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I'm a new dentist who got addicted to tumblr during dental school. Figured I may as well make a dentblr to give me a place to talk about work and nerd out about dental things.

[liberalsarecool]

This.

[sealerpuff]

is having 6 fillings by the age of 18 something to be ashamed of? i'm very insecure that people are gonna notice them :(

Absolutely not! Most people need fillings at some point in their lives. 6 is a pretty average number. I myself had 3 by the time i was your age. So show off that smile! No need to be insecure.

[nitramaraho]

How's the virus treating you dentist folk?

A… Lot of uncertainty

[sealerpuff]

Same

[llamagonwild]

We don't want to either

[didney-worl-no-uta]

Y’all mass hysterical hoarders really going to hospitals to STEAL antiviral masks and sanitizers now??? FUCKING CHILL. WASH YOUR FUCKING HANDS.

[kween-kaiju]

We’ve had to HIDE masks in the triage area of the ED I work at because patients were literally REACHING OVER AND AROUND US to take them, despite us telling them that they don’t need any. People are stealing from legitimately sick patients and healthcare providers out of ignorance.

This shit is getting ridiculous.

[prokopetz]

The basic premise of the Pokémon journey is objectively hilarious when applied to literally any other profession. Like, imagine if becoming a dentist involved going on a yearlong walking tour of the surrounding countryside, cleaning the teeth of various fanciful monsters with increasingly esoteric dental apparatus, culminating in performing a six-hour root canal for a five-headed dragon who may or may not be God.

[thatsbelievable]

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[setheverman]

Ideal number of teeth?

as many as i can get my hands on

[whitepeopletwitter]

[warandpeas]

Reaper’s Delight

[depressed-dudewitch]

[hydro-homies]

DLC required

[ultraviolet-techno-ecology]

Tooth Infection: Can literally kill you and wreck your overall physical health. United States: Dentistry is a frivolous cosmetic luxury which we should bar the poor from having. To even have access to a dentist should be a sign of affluence akin to some forms of plastic surgery. How else will we laugh at the poor and their disgusting toothless mouths which showcase how inferior and uneducated they really are in comparison to our pearly-smiled perfection? 

[lizziebeth157]

Like honestly?! I’m a nurse on a cardiac surgery unit. Do you have any idea how many patients I see every year have to go through open heart surgery to get a valve replacement because they got a tooth infection that caused endocarditis and vegetation on the heart valves? It’s appalling that people have to go through such a traumatic surgery when it could have been prevented by routine dental care.

I also once had a patient lose his fucking EYE because a tooth infection migrated into his sinuses and then his eye. And of course he had shit insurance so he didn’t get seen until it was too far gone for us to be able to save his eye. We did save his life but he was left without an eye and I can only imagine how much debt for that hospital bill.

The US healthcare system is so fucking broken.

[harperhug]

Dentistry was the first form of medicine that humanity invented. That’s how seriously bad dental health can ruin someone’s health.

[elitelifekd]

Mood

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[arsanatomica]

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[sealerpuff]

I love when patients stop me in the middle of a procedure to tell me that a certain tooth has a crown or a filling. That’s so helpful. I never would have been able to tell otherwise. My $2500 loupes and $500,000 education are definitely not sufficient to help me differentiate between real tooth structure and restorations.

[gypsy-that-i-was]

It is important to keep the pearlies white