Posted on 12/30/2009 11:42:53 PM PST by Thirteen
Health-care reform might have become just another political ploy to earn votes come Election Day up on Capitol Hill -- but it's causing some parents to resort to Middle Ages-style medicine that even Theodoric of York wouldn't prescribe.
We don't know if the lack of adequate dental care in the country forced these two parents to pull their child's loose tooth out the "Radio Shack way" -- tying one end of a string around the tooth and another to the end of a remote-controlled car and sending it barreling toward a makeshift ramp at Mach 2 -- but we're pretty sure Child Protective Services might be able to recommend a more suitable dental professional.
Watch the video while we dial the White Trash Tooth Fairy ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIq-vG7tm8s
Rolly Polly fluffy dental assistant did good job. LOL
The skeletal record shows they actually had pretty good teeth. Refined sugar hadn't been created yet.
I used the tried and true method that my MIL showed me. You simply ask the child to let you look at the tooth then hook your fingernail in there and flick it out. You don’t need a fancy remote car and a ramp.
I’m shocked that the mother was involved in this.
I expected this to be something the father tried when he was alone with the girl.
—Signed, a father who wants to try this out.
Adorable
When I was a kid I pulled my own with pliers.
big deal. when I was kid, we tied a string to the tooth and the other end to a door knob. Door was opened very quickly and tooth went flying.
I then found .25 cents under my pillow the next day.
The rich would of eaten far more meat and dairy though. Bread is no different from sugar when it comes to tooth decay.
Is that video really old, or are there still long-haired, dope-smoking, maggot-infested hippy types who feel comfortable saying “Dude! Awesome!” to their wives?
Put the kitteh in foster care now!
As a kid I was such a wonderful child my nickname was Little Lulu. I tormented my brother relentlessly and took advantage of a loose tooth by convincing him that I could take it out with a string and a door, and he let me.
Worked out better than I thought, his tooth was that loose. Soon as I closed the door I looked back at him and he had his hands over a big smile. The tooth was on the floor on the end of the string and all he felt was a slight jerk.
That’s ONE time he told on me when it was good.
My grandpa used to do the same thing with pliers, except instead of whiskey he used tequila or mescal. Folks were tougher in yesteryear.
Give the kitteh custody of the kid.
What, no high explosives?
I might have tormented my brother but I loved him and wouldn’t blow him up. At least not yet, anyway.
Who takes their kid to the dentist for a simple extraction of a loose tooth?
I had a root canal done on the wrong tooth. To his credit tho, the endodontist gave me the second one for free........true story!
My situation was weird tho, I kept having tooth aches from time to time and both the dentist and his partner were never fully able to discover why. Because the dentitst was actually on the Michigan Dental board, he asked permission to use my problem as future case studies......
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