Comments on: Is Do-It-Yourself Dentistry a Good Idea?

By: Dentist

Dentist — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:46:53 +0000

5, i pulled 5. on my own.

By: Tiran Walley

Tiran Walley — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:49:46 +0000

YES… I think some people do preform their own oral care at home,because i once done it myself.But my tool of choice was only oral-gel.If they could some how forget about the pain,which is almost impossibe.Someone should tell them to go to a dental clinic.It should not be totally free,but it is extreemly cheaper.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:05:44 +0000

to all these people saying that i wouldnt do it yourself, well i hate to break it to u but some people dont have a choice to goto a dentist and prevent further infection. gee imagine that, not everyone has mommy and daddy or a dental plan to goto
tell us something we dont already know. i think everyone knows that obviously its dangerous, and obviously if u are a spoiled brat its better to goto a dentist, but doing ur own dentist work is better then just letting ur teeth rot and do nothing ( for those of us that DONT have a choice) but for those of u that DO have the choice why would u ever even consider ur own dentist work? what so u cant buy a ps3 and eat lobsters for a couple of weeks?
fear being a reason why u dont goto a dentist!!?? hhahahahhaha wow i wish i had ur problems hahahahhahahahahahahahaha
give me a break are people really that oblivious

By: just passing by

just passing by — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:06:04 +0000

I am about to start pulling my own teeth do to decay and a cavity in my back tooth and take out another that has a filling do the cost of care its truly out of this world self surgery its becoming the norm in a lot of places i live in the USA

By: drdental

drdental — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:50:04 +0000

That’s very true, Varun. I’ve always been a firm believer that somethings are just better left to professionals, and dental care is one such thing.

By: Varun

Varun — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:01:51 +0000

DIY can progress the disease which they are trying to treat by themselves,
I heard in many places that ‘Half knowledge is dangerous’

By: drdental

drdental — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:42:20 +0000

I’m a little bit confused, Chetan. I think you’re making a couple points here. To address the first point, I do think that some dentists are addressing dental phobias, but the fact that millions of people still have dental phobias – and the absence of a major dental phobia awareness campaign or something of that nature leads me to believe that not enough is being done.

To your second point, I respectfully disagree that DIY Dentistry is ok. DIY Dentistry to me represents substandard, unregulated work. That’s rarely, if ever, a good thing. I think ordinary citizens doing the work meant for professionals is a mistake.

By: Chetan

Chetan — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:25:02 +0000

If you read my last blog post, you might get it on how people still fear and how dentists face the problem due to it.
DIY dentistry is not bad for people, but dentists are hit due to it.

By: drdental

drdental — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:26:07 +0000

Varun, that makes complete sense. Thanks for clarifying.

By: Varun

Varun — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:19:00 +0000

I do not say that fear is a bigger problem now as the use of anesthetics has decreased the discomfort of the patients, and also many patients i have known and seen fear being injected, And when u come to dentistry they are being injected in the mouth(which is really scary). And also the use of many dangerous looking instruments(to the patients) working in such close proximity to the patients face certainly induce fear in a human.
Hope i am clear in explaining. . .
Thanks,
Varun

Varuns last blog post..Impression

By: drdental

drdental — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:07:12 +0000

I agree that self-dentistry is increasing largely due to the high cost of care. However, I’d love to hear your explanation for fear of dentists as a secondary reason for the increase in self-dentistry. Have you noticed that fear of seeing a dentist is becoming a bigger problem now than in the past? If so, what do you think explains that?

By: Varun

Varun — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:48:17 +0000

I think that self dentistry is becoming more and more common now because of the high cost and next reason being the fear of pain as most of the patients fear dentists more that ghosts. . . . . . Varuns last blog post..Impression

By: wisdom

wisdom — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:05:52 +0000

It is sad that people are resorting to doing dental procedures on themselves. Not a good idea at all in my opinion. wisdoms last blog post..Swimming Causes More Dentist Trips?