Fun and Games
October 11th, 2007 . by CaryThe first most fun ever had was when a Naval Dental Surgeon, three sheets to the wind, managed to break an unbreakable needle off in the roof of my mouth during a cavity expedition. The only thing that kept me out of the brig after slugging him was his blood test, which came back at .13 BAC.
The second most fun was the day I got my upper plate. Twilight sleep, my butt. They put me completely under, yanked what was left of my upper teeth, and mis-placed a temporary denture. My gums healed funny, not all of the parts of my teeth were removed, and they forgot to mention that “temporary” meant I needed to revisit them in six months to have a permanent appliance installed. (I finally had a permanent plate made, about three years ago, after a couple more sessions with an oral surgeon to fix what the temporary plate screwed up. I’m fine now, thanks for asking.)
Yesterday I had a crown installed. For whatever reason, I’m still jumpy with needles in my mouth. The added bonus of still feeling everything once the drilling started was special. I mentioned it to my dentist, and she added more anesthetic. As it turns out, my body like the anesthetic and processes it very quickly. No, the teeth don’t numb – just the jaw and tongue. So, the drilling went on with several breaks for me to gather in my “mind over matter” abilities, until another batch of nerves was hit. Yesterday afternoon, I felt as if I had gone five rounds with Ali – my jaw just plain hurt. However, the temporary crown is in place, and the permanent one is scheduled.
My permanent plate and this crown were done by what have to be the best dentists in the world. Dr. Ed Babits (denture) and Dr. Karen Hilsabeck (crown) practice in Phoenix, and TMBWitW has been seeing Dr. Babits since forever ago. So, once we got married, I started seeing them. My mouth has been in the best shape ever since then.
Just thought I’d share with you all.
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See, now I had just been getting over my fear of dentists after a relatively pleasant tooth extraction a month ago, but thanks to you, I am now firmly fearful again.
Thank you for sharing…a tad too descriptive, but, hey, that’s what we love to hear…I guess.
Hope that all is going well, and may you all have a great weekend.
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Glad to have helped you guys. You will be happy to know that after the crown came loose Sunday evening, I was able to get it reattached the morning of 10/16/07.
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How droll.
Dang. I know that I’m “immune” to one kind of numby stuff, and another kind works. I’ve not heard of anyone being immune to it all. That stinks.
Just don’t get any more toothaches!
As long as I have teeth, I will get toothaches – that’s just my lot in life, I guess.
I do tend to pay careful attention to what I eat, and how I take care of my teeth. I just have bad teeth. I’ll probably end up with a lower denture also, it’s just a matter of time.