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Old 09-01-2004, 01:35 PM   #1
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Default Going in for a root canal in a few weeks.

Because I have an abscessed (and incidentally, VERY painful) bicuspid.

Yarhkk.
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Old 09-01-2004, 02:21 PM   #2
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Ack! Sorry to hear that Rogue
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Old 09-01-2004, 02:33 PM   #3
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root canals.......fun!

i work for a dentist and he tells me about back in the old days like 30 years ago root canals would take 2 days to perform, you had to drill some, then put a temporary filling in it and come back the next day to complete it, nowadays they've got nice little carbide bits that look like little augers that gets em done in as much time as a regular filling, they drill a hole in the enamel with a regular bit and then use the auger to annihilate all the softer dentine tissue inside the tooth and then fill the whole thing up up with ceramic

yar, so thats the 'too much information' post of the day
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Old 09-01-2004, 04:11 PM   #4
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Ya just what she wanted to hear

Ouch Rogue! Its going to suck, as I hear haven't had to do it myself, but just think of how good it will feel after when the pain is gone .

Make sure Gambit pampers you .
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Old 09-01-2004, 04:18 PM   #5
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That's ok, ferret, they already told me that part. Sounds interesting, but it'd be way more so on someone else.

Really, this whole thing is my own dumb fault, I neglected it for far too long.

Stang, the fact that the dentist gave me a scrip for Vicodin before I even asked is very nice indeed. Of course, that's also an indicator that it looks even worse to him than it does to me. :\ And Gambit's been most helpful.
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whole point of having to do a root canal is when the cavity has gotten so bad without treatment that it infects the entire tooth dentine and that begins to decay, of course there's a nerve inside the tooth that feels the decay creeping in which hurts like hell, of course this neccesitates a root canal to hollow out all the decay, in the process annihilating the nerve as well, and nerves tend to complain when they're put in a blender, so heavy painkillers are the order of the day until that nerve shuts up

of course that nerve attaches to the maxillary nerve which is one of the few nerves that enter the brain directly, no spinal cord as a buffer to inhibit the signal, the pain goes directly to the sensory cortex, which enchances the experience

yea, it's far more interesting observing the dentists than having it done, but as a future dentist myself it's my business to know (and score reccomendation letters to med school)

nice thing about a root canal is that that tooth is now a solid mass of ceramic and enamel, no way it's ever going to bother you again
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Old 09-01-2004, 10:35 PM   #7
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I've always been able to just detach myself from any pain encountered during dental work. Weird but true.
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Old 09-02-2004, 07:12 AM   #8
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Lucky you. I wish I'd been able to do that when I had braces. I need to ask if I need to get someone to drive me to the dentist the day of.
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ouch, that sux
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awww man, root canal....*shivers*

I had a cavity..once..and they gave me the gass then realized they didn't need to but let me use it anyway lol. I love my dentist!
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I don't suppose he takes new patients?
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Old 09-05-2004, 08:14 AM   #12
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He does...but...its over here in PA but for the gas the drive just may be worth it lol.

The gas is the whole reason my mom went to him in the first place....heh...
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