filled (by necessity/etc??

Nargleblast

BigMummaF wrote: »

Hey Ho..I'm back, for the foreseeable anyhooz..whadidimiss

It is most fortuitous to find you discussing dentures as I have a query you may be able to help me with. Me muvva had her gnashers replaces with falsies years ago & has never been back to have them checked for fit etc. I know they are loose (but she won't admit it) but I wondered if they could be 'blunt' too, because she says the most tender of meat or fish is "tough". Do false teeth wear down.. can you send them off in the post to be re-sharpened ..or could I find a good door step to grind a new edge to them myself :rotfl:

Nice to see you again BigMumma, drop by and say hello on the NSD thread if you get chance. It is still as insane as ever, but we are experts at capturing NSDs, some fabulous numbers are being achieved. Hope all is well.in your world.

moneyistooshorttomention

calicocat wrote: »

Ewwwwwwww..........



I've just been reading that early dentures were often made with teeth from dead soldiers :eek: , animals, or ones pulled out and sold buy someone needing money.



Edit.....and someone's just told me that a lot of Americans still do this, not before marriage but just when they fancy it....anyone know if this is right? . a work colleague is telling me their American friend has them at 50 and that he had said lots of folk do it over there.

Fascinating.........well at 3am at work it is anyhow....

I didn't know that....

I always thought the set of Perfect Gleaming White Gnashers some Americans have was down to having loads of work and money spent on their own teeth - with having veneers/whitening/etc. The "You Too can spend thousands of $ and have a set of Gleaming Whites" look.

GreyQueen

Heyyyyy, it's BugMummaF, lovely to see you back again.

Re Mother's dentures, they will have worn down over time and it is quite likely that her gums may have shrunk back a bit as well, making the fit problematic. I really hope you can encourage her to see the dentist to have this checked out.

Softstuff, I know of one family where the lady had a c-section and tubes done at the same time; it was her 5th and had been unintentional as hubby had had the snip after the 4th but it had managed to reverse itself naturally.

ivyleaf

moneyistooshorttomention - I think these days a lot of people in this country have missing/blackened teeth because they can't afford to see a dentist! Even if they could see an NHS one most people have to pay, and the cost is a lot nearer to the cost of private dentistry than it used to be.

Softstuff

Bad teeth over here in Australia are getting more common. There's no such thing as public dentistry, it's all private unless you're a child (children get a contribution which will generally cover what one might need). That said, it's pretty stereotypical here to see them missing teeth yet having a cigarette dangling from the mouth. I think sometimes here it's a matter of choices rather than anything else.

I've always said that healthcare and dentistry come first for us, there's a lot I'd give up before those went. I see keeping the mouth in tip top condition as preparedness too, preventative treatment really can do the trick and avoid more expensive future options.

calicocat

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I didn't know that....

I always thought the set of Perfect Gleaming White Gnashers some Americans have was down to having loads of work and money spent on their own teeth - with having veneers/whitening/etc. The "You Too can spend thousands of $ and have a set of Gleaming Whites" look.

That's what I thought too. I have met the guy they are on about though, and he isn't poor but not loaded...just average to above I would have thought financially.

I wasn't there when he had this conversation......I am going to have to question friends more on the matter....as his were deffo dentures.

Americans are known for thinking us brits have bad, wrong colour, uneven teeth....maybe this is because they get bought gnashers that look better, and maybe the states are better at producing them due to practice.


I'm on a roll with this one now....i will have to find out.......:D.

moneyistooshorttomention

Softstuff wrote: »

Bad teeth over here in Australia are getting more common. There's no such thing as public dentistry, it's all private unless you're a child (children get a contribution which will generally cover what one might need). That said, it's pretty stereotypical here to see them missing teeth yet having a cigarette dangling from the mouth. I think sometimes here it's a matter of choices rather than anything else.

I've always said that healthcare and dentistry come first for us, there's a lot I'd give up before those went. I see keeping the mouth in tip top condition as preparedness too, preventative treatment really can do the trick and avoid more expensive future options.

Very much on the same page as you Softstuff. Health first, second and last and then see whats left for everything else. I'd even put my own bills after what I call "NHS bills" if it came to it. Cold would soon be over with and back to normal use of heating. Council Tax quite quite definitely last after my own needs and the Council would be told "Well the NHS wouldn't pay for x, so I had to. Would you like to try arguing with the NHS that they should refund me the money and then I can pay your Council Tax bill. Please do - I'll give you all the details if you like".

Health is the one and only thing I would get in debt for if I had to (well...bar the roof springing a leak that is..which would also be on the list).

I was only pondering today's conversation just now and thinking "If I'd been a Victorian woman (ie pre medical science era) I'm just so lucky that I am very strongwilled....strongwilled enough to have told hubbie ' You're damn well not having any dear...because its either our health gets paid for or the risk of another child and it aint gonna be the risk of another child...so you aint having any". I do know many people wouldn't have been so strongwilled in those circumstances and bingo....another blimmin' mouth to feed and more money going out the door on it..

Absolutely that its the ultimate preparedness:T to look after your health. Blimmin' miserable to be lacking in necessities and comfort anyway, but if that got compounded by avoidable illness:eek:.

Decision made years ago to have whatever is necessary imo, when its necessary imo and then worry about how to pay for it afterwards. If that meant "learning to love lentils" (well it has in fact...:rotfl:) and being bored because of not being able to afford my social life/interests for a while...then "Well....lentils and boredom it is", as at least that's temporary.

Frugalsod

calicocat wrote: »

That's what I thought too. I have met the guy they are on about though, and he isn't poor but not loaded...just average to above I would have thought financially.

Americans are known for thinking us brits have bad, wrong colour, uneven teeth....maybe this is because they get bought gnashers that look better, and maybe the states are better at producing them due to practice.

Actually most Americans have worse teeth on average than the Brits. Dental is not covered on many insurance policies, and so is more a sign of poverty. If you are rich then you can get teeth like a movie star but it costs a lot, well outside the ability of the vast majority to pay for.