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Originally Posted by Cherie

you were lucky this time Alf, if the tooth broke off and left the root you would be in agony, get yourself registered at the dentist, you might have to go on a waiting list for an NHS one

Not necessarily straight away if the nerve had died - if the root was left, we might have another thread to look forward to in a couple of weeks when the dead root starts to decay and poor Alf's face swells up with the infection.

In all seriousness Alf - A&E if that does happen, deep tooth infections can rapidly lead to sepsis (and as I think you live alone (?) you'll probably die if you get sepsis, cos you'll fall asleep and no one will find you until it's too late).

You'll be in pamphlets that get handed out in dentists as a cautionary tale .