Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Pros and cons of DIY dentistry BBC News

If that s not enough to make you wince then the potential pitfalls will be. There are people out there pulling their own teeth out with pliers. Mark Cowley is a furniture restorer from Wisbech in Cambridgeshire. He picked up a pair of mole grips plier like tools and pulled the offending tooth out. There s no pain in it now. His friends and family do get a bit squeamish when they hear about his DIY dentistry. Normally a person would just not be able to move their own teeth. It has been reported very frequently over the years. If you superglue it and there s any problem you are going to lose the tooth. There are more insidious dangers. Things may appear to be OK but the filling is still leaking Mr Jagger adds. A kit might contain zinc oxide powder and eugenol effectively clove oil. Mix it together and you can improvise glue for a crown or a filling. As a very very temporary measure such kits are useful for people on holiday says Prof Liz Kay. Sticking a ! crown back in place is safe and simple as long as people read the instructions. But they should do it themselves. Legally you shouldn t get someone else to do it. If someone else does it for you they are breaking the law by practising dentistry. It s like making custard as long as you read the instructions you are fine she says. Being unable to afford the fee she endured an month wait for NHS treatment. The hole in her drilled out tooth was tackled using a kit once a month. But despite the less than ideal solution it was a lot better than plan A. Before I discovered the kits I was using chewing gum.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7045263.stm

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