No appreciable difference in humidity in my experience. Gentler on clothes. But nobody should be using high heat settings on a dryer anyway, imo.
I'm with you. This kind of thinking is now creeping into my decision-making process about upcoming dental procedures.
Gosh, dental procedures are insane. My mom is mid 70's and she must spend $10k yearly on procedures to try to hang on to her teeth which are brittle and Crack easily.
I had zero preventative dental care as a child and have spent my adult life investing a lot of money in my mouth. Now some of those old root canals/crowns/bridges are reaching the end of their life span and need replacement. Somehow the dentist’s explanation of how replacing these things with implants, which will last substantially longer, doesn’t have the intended impact at my age.
If we ever meet IRL, please don't say anything about this to my wife. I can GUARANTEE that upon hearing this, she would exclaim, "WHAT have I been TELLING you for DECADES!"
Bone can't support them? Or what's the reason?
Possible bone damage and things in that area don't always heal well. For example, the hole from my trach, instead of closing by itself in a week or so, had to be surgically repaired. It took some time to find an ENT surgeon to do that. Finally found one at the Lineberger Center who does a lot of surgical repairs on irradiated tissue. Stitching can be the issue because of scarring and changes in skin texture. I avoided most all that stuff. Had a bunch of internal scarring between the radiation and size of the tumor and talk like I'm gargling gravel but that's pretty good and pretty lucky from where I was.
I wash everything on the express cycles, other than towels.
My brother has meth teeth.
That shit’s expensive just for the components.
My parents would take us to the local community college where they had a dental hygienist training program and get cheap cleanings.
I know. A guy at work had a tooth knocked out and got an implant, If I recall correctly it was like $8K for one tooth.
Tell me! I’m in the process of having a single implant installed following the failure of a crowned tooth with a prior root canal which fractured below the gum line and became infected. Counting the oral surgery to remove the old tooth, treat the infection plus perform the bone graft that I needed to have enough bone to support the implant, then the actual implantation, and the new crown to be fitted on the implant, I will have ~$6000 in that one tooth. All on top of what I spent years back on the original root canal and crown which is now gone. Dental insurance has reimbursed me a little over $800 so far.
I lost 2 lower front teeth about 4 years ago after battling to keep them forever. My gums below those 2 receeded because I apparently needed surgery my whole life to stop my lower lip from pulling it...eventually the teeth had to go. I went with a 2 tooth partial that literally nobody can tell I have. I was self.conscious about it for about a month. Never think about it now and it is a perfect match for my real teeth. The difference in cost between that and implants was a car...a pretty nice car.
