I gotta get a "root canal", my first.

[Lancer]

Damn rah, get a different dentist! Dentists worth their salt kill the infection first, and make sure the pain is minimal.

That's why I am on anti-biotics for the next week, and am getting all the happy stuff. I could get IV happy stuff if I wanted. My dentist cares. In fact, I'm a little worried.

Kidding

[CivGeneral]

Ugh, Luckly I only had two crowns put in my mouth.

[rah]

Originally posted by Lancer
Damn rah, get a different dentist! Dentists worth their salt kill the infection first, and make sure the pain is minimal.

The tooth was in bad shape. (shame on rah for letting it get that bad) and didn't want to wait.

The funniest was trying to smoke a cig right after. (despite being told not to but what the heck, If I could choose not to that easily, I wouldn't be smoking in the first place ) Anyway, with the hole in my jaw, I couldn't get any suction going without blocking it with the cotton. The nurses were laughing hysterically. (they've see it so many times I had to wonder why they think it's so F***ing hilarious)

RAH

[Provost Harrison]

Lancer is right, the root canals that I have had done have been fine because they have treated the root and then plugged it up for a week and then done the full procedure, with a good shot of novocaine there is no pain whatsoever (that stuff works well on me though, one shot can take out half my face )

[Lancer]

You guys ever had laughing gas? It's great...

[Provost Harrison]

Nah, never had laughing gas...I don't think they are allowed to administer that stuff outside of a hospital over here...would be interesting to try though

[Lancer]

It's really something, a great attitude adjuster. First time I got it was back in Jersey. Dentists make me nervous because I had a real torture artist w/ a drill when I was a kid. Anyway, as an adult it took alot to get me to go. So I went, nervous as hell. I'm in the chair and the dentist asks me , "do you want laughing gas" with a conniving look. I said, "ok". So he puts this tube on my nose and commenses poking around in my teeth with the pointy think, looking for cavities. Well, he finds one, and it hurts. However that's ok, everything is ok. In fact it's rather funny because I'm so relieved that it hurts and it doesn't bother me. So that's funny and I smile and it drives the point thing into my gum, more amusement.

So he stopped and took off the tube, and asked if I was ok. I said sure, but the gas is too much. The solution? He said "just alternate breathing between your nose and mouth, to contol where you are at".

The stuff really is something. Ask for it!

[Provost Harrison]

You mean it could even make Sagacious Dolphin's puns funny?

[Lancer]

It will make intense pain funny, but some things are impossible...

[Provost Harrison]

N₂O

[Inverse Icarus]

interesting lancer, i got one today actually, my first.

it's not really that bad if you can take a little pain. most of the time during the procedure is just small times of a quick, sharp pain. clench your fists and take it like a man.

right now though, the novicaine wore off, and my jaw hurts like a mofo. i popped some tylenol and i hope it works soon.

nothing unbearable though. you'll deal.

[Nubclear]

I can't take the pain of any dental procedure. (I have VERY bad memories of it).

So I did chooes to do laughing gas to get a filling in (or something). All I remember was sitting in the chair, someone coming up to me saying something, putting a mask over me, and I was wisked away to another land....A land where pain is funny, tickling is funny, talking is funny, light is funny, sounds are funny......

It was great

[Zkribbler]

My root canal was a breeze...compared to all the horror stories I'd heard before hand. But mine, was just like a majory tooth filling. No biggie.

I'm a champion gagger, so I have to have nitrous everytime I go in, even for X-rays to kill the gag reflex. But although it gets me high, I've never got the giggles like you guys. I just feel loopy, and a couple of times I've come close to passing out. Hmm, maybe I should get my dentist to change brands.

[Caesar the Great]

whenever i have anything done on my teeth i need multiple shots of novocaine, it just doesn't seem to have much of an effect on me. once i needed 5 shots of novocaine!! i'm not sure if they're even supposed to give me that much

but in general pain killers knock me out (probably cause i only weigh 65 kg) I had morphine once after surgery and I can't remember anything from the following 8 hours, although I am told I angered many in the hospital that night.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Doesn't this thread rather subvert the stereotypes of it being the Brits who have crap teeth?