On Sat, 17 May 2008 08:37:19 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Sat 17 May 2008 01:25:41a, Nexis told us...
>
>>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> . 184...
>>> On Fri 16 May 2008 10:34:49p, Nexis told us...
>>>
>>>> is a strange experience!
>>>> I am, apparently, hard to numb. The dentist said it has to do with
>>>> bone density, and said that it's good to have it, but makes it harder
>>>> to numb. So, after seeing in my chart that the last attempt at fixing
>>>> this tooth resulted in 5 shots of Novocain and lots of throwing up, he
>>>> tried something new. I think it's called Marcaine? He didn't tell me
>>>> until after the needle was in that it lasts 8 or more hours! It did
>>>> numb me, for which I am grateful, but eating was not easy to do the
>>>> rest of the day! Luckily, I still feel somewhat numb, so there's no
>>>> pain ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> kimberly
>>>>
>>>
>>> Coincidentally, a week ago I went to the dentist with a very painful
>>> tooth, to learn that it was a very bad abscess. I've been taking an
>>> anti- infective drug since then and Percoset as needed for pain. I
>>> went this morning to have the tooth extracted. The dentist remarked,
>>> from looking at the x-ray, that he had seldom seen anyone with teeth
>>> that had such long roots. Just what I wanted to hear. :-( In any
>>> event, he may have used that same local anesthetic on me, because it
>>> remained numb far longer than anything else I'd experienced before.
>>> Boy, when that finally wore off tonight I thought I'd hit the ceiling
>>> with pain, so took a dose of Percoset, which has helped somewhat. I
>>> *wish* I was still numb! :-)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Wayne Boatwright
>>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Oh, Wayne, you have my sympathies! Abscesses suck, big time.
>> I have problem teeth because when I was pregnant, I had hyperemesis
>> which is just a nice way of saying I threw up all the time...morning,
>> noon, and night.
>> Because of all the acid washing over my teeth, and in spite of constant
>> brushing as much as I could stand, I lost some of the enamel, which
>> makes me really prone to cavities and breakage.
>> It's 1:23 am, and I was at the dentist at 10 am...and the numb is just
>> starting to wear
>> off now! I took a motrin/tylenol combo for the pain, which is more in my
>> jaw than anything else. That was the longest I have ever been numb! lol
>>
>> kimberly
>
>Thanks, Kimberly. I can really appreciate the problem with lost enamel,
>too, although I wasn't pregnant and throwing up. :-) For an unknown
>reason, I lost most of the enamel on my lower front four teeth years ago.
>They became so sensitive I could barely stand to eat, or extremes of either
>hot or cold. I didn't have cavities in them or any breakage, but the
>dentist said the only solution was to put crowns on them. I haven't had
>any problems since then, but I do have some other dental problems that I'm
>not looking forward to resolving. There always seems to be pain involved.
>
>I can't substantiate this, but I read somewhere years ago that dentists, as
>a category of occupation, have the highest incidence of suicide, presumably
>because of how they patients feel about going to the dentist, and that they
>are frequently causing pain. It sounds a bit far-fetched, but not totally
>implausible.


I somehow have my doubts about that. We now have the 3rd generation
of dentists from one family. In fact there are 2 dentists in the 3rd
generation.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)