# Bloodletting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloodletting/645181>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 26, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloodletting/645181 "2012-12-26T13:04:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloodletting/645181/21 "2012-12-27T18:54:36Z")

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Thank you Irishman. I sort of gave up after I realized I could be doing 4,329 things which were more fun than arguing with the OP. I chose #4.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloodletting/645181/22 "2012-12-27T19:26:44Z")

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> [@ghostie](#):
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> Sorry about that, I have 5 abcess teeth at the moment and I’m in intense pain - for 5 days now… which is why I came here.
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> Obviously I came to the wrong place - the author is on Google for bloodletting - that’s how I got here… I had questions.
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> It’s just a philosophical site… with no experience whatsoever. Waste of time. I won’t apologize, because it’s mostly my time that has been wasted.

Yes, it has been a waste of time, as this is not a dentist’s office.

You have five abcessed teeth and you’re checking out "experts"on Google? The only thing you should be looking for is names and addresses of dental clinics where you can be properly treated. Everything else is just quackery and bullstuff and false hopes on your part.

Unreated dental infections can lead to, among other things, heart disease. So you could have a bigger problem brewing than just a toothache.

Get this treated appropriately.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloodletting/645181/23 "2012-12-27T22:52:42Z")

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> [@ghostie](#):
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> And you’ve been around since 1973… big woo.

Yup, “woo” about sums it up.

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