On Sat 17 May 2008 10:07:44a, The Cook told us...

> 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.

You're probably right, Susan. As I said, it was something that I read many
years ago and cannot substantiate it. Looking briefly this morning, I
haven't found anything that confirmed it at all.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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