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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 19 Aug 2006 01:37 GMT
Last Friday, i went to a dental clinic to have the filling of a tooth
done.  The tooth is the last one on the upper right side side.  Once
the old filling was cleaned out completely, my ears were dead silent!
I even asked to leave the dental armchair and went into the washroom to
listen to the t sound but it was not there. Then once the new filling
was put in, the scenario resumed back but seems to be less intense.

I am wondering if anyone has had this experience.

FP
ashlin@hotmail.com - 19 Aug 2006 03:18 GMT
Hi FP,
I just did a search on alta vista for words: mercury acre filling
Some of the websites that show up say that there is enough mercury in
one tooth filling to contaminat a 10 acre lake 70 feet deep, so much
so, that the EPA would order the lake shut down from drinking, bathing,
swimming, fishing and even boating. There are some commerical websites
that go into detail on dental fillings. I have read that when you have
an amalgam drilled it scatters mercury all in your mouth and is
absorbed more-so in your body. Some dentist specialize in a safer ways
to remove amalgam fillings (which are 50% mercury from what I have
read). I have had three removed and replaced with non-metallic
fillings. Bottom line is basically, if it's made of metal I'll keep in
a toolbox, not in my mouth or body.
Richard
Jim Chinnis - 19 Aug 2006 17:11 GMT
ashlin@hotmail.com wrote in part:

>Hi FP,
> I just did a search on alta vista for words: mercury acre filling
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>a toolbox, not in my mouth or body.
>Richard

A lot of web sites are nonsense. Many of the mercury sites fail (out of
ignorance or in an attempt to mislead) to distringuish elemental mercury
from methylmercury.
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Want to discuss Meniere's? See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenieresDG

Skycloud - 19 Aug 2006 05:30 GMT
> Last Friday, i went to a dental clinic to have the filling of a tooth
> done.  The tooth is the last one on the upper right side side.  Once
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> FP

Was your gum injected with lignocaine as a local anaesthetic by any chance?
Whenever I have a filling, mine is.  Lignocaine is a highly effective
suppressor of tinnitus.  The last time I had my teeth done I lay in the
dentist's chair, glorying in the wonderful, velvet silence. Habituation is
all very well... but this was fantastic !

Steve
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 01:06 GMT
> > Last Friday, i went to a dental clinic to have the filling of a tooth
> > done.  The tooth is the last one on the upper right side side.  Once
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> Was your gum injected with lignocaine as a local anaesthetic by any chance?

No!

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> Whenever I have a filling, mine is.  Lignocaine is a highly effective
> suppressor of tinnitus.  The last time I had my teeth done I lay in the
> dentist's chair, glorying in the wonderful, velvet silence. Habituation is
> all very well... but this was fantastic !
>
> Steve
Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 01:16 GMT
> > > Last Friday, i went to a dental clinic to have the filling of a tooth
> > > done.  The tooth is the last one on the upper right side side.  Once
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> No!

Then why are you asking such a silly question? Obviously, no one here
has shared your experience, because, unless your tooth is no longer
connected to your nervous system, you have no threshold of pain.

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 01:06 GMT
> > Last Friday, i went to a dental clinic to have the filling of a tooth
> > done.  The tooth is the last one on the upper right side side.  Once
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> Was your gum injected with lignocaine as a local anaesthetic by any chance?

No!

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> Whenever I have a filling, mine is.  Lignocaine is a highly effective
> suppressor of tinnitus.  The last time I had my teeth done I lay in the
> dentist's chair, glorying in the wonderful, velvet silence. Habituation is
> all very well... but this was fantastic !
>
> Steve
Elly Byrne - 19 Aug 2006 21:09 GMT
It was the local anaesthetic.
It is a well known fact.

Elly's Tinnitus Resources
http://eebee.net/

>Last Friday, i went to a dental clinic to have the filling of a tooth
>done.  The tooth is the last one on the upper right side side.  Once
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>FP

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 01:07 GMT
> It was the local anaesthetic.

No! The dentist did not use any anaesthetic on me.

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Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 01:13 GMT
> > It was the local anaesthetic.
>
> No! The dentist did not use any anaesthetic on me.

Unless your tooth had been rendered nerveless by a previous root canal,
your nervous system does not function like the nervous systems of the
rest of us here. In that case, any advice we could offer you would be
pretty much useless.

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 01:22 GMT
> > > It was the local anaesthetic.
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> rest of us here. In that case, any advice we could offer you would be
> pretty much useless.

I think you are trying to practice your English again, Martin.

The dentist simply plugged out the old materials and put in the new
materials.  He told me to bear with the little bit discomfort and spare
myself of a needle.

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> > > > It was the local anaesthetic.
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> materials.  He told me to bear with the little bit discomfort and spare
> myself of a needle.

I'm sure he did. Did he tell you what material he used?

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 01:19 GMT
Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.

Two weeks ago i had my teeth checked by a fancy Hong Kong dentist.  His
clinic is located in a porsh district in Hong Kong.  The cost for the
check up was US$80 and the estimated cost for 2 teeth fillings was
US$600-800!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I later on had the 2 teeth fillings done inside mainland China in a
government district dental clinic for US$20 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I suppose dentists are also very expensive people in the US, due to the
restrict of supply of dentists by the Nazi American dental association
in much the same way that the HK dentist association has been doing to
us.

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> Last Friday, i went to a dental clinic to have the filling of a tooth
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> FP
Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 01:24 GMT
> Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.
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> in much the same way that the HK dentist association has been doing to
> us.

Why don't you do us all a favor and move to mainland China? If you pay
$20 for a filling, you get a $20 filling. $20 doesn't come close to
covering the cost of the material used to fill the hole.

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 01:30 GMT
> > Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.
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> $20 for a filling, you get a $20 filling. $20 doesn't come close to
> covering the cost of the material used to fill the hole.

I am living in mainland China and I am sending you this reply from
mainland China.
US$20 are for TWO fillings.  There was not even a line-up in the
district dentist clinic.

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Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 06:25 GMT
> > > Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.
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> US$20 are for TWO fillings.  There was not even a line-up in the
> district dentist clinic.

Is dentistry subsidized by the state in China?

What was the cost in Chines money? I think $20 is about 2000 Yuan. How
much does a loaf of bread cost in Yuan?

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 06:48 GMT
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> What was the cost in Chines money? I think $20 is about 2000 Yuan. How
> much does a loaf of bread cost in Yuan?

US$20 is about 160yuan.  A loaf of bread costs 5 yuan.  A dentist makes
about 2 to 5000 yuans a month, depending on where he is.

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Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 07:03 GMT
> > > > > Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.
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> US$20 is about 160yuan.  A loaf of bread costs 5 yuan.  A dentist makes
> about 2 to 5000 yuans a month, depending on where he is.

Then the cost of your fillings in local currency is similar to Norway.
Your fillings cost 32 times the cost of a loaf of bread. In Norway, two
fillings would cost about 1000 NOK, which is about 33 times the cost of
a loaf of bread.

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 01:34 GMT
> > Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.
> >
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> $20 for a filling, you get a $20 filling. $20 doesn't come close to
> covering the cost of the material used to fill the hole.

By the way, why is it more difficult for a dentist to do a filling than
for a shoe-maker to mend a broker shoe?  Why is it any more expensive
to train up a dentist than a car mechanic? or a stock broker?  Why
should a dentist make so much more than a car mechanic or a waiter? or
a factory worker?

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Murray Grossan - 20 Aug 2006 04:46 GMT
On 8/19/06 5:34 PM, in article
1156034046.101983.230120@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "fyfpoon@gmail.com"

>>> Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.
>>>
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> should a dentist make so much more than a car mechanic or a waiter? or
> a factory worker?

Do you suppose it has something to do with the 8 years of schooling being
expensive? Or the 2-300,000 it costs to equip an office? Or the 7,000/ month
overhead? Or that the human body is somplex?
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 06:37 GMT
> On 8/19/06 5:34 PM, in article
> 1156034046.101983.230120@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "fyfpoon@gmail.com"
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> Do you suppose it has something to do with the 8 years of schooling being
> expensive?

In some places in the world it takes 8 years while in other places 4
years.  Why does it take 8 years to produce a dentist while it takes
only 8 weeks to produce a shoe maker?  If the curriculum required of a
shoe maker were of 8 years and the pre-requisites made to be a ph.d
prior to entering, it would also take 8 years to produce a shoe maker.

What I am saying is it does not need that much time to produce a
dentist but it is a way by which a professional body sets barrier into
the profession.

Or the 2-300,000 it costs to equip an office? Or the 7,000/ month
> overhead? Or that the human body is somplex?
ashlin@hotmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 04:53 GMT
Hi FP,
That's interesting that anesthetic can be ruled out since none was
used. You may find some useful information by clicking the link to
Chapter 4 on this webpage:
http://www.luminet.net/~wenonah/ext/hastobe.htm#c4

Speaking of high paid professionals, I have heard that a machinist was
afforded more prestige and higher wages than a medical doctor in Russia
during the Cold War. Mercury is just another toxin to contend with in
the industrial revolution environment. I don't imagine you will get any
hard fast answers to determine cause/effect of you dental work on your
tinnitus, however, you may collect opinions that only lead to more
questions.
Cheers,
Richard.
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 06:57 GMT
Anyone who has studied econ101 in the US should realize the price of
anything is a function of supply and demand.  You can have dentists
produced in 2, 4, 6 or 8 years and I don't think those from 8 years
training are necessarily better for simple dental operation than those
from a 4 years school.  I think it depends on the individual dentist.
If you find a good one, stick to him.  I have found a very good one in
China and i stick to him for my health and financial pocket as well.  I
think the American people are exploited by the Nazi American medical
monopoly there.  It is a shame that one almost has to go bankrupt for a
hospital treatment if one does not have  medical insurance.

> Hi FP,
>  That's interesting that anesthetic can be ruled out since none was
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> Cheers,
> Richard.
Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 06:19 GMT
> > > Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.
> > >
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> should a dentist make so much more than a car mechanic or a waiter? or
> a factory worker?

Those are revealing questions. When you find the answers, you will
obviously have learned a lot.

I just noticed you wrote "government district dental clinic." Do you
mean dentistry in China is socialized? ie, does the government subidize
dentists?

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 06:53 GMT
> > > > Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.
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> mean dentistry in China is socialized? ie, does the government subidize
> dentists?

There are both government and private doctors and clinics in China but
most people don't trust the private ones.  The government set up
clinics and employs college grads from dental schools.  Years ago when
the Chinese were poor, those dental clinics looked like slaughter
houses.  These days, with the increasing revenue into the state
treasury, many government clinics are as deluxe as the Hong Kong ones.
The dentists are using equipments and materials imported from Sweden.
As a matter of fact, I have seen many foreigners come here to take
advantage of the service.

Why should a dentist make more than a shoe maker, or a machinist, or a
truck driver?

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Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 07:08 GMT
> > > > > Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.
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> Why should a dentist make more than a shoe maker, or a machinist, or a
> truck driver?

So your comparison was deliberately false. You didn't include the
subsidized cost of the fillings. I've come to expect this kind of
deceptive argument from you, so I am not surprised, but the cost of your
fillings in China is quite similar to the cost of fillings in Norway. so
you can stop bragging.

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 07:31 GMT
> > > > > > Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.
> > > > > >
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> fillings in China is quite similar to the cost of fillings in Norway. so
> you can stop bragging.

No, even at that low price level charged, the government dental clinic
is still able to make a profit.  The government provides the building,
equipments, etc. but the clinic still operates on a profit/loss basis.
This is a far cry from your Norwegian practice where the government
actually subsidizes the patients for  the dentists.  No, this is just
how much is charged in China and at that price clinic still makes a
good profit.  Have you seen one of those state dental clinics in China?
The small one operates in communty halls while the large ones operate
like a super market chain.  When you go in, you get 'processed'.
Many foreigners come to China for dental operation and they don'gt pay
any more than the local Chinese patients.  So stop arguing and start
recognizing that there are times, and this is one of those times, the
Chinese can do a better job than the Europeans.

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Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 07:38 GMT
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> is still able to make a profit.  The government provides the building,
> equipments, etc. but the clinic still operates on a profit/loss basis.

No, it doesn't. The building and equipment are one of the major costs of
operating a dental clinic. Another major cost is medical insurance,
which, I assume, dentists don't have to pay in China. So your comparison
is false.

Furthermore, the standard way the system operates in the US is for
people to have high deductible dental insurance, which means your claim
that fillings cost $600 to $800 there is also false.

You still haven't explained how the dentist in China pays the cost of
the filling material.

> This is a far cry from your Norwegian practice where the government
> actually subsidizes the patients for  the dentists.

I don't know about that. I don't think dentistry is subsidized in
Norway. Sorry.

>  No, this is just
> how much is charged in China and at that price clinic still makes a
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> recognizing that there are times, and this is one of those times, the
> Chinese can do a better job than the Europeans.

No, they don't. The proof is in the pudding. We will get your report in
ten or twenty years on how your filling is holding up.

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 07:47 GMT
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> people to have high deductible dental insurance, which means your claim
> that fillings cost $600 to $800 there is also false.

For 2 teeth operated in that deluxe office in HK.  If you go to a side
street in HK, it may cost less.  I do NOT know how much it costs to
have 1 filling done in the US.

> You still haven't explained how the dentist in China pays the cost of
> the filling material.
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Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 07:52 GMT
> > > > > > > > In article
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> street in HK, it may cost less.  I do NOT know how much it costs to
> have 1 filling done in the US.

Hong Kong is part of China now.

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Murray Grossan - 20 Aug 2006 04:43 GMT
On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com, "Martin
Smith" <burning.giraffe@meltingclock.bis> wrote:

>> Let me bring up a story as an adjunct to this post.
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> Yes, you are right,  dentists should work for nothing. The 200,000 -300,000 it
costs to set up a dental practice should be paid for by the dentist from a rich
wife or father. He should be independently wealthy so he can pay the 7,000/month
overhead  so he can enjoy not charging anything to his patients.

Or, let him work 24 hrs/day 7 days a week so he can afford to charge each
patient 1/3 less!
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 06:46 GMT
> On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com, "Martin
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> Or, let him work 24 hrs/day 7 days a week so he can afford to charge each
> patient 1/3 less!

That is where government intervention should set in.  Frist of all, the
government should subsidize the production of dentists.  Secondly, the
government should liberalize the dental association so that the
barriers into the profession are substantially reduced.  When more
dentists come to the market, more will not be able to set up expensive
clinics and as a result are forced to make a wage in government
clinics.  This is what happens in China.  There are so many dentists
around that most prefer to work for the government clinics rather than
setting up one's practice.  They make just a wage to live on and there
are no line-ups at the clinics.  Patients get benefited.  Many
Americans come frequently from the rich USA to poor China for their
dental work and they are very satisfied. They discover it costs less to
come here for a tour plus a dental operation than to have just a simple
operation in LA or NY.

We pity the Americans, especially the poor folks who are on a meager
pension!  Rich Americans like you can afford anything.
Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 07:05 GMT
> > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com, "Martin
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> We pity the Americans, especially the poor folks who are on a meager
> pension!  Rich Americans like you can afford anything.

You are comparing apples and oranges, and therefore your comparison is
useless. The cost of your fillings in China is comparable to the cost of
fillings in Norway.
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 14:26 GMT
> > > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com, "Martin
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> useless. The cost of your fillings in China is comparable to the cost of
> fillings in Norway.

How long is the line-up in Norway for a dental operation?  In China it
is about a couple of hours at the most in the best clinic and in
smaller clinics almost instantly.  In the west coast of Canada the
line-up is months under the 'social' program and many patients who
can't wait have to go and visit private clinic.
Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 16:45 GMT
> > > > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > > > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com,
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> How long is the line-up in Norway for a dental operation?

There isn't any lineup.
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 14:27 GMT
> > > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com, "Martin
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> useless. The cost of your fillings in China is comparable to the cost of
> fillings in Norway.

How long is the line-up in Norway for a dental operation?  In China it
is about a couple of hours at the most in the best clinic and in
smaller clinics almost instantly.  In the west coast of Canada the
line-up is months under the 'social' program and many patients who
can't wait have to go and visit private clinic.
Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 16:44 GMT
> > > > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > > > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com,
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> How long is the line-up in Norway for a dental operation?  

There is no lineup.
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 20 Aug 2006 14:28 GMT
> > > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com, "Martin
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> useless. The cost of your fillings in China is comparable to the cost of
> fillings in Norway.

How long is the line-up in Norway for a dental operation?  In China it
is about a couple of hours at the most in the best clinic and in
smaller clinics almost instantly.  In the west coast of Canada the
line-up is months under the 'social' program and many patients who
can't wait have to go and visit private clinic.
Martin Smith - 20 Aug 2006 16:44 GMT
> > > > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > > > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com,
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> How long is the line-up in Norway for a dental operation?

There isn't any lineup.
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 21 Aug 2006 18:10 GMT
> > > > > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > > > > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com,
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> There isn't any lineup.

In the western part of Canada, which is where I came from, the
socialist health care system there is bankrupt!  For a knee cap
replacement, the waiting line is about 18 months.  Therefore, many
patients would rather spend their own money and go down to the
capitalist US and spend US$20,000 for an operation.  Canada is a
sub-America in the making.  Their problem is that they have not copied
enough of Europe.  Thus then again I don't know enough about Norway to
say anything.  The North Americans like to think of Europe as a land of
socialism with government bureacracy and inefficiency....like France in
their description.
Martin Smith - 21 Aug 2006 18:16 GMT
> > > > > > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > > > > > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com,
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> capitalist US and spend US$20,000 for an operation.  Canada is a
> sub-America in the making.

And yet, few Canadians want to dismantle their health care system.

> Their problem is that they have not copied
> enough of Europe.  Thus then again I don't know enough about Norway to
> say anything.  The North Americans like to think of Europe as a land of
> socialism with government bureacracy and inefficiency....like France in
> their description.
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 21 Aug 2006 18:27 GMT
> > > > > > > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > > > > > > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com,
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>
> And yet, few Canadians want to dismantle their health care system.

What are they going to replace their current system with?  With the one
from China where anyone without $$$$$$$ is allowed to bleed to death in
front of the hospital, or with the one from the US where anyone without
insurance has to go bankrupt for being hospitalized... while doctors
like Murray is flying in his private jets doing bio-feedback
exercise...and the second rate practitioners are supporting sinfully
large mortgages by
just telling their clients to 'live with it'? .

> > Their problem is that they have not copied
> > enough of Europe.  Thus then again I don't know enough about Norway to
> > say anything.  The North Americans like to think of Europe as a land of
> > socialism with government bureacracy and inefficiency....like France in
> > their description.
Martin Smith - 21 Aug 2006 19:56 GMT
> > > > > > > > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > > > > > > > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com,
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>
> What are they going to replace their current system with?

They aren't going to replace it because they want to keep it. It just
needs tuning, as do all complex systems.

> With the one
> from China where anyone without $$$$$$$ is allowed to bleed to death in
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> exercise...and the second rate practitioners are supporting sinfully
> large mortgages by just telling their clients to 'live with it'? .

I understand you don't like doctors. I think the reason is that you have
ceded too much authority to yours.
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 22 Aug 2006 03:54 GMT
> > > > > > > > > On 8/19/06 5:24 PM, in article
> > > > > > > > > burning.giraffe-B7288B.02242620082006@isp-text.ams.giganews.com,
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> I understand you don't like doctors. I think the reason is that you have
> ceded too much authority to yours.

Not true...i used to behave like a good boy in front of doctors until
this thing named tinnitus came along and i was unable to behave like a
good boy in front of people who know less about this thing than i do.
Martin Smith - 22 Aug 2006 05:45 GMT
> > > > > > > > In article
> > > > > > > > <1156052787.392030.32160@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
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> this thing named tinnitus came along and i was unable to behave like a
> good boy in front of people who know less about this thing than i do.

Then why do you complain about western doctors? Tinnitus is not a
disease. It's a symptom.
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 22 Aug 2006 15:14 GMT
> > > > > > > > > In article
> > > > > > > > > <1156052787.392030.32160@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
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>
> Then why do you complain about western doctors?

I complain about *some* western doctors and *some* non-western doctors.

Tinnitus is not a
> disease. It's a symptom.

What is the relationship of this part of your answer to my reply above?
Martin Smith - 22 Aug 2006 18:28 GMT
> > > > > > > > In article
> > > > > > > > <1156080482.264214.287830@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
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>
> What is the relationship of this part of your answer to my reply above?

It comes after my answer to your reply above.
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 23 Aug 2006 00:45 GMT
> > > > > > > > > In article
> > > > > > > > > <1156080482.264214.287830@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
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>
> It comes after my answer to your reply above.

It comes after you have nothing else to say except Norwegian.
Martin Smith - 23 Aug 2006 04:58 GMT
> > > > > > > > In article
> > > > > > > > <1156180251.591033.187860@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
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>
> It comes after you have nothing else to say except Norwegian.

That's right. Tinnitus is a symptom, not a disease.

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