# What would you pay to not have to reuse your dental crown you'd swallowed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104 "2017-10-29T00:29:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/1 "2017-10-29T00:29:38Z")
Let’s suppose someone punches you in the jaw, dislodging your molar crown, which instantly goes down your throat before you can react. The next time you feel nature’s urge, you go in the shower, do your business, and wash it all down the drain. The crown is too big to go down the drain, of course, so it’s just sitting there in the tub. You bag it and head for the dentist. They say it’ll cost $X to get a new one or $100 just to re-cement the old one, which they’ll super-duper-medically sterilize first (alcohol, iodine, mini oven, whatever you want). How low does X have to be before you just say “No way. Just give me the new one.” Or in other words, how high does X have to be to get you to use the old one? ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/2 "2017-10-29T00:40:18Z")
Not as much as I’d pay to not have anyone shit in the shower ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/3 "2017-10-29T00:42:26Z")
Scrub it with your wife’s toothbrush, rinse with alcohol and put it in. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/4 "2017-10-29T00:51:12Z")
Ew!! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/5 "2017-10-29T00:56:42Z")
If it’s been through my own digestive tract, what the hell, reuse it. I might not even tell the dentist the whole story. Now, if it had been through someone else’s digestive tract…I’d pay a hell of a lot. In fact, I’d say pull the root canal, and give me an implant, whatever it costs, no my insurance won’t cover it. I want to make sure this does not happen again. In fact, I think I would go toothless before I’d have someone else’s shit in my mouth. Even my son’s, and I’ve had his shit in my uterus. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/6 "2017-10-29T01:04:17Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > The next time you feel nature’s urge, you go in the shower, do your business, Da’hell? ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/7 "2017-10-29T01:09:22Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Da’hell? Oh, sure, like _YOU_ don’t shit in the shower… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/8 "2017-10-29T01:16:16Z")
I once shit in a sink. Long story. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/9 "2017-10-29T01:16:24Z")
I’ve _puked_ in the shower (although that was alcohol-related). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/10 "2017-10-29T04:05:05Z")
No way I’m shitting in my shower. I’ll write it off as a loss, crap in the toilet as usual, and flush it down. I’ll call my dentist and make an appointment to get a new one fitted. Also, I try to avoid situations where I’d get punched in the face in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/11 "2017-10-29T04:08:48Z")
Get used to handling your own poo. You never know when it’ll be useful to not be so squeamish. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/12 "2017-10-29T04:19:44Z")
Newspaper is your friend. Poop on that. I’d wash off the crown. Then soak it in a mild solution of bleach. Rinse well. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/13 "2017-10-29T04:33:40Z")
I wouldn’t pick through my feces looking for it but, if it magically appeared from my bowels, I’d give it a good scrubbing and disinfecting and call it good. Poop isn’t magical; once it’s off, it’s off. ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/14 "2017-10-29T08:00:42Z")
Go to your dentist’s office, drop your pants and shit. Your dentist will have to deal with it because you’ll be preoccupied with the police. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/15 "2017-10-29T09:08:56Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Get used to handling your own poo. You never know when it’ll be useful to not be so squeamish. Handle your own poo all you want. I don’t intend to get used to it. Straight down the crapper is where it belongs. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/16 "2017-10-29T09:38:18Z")
This is news to me. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/17 "2017-10-29T12:57:57Z")
I’d want to retrieve it and KNOW that the crown didn’t get stuck inside me. Bowel obstructions can be serious. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/18 "2017-10-29T13:44:27Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I once shit in a sink. Long story. If you feel the urge to share, I’m glad you know how to use spoiler tags. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/19 "2017-10-29T14:25:59Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Da’hell? Well, so that you don’t have to… > [@Jophiel](#): > > pick through my feces looking for it but, if it magically appeared from my bowels You have a better idea for how to retrieve it? You gonna stick your hand in the toilet bowl water? Take a butter knife to a pile on a newspaper? I have my plan. What’s _your_ plan? ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-pay-to-not-have-to-reuse-your-dental-crown-youd-swallowed/800104/20 "2017-10-29T15:20:47Z")
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