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Beware of rice cakes.......!

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Katek Tue 25-Oct-16 13:30:42

Innocuous they might seem, but I bit down on a kernel on Saturday and searing pain shot up one of my front teeth and it went a bit wobbly! To date it's involved 60 mile round trip to dentist, a bill for an X-ray plus her time, and I have another check on it this Thursday. No sign of a root fracture as far as they can see, and dentist is hopeful it's soft tissue damage which will firm up again. I'm soooo happy-not.

vintage1950 Wed 26-Oct-16 15:00:51

I've also been warned about granary bread!

cc Wed 26-Oct-16 15:02:40

Our dentist reckons that granary bread is the worst, though DH has broken teeth on tiny pebbles in lentils - but please don't imagine we have a healthy wholefood diet, this was in a take away curry!

jennyg Wed 26-Oct-16 15:05:56

add chickpeas to the list - I thought checking dried chickpeas for stones before cooking them had gone out since the 70s, but last week I was proved wrong. told supermarket helpline that it felt as tho I'd been playing russian roulette with my poor old gnashers ( tho no actual damage occurred ). should the packaging not have a warning flash on the front about checking the contents ?

MadMaisie Wed 26-Oct-16 15:06:32

Seeded bread has provided lots of work for my dentist over the years. I am now extremely wary of biting down hard on any food these days in case it has expensive consequences.

Katek Wed 26-Oct-16 15:32:21

Seeded bread and I are sworn enemies-nearly suffered a premature end after choking on a seed! Thank goodness for first aid trained Ds.

Penelopebee Wed 26-Oct-16 15:38:54

After breastfeeding my DD for four years (she's now 26) it was all downhill for my teeth with bits cracking off on a regular basis. Embarrassingly enough after second front tooth breaking off at gum(no pain surprisingly) the regular drug addict customers at work were extremely friendly as it seemed I'd joined their no teeth club! There's a silver lining to every misfortune. But I could fill several pages of horror about my teeth. Good luck with yours x

Legs55 Wed 26-Oct-16 15:49:47

I wondered what this post was going to be about, "beware of rice cakes", visions of "killer rice cakes" !!! - sorry just my sense of humour.

I broke a front tooth on a crispy bit of potato from the top of a hotpot - my favourite bit. Lost other front tooth biting into a soft egg mayonaise roll, didn't realise straight away & didn't find tooth, tooth was slightly loose but ........

Haven't been able to bite apples for years now so I always cut all fruit up (easier) thlgrin

kittylester Wed 26-Oct-16 17:29:39

Madmartha, if you can take your bridge out you should go back to the dentist and get it recemented.

Wobblybits Wed 26-Oct-16 17:37:19

having read about all the dangerous foods so far, I'm sticking to custard --- or does someone know better ?

suzied Wed 26-Oct-16 19:06:03

I now feel justified buying a nutribullet.

Barmyoldbat Wed 26-Oct-16 20:08:24

Thought the same thing Suzied or could just take vit supplements washed down with large amounts of red wine.

Tegan Wed 26-Oct-16 20:35:27

I once nearly choked on a multivitamin tablet.

ChocoholicSue Wed 26-Oct-16 21:45:19

To add, beware of Toblerone. I broke a tooth eating one. The trouble is I still love them. Another time broke a tooth eating pizza!